diff --git a/04_quicksort/golang/04_recursive_max.go b/04_quicksort/golang/04_recursive_max.go
index dd98eca..9ada753 100644
--- a/04_quicksort/golang/04_recursive_max.go
+++ b/04_quicksort/golang/04_recursive_max.go
@@ -2,21 +2,18 @@ package main
 
 import "fmt"
 
-func max(list []int) int {
-	if len(list) == 2 {
-		if list[0] > list[1] {
-			return list[0]
-		}
-		return list[1]
-	}
-
-	subMax := max(list[1:])
-	if list[0] > subMax {
-		return list[0]
-	}
-	return subMax
-}
-
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println(max([]int{1, 5, 10, 25, 16, 1}))
 }
+
+func max(arr []int) int {
+
+	if len(arr) == 1 {
+		return arr[0]
+	}
+
+	if arr[0] > max(arr[1:]) {
+		return arr[0]
+	}
+	return max(arr[1:])
+}