diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index b254940..afa08f9 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ function onMessageHandler (channel, userstate, message, self) {
 			}
 
 			// ignore messages containing URLs
-			let regex = /((http(s)?(\:\/\/))*(www\.)?([\w\-\.\/])*(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}\/?))[^\s\b\n|]*[^.,;:\?\!\@\^\$ -]/g;
-			let matches = message.match(regex);
+			var regex = /((http(s)?(\:\/\/))*(www\.)?([\w\-\.\/])*(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}\/?))[^\s\b\n|]*/;
+			var matches = message.match(regex);
 			if (matches && matches.length > 0) {
 				console.log(`* Message contained URL - skip`);
 				return;
@@ -192,11 +192,14 @@ function onMessageHandler (channel, userstate, message, self) {
 			// split messages into word array and try to determine syllabes
 			var words = message.split(' ');
 			var syllables = words.map(syllabify);
-			
+		
+			console.log(JSON.stringify(syllables));
+
 			// calculate syllabe count
 			var syllableCount = 0;
 			syllables.forEach((s) => {
-				syllableCount += s.length;
+				if (s !== null)
+					syllableCount += s.length;
 			});
 
 			// ignore message if it doesn't contain enough syllabes