diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.cob b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.cob
index ac8d96d1..58b823a9 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.cob
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.cob
@@ -1,10 +1,50 @@
        IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
-       PROGRAM-ID. ACRONYM.
+       PROGRAM-ID. acronym.
+       AUTHOR. kapitaali.
        ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
        DATA DIVISION.
+       FILE SECTION.
+
        WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
        01 WS-ACRONYM               PIC X(80).
        01 WS-RESULT                PIC X(20).
-       
+       01 LEN                      PIC 99.
+       01 PICKNEXT                 PIC 9.
+       01 COUNTER                  PIC 99.
+       01 IDX                      PIC 99.
+       01 CHAR                     PIC X.
+
        PROCEDURE DIVISION.
        ABBREVIATE.
+           PERFORM STR-LENGTH.    
+           MOVE 1 TO IDX.
+           MOVE SPACES TO WS-RESULT.
+           MOVE 1 TO PICKNEXT.      
+           PERFORM VARYING COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL COUNTER = LEN 
+               MOVE WS-ACRONYM(COUNTER:1) TO CHAR
+               EVALUATE CHAR
+               WHEN "_"
+                   CONTINUE
+               WHEN SPACE
+                   MOVE 1 TO PICKNEXT
+                   CONTINUE
+               WHEN "-"
+                   MOVE 1 TO PICKNEXT
+                   CONTINUE
+               WHEN OTHER
+                   IF PICKNEXT = 1
+                       MOVE FUNCTION UPPER-CASE(CHAR) 
+                            TO WS-RESULT(IDX:1)
+                       ADD 1 TO IDX
+                   END-IF
+                   MOVE 0 TO PICKNEXT
+           END-PERFORM.
+           
+       STR-LENGTH.
+           MOVE 0 TO LEN.
+           MOVE FUNCTION LENGTH(WS-ACRONYM) TO IDX.
+           PERFORM VARYING IDX FROM FUNCTION LENGTH(WS-ACRONYM)
+                   BY -1 UNTIL WS-ACRONYM(IDX:1) <> " "
+               ADD 1 TO LEN
+           END-PERFORM.
+           COMPUTE LEN = 80 - LEN.