diff --git a/src/guf_dict.h b/src/guf_dict.h
index 79c1f8a..4f7e131 100755
--- a/src/guf_dict.h
+++ b/src/guf_dict.h
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ static inline size_t GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _probe_offset)(size_t probe_len)
 {
     GUF_ASSERT(probe_len > 0);
     #ifdef GUF_DICT_PROBE_LINEAR
-        return 1;
+        return probe_len; // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
     #else
         /*
             Guaranteed to visit each index once for capacities which are powers of two. 
             cf. https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/triangular-numbers-mod-2n/ (last-retrieved 2024-07-29)
         */ 
-       return probe_len * (probe_len + 1) / 2; // 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ... (starting from probe_len == 1)
+       return probe_len * (probe_len + 1) / 2; // 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21 ... (starting from probe_len == 1)
     #endif
 }
 
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ static size_t GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _find_idx)(GUF_DICT_NAME *ht, const GUF_DIC
     size_t idx = GUF_MOD_CAP(hash);
     const size_t start_idx = idx;
     size_t first_tombstone_idx = SIZE_MAX;
-    size_t probe_len = 1; 
+    size_t probe_len = 0; 
+    
     do {
         if (ht->kv_indices[idx].kv_idx == GUF_DICT_KV_IDX_NULL) { // 1.) Empty. 
             if (first_tombstone_idx != SIZE_MAX) {
@@ -298,12 +299,12 @@ static size_t GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _find_idx)(GUF_DICT_NAME *ht, const GUF_DIC
             return idx;
         } else { // 4.) Have to probe due to hash-collision (idx is already occupied, but not by the key).
             probe:
-            idx = GUF_MOD_CAP(idx + GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _probe_offset)(probe_len));
             ++probe_len;
-            // printf("sz %td cap %td proble-len %td\n", ht->kv_elems.size, ht->kv_indices_cap, probe_len);
+            // NOTE: Add the probe_offset to start_idx and not to idx. 
+            idx = GUF_MOD_CAP(start_idx + GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _probe_offset)(probe_len));
             GUF_ASSERT((ptrdiff_t)probe_len <= (ht->kv_elems.size + ht->num_tombstones));
         }
-    } while (idx != start_idx); 
+    } while (idx != start_idx && probe_len < (size_t)ht->kv_indices_cap); 
 
     *key_exists = false;
     if (first_tombstone_idx != SIZE_MAX) { // Edge case: No empty slots, but found tombstone.
@@ -329,9 +330,13 @@ GUF_DICT_KWRDS void GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _try_insert)(GUF_DICT_NAME *ht, GUF_D
         return;
     }
 
-    const double MAX_LOAD_FAC = 0.66;
+    #ifdef GUF_DICT_PROBE_LINEAR
+        const double MAX_LOAD_FAC = 0.6;
+    #else
+        const double MAX_LOAD_FAC = 0.5;
+    #endif
     const ptrdiff_t KV_META_START_CAP = 32; // Must be a power of two > 0. 
-    const ptrdiff_t KV_META_GROWTH_FAC = 2; // Must be a power of two > 0.
+    const ptrdiff_t KV_META_GROWTH_FAC = 2; // Must be a power of two > 1.
 
     guf_allocator *allocator = ht->kv_elems.allocator;
 
@@ -355,47 +360,37 @@ GUF_DICT_KWRDS void GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _try_insert)(GUF_DICT_NAME *ht, GUF_D
             guf_err_set_or_panic(err, GUF_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL, GUF_ERR_MSG("in function dict_try_insert: New capacity would overflow)"));
             return;
         }
+        // TODO: Not sure if alloc and free is better here than realloc (since we do not copy ht->kv_indices anyway.)
         GUF_DICT_KV_META_T *new_kv_indices = allocator->alloc(new_size, allocator->ctx);
         if (new_kv_indices == NULL) {
-            guf_err_set_or_panic(err, GUF_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL, GUF_ERR_MSG("in function dict_try_insert: allocation failed"));
+            guf_err_set_or_panic(err, GUF_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL, GUF_ERR_MSG("in function dict_try_insert: re-allocation failed"));
             return;
         }
-
-        const ptrdiff_t new_kv_meta_cap = ht->kv_indices_cap * KV_META_GROWTH_FAC;
-        for (ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < new_kv_meta_cap; ++i) {
-            new_kv_indices[i].kv_idx = GUF_DICT_KV_IDX_NULL;
-            new_kv_indices[i].key_hash = 0;
-        }
-
-        GUF_DICT_KV_META_T *old_kv_indices = ht->kv_indices;
-        ptrdiff_t old_kv_indices_cap = ht->kv_indices_cap;
-
+        allocator->free(ht->kv_indices, old_size, allocator->ctx);
         ht->kv_indices = new_kv_indices;
-        ht->kv_indices_cap = new_kv_meta_cap;
+        ht->kv_indices_cap = ht->kv_indices_cap * KV_META_GROWTH_FAC;
         ht->num_tombstones = 0;
-        ht->max_probelen = 0;
+        // ht->max_probelen = 0;
 
