diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0495f29..b3a21669 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@
     "author": "TheAlgorithms",
     "license": "MIT"
   }
-  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sorts/merge_sort.ts b/sorts/merge_sort.ts
index 6a719226..a4f164ef 100644
--- a/sorts/merge_sort.ts
+++ b/sorts/merge_sort.ts
@@ -5,52 +5,45 @@
  * @example MergeSort([8, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2]) = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8]
  * @Complexity_Analysis
  * Space complexity - O(n)
- * Time complexity 
+ * Time complexity
  *      Best case   -   O(nlogn)
  *      Worst case  -   O(nlogn)
  *      Average case -  O(nlogn)
- * 
- * Merge Sort is a recursive algorithm and time complexity can be expressed as following recurrence relation. 
- * T(n) = 2T(n/2) + O(n) 
+ *
+ * Merge Sort is a recursive algorithm and time complexity can be expressed as following recurrence relation.
+ * T(n) = 2T(n/2) + O(n)
  * The solution of the above recurrence is O(nLogn).
  */
 
- export const MergeSort = (items: number[]): number[] => {
-    var halfLength = Math.ceil(items.length / 2);
-    var low = items.slice(0, halfLength);
-    var high = items.slice(halfLength);
-    if (halfLength > 1) {
-        low = MergeSort(low);
-        high = MergeSort(high);
-    }
-    return merge(low, high);
-};
+export function mergeSort(array: number[]): number[] {
+  if (array.length <= 1) return array.slice()
 
-export const merge = (low: number[], high: number[]): number[] => {
-    let indexLow = 0;
-    let indexHigh = 0;
-    let curIndex = 0;
-    let merged = Array<number>(low.length + high.length);
+  const midIndex = Math.floor(array.length / 2)
+  const left = array.slice(0, midIndex)
+  const right = array.slice(midIndex, array.length)
 
-    while (indexLow < low.length && indexHigh < high.length) {
+  return merge(mergeSort(left), mergeSort(right))
+}
 
-        if (low[indexLow] <= high[indexHigh]) {
-            merged[curIndex++] = low[indexLow];
-            indexLow++;
-        } else {
-            merged[curIndex++] = high[indexHigh];
-            indexHigh++;
-        }
-    }
+function merge(left: number[], right: number[]): number[] {
+  const result = Array<number>(left.length + right.length)
+  let curIndex = 0
+  let leftIndex = 0
+  let rightIndex = 0
 
-    while (indexLow < low.length) {
-        merged[curIndex++] = low[indexLow];
-        indexLow++;
+  while (leftIndex < left.length && rightIndex < right.length) {
+    if (left[leftIndex] < right[rightIndex]) {
+      result[curIndex++] = left[leftIndex++]
+    } else {
+      result[curIndex++] = right[rightIndex++]
     }
+  }
+  while (leftIndex < left.length) {
+    result[curIndex++] = left[leftIndex++]
+  }
+  while (rightIndex < right.length) {
+    result[curIndex++] = right[rightIndex++]
+  }
 
-    while (indexHigh < high.length) {
-        merged[curIndex++] = high[indexHigh];
-        indexHigh++;
-    }
-    return merged;
-};
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/sorts/test/merge_sort.test.ts b/sorts/test/merge_sort.test.ts
index 8b85c712..5b6f81fc 100644
--- a/sorts/test/merge_sort.test.ts
+++ b/sorts/test/merge_sort.test.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-import { MergeSort } from "../merge_sort";
+import { mergeSort } from "../merge_sort"
 
 describe("Merge Sort", () => {
-    it("generating array with variable length and comparing with sorted array", () => {
-        let arrLenArr = [10, 200, 40000];
+  it("generating array with variable length and comparing with sorted array", () => {
+    let arrLenArr = [10, 200, 40000]
 
-        arrLenArr.forEach((arrLen: number) => {
-
-            let inBuiltSortArr = Array<number>(arrLen)
-            for (let i = 0; i < arrLen; i++) { inBuiltSortArr[i] = Math.random() * 10000 }
-            let mergeSortArray = inBuiltSortArr.slice();
-
-            inBuiltSortArr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
-            expect(MergeSort(mergeSortArray)).toStrictEqual(inBuiltSortArr);
-
-        })
-    });
-});
+    arrLenArr.forEach((arrLen: number) => {
+      let inBuiltSortArr = Array<number>(arrLen)
+      for (let i = 0; i < arrLen; i++) {
+        inBuiltSortArr[i] = Math.random() * 10000
+      }
+      let mergeSortArray = inBuiltSortArr.slice()
 
+      inBuiltSortArr.sort((a, b) => a - b)
+      expect(mergeSort(mergeSortArray)).toStrictEqual(inBuiltSortArr)
+    })
+  })
+})