-        ptrdiff_t cnt = 0;
-        for (ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < old_kv_indices_cap; ++i) { // Copy old kv-indices into new kv-index-buffer.
-            if (old_kv_indices[i].kv_idx != GUF_DICT_KV_IDX_NULL && old_kv_indices[i].kv_idx != GUF_DICT_KV_IDX_TOMBSTONE) {
-                bool key_exists = false;
-                const GUF_DICT_KV_NAME *kv = GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_KV_DBUF, _at)(&ht->kv_elems, old_kv_indices[i].kv_idx);
-                GUF_ASSERT(kv);
-                size_t new_idx = GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _find_idx)(ht, &kv->key, &key_exists);
-                GUF_ASSERT(!key_exists);
-                GUF_ASSERT(new_idx < SIZE_MAX);
-                ht->kv_indices[new_idx] = old_kv_indices[i];
-                ++cnt;
-            }
+        for (ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < ht->kv_indices_cap; ++i) {
+            ht->kv_indices[i].kv_idx = GUF_DICT_KV_IDX_NULL;
+            ht->kv_indices[i].key_hash = 0;
         }
-        GUF_ASSERT(cnt == ht->kv_elems.size);
-        (void)cnt;
 
-        allocator->free(old_kv_indices, old_size, allocator->ctx);
-
-        GUF_ASSERT(GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _load_factor)(ht) < 0.6);
+        for (ptrdiff_t kv_idx = 0; kv_idx < ht->kv_elems.size; ++kv_idx) {
+            const GUF_DICT_KV_NAME *kv = GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_KV_DBUF, _at)(&ht->kv_elems, kv_idx);
+            GUF_ASSERT(kv);
+            bool key_exists = false;
+            const size_t new_idx = GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _find_idx)(ht, &kv->key, &key_exists);
+            GUF_ASSERT(!key_exists);
+            GUF_ASSERT(new_idx < SIZE_MAX);
+            ht->kv_indices[new_idx].kv_idx = kv_idx;
+            ht->kv_indices[new_idx].key_hash = GUF_DICT_KEY_HASH(&kv->key);
+        }
     }
 
+    GUF_ASSERT(GUF_CAT(GUF_DICT_NAME, _load_factor)(ht) <= MAX_LOAD_FAC);
+
     // 2.) Insert new key-value pair.
     GUF_ASSERT_RELEASE(ht->kv_indices_cap > ht->kv_elems.size);
 
diff --git a/src/guf_utf8.h b/src/guf_utf8.h
index 6b4b6d1..fd7d3b9 100644
--- a/src/guf_utf8.h
+++ b/src/guf_utf8.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ GUF_UTF8_KWRDS bool guf_utf8_equal(const guf_utf8_char *a, const guf_utf8_char *
 GUF_UTF8_KWRDS guf_utf8_stat guf_utf8_char_next(guf_utf8_char *res, guf_str_view *str);
 
 extern const char* const GUF_UTF8_WHITESPACE[25];
-extern const char* const GUF_UTF8_COMMON_PUNCT[29];
+extern const char* const GUF_UTF8_COMMON_PUNCT[31];
 
 extern const guf_utf8_char GUF_UTF8_REPLACEMENT_CHAR; // Replacement character "�" (U+FFFD)
 #define GUF_UTF8_REPLACEMENT_CHAR_CODEPOINT UINT32_C(0xFFFD)
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ const char* const GUF_UTF8_WHITESPACE[25] =
 };
 
 // Common punctuation (TODO: make more exhaustive; use \x escapes)
-const char* const GUF_UTF8_COMMON_PUNCT[29] = 
+const char* const GUF_UTF8_COMMON_PUNCT[31] = 
 {
-    ".", ",", ";", ":", "(", ")", "[", "]", "!", "?", "¿", "¡", "&", "+", "-", "/", "*", "\"", "'", "„", "“", "´", "`", "\\", "%", "‒", "–", "—", "—"
+    ".", ",", ";", ":", "(", ")", "[", "]", "!", "?", "¿", "¡", "&", "+", "-", "/", "*", "\"", "'", "„", "“", "´", "»", "«", "`", "\\", "%", "‒", "–", "—", "—"
 };
 
 const guf_utf8_char GUF_UTF8_REPLACEMENT_CHAR  = {.bytes = {'\xEF','\xBF','\xBD', '\0', '\0'}};
diff --git a/src/test/guf_dict_impl.c b/src/test/guf_dict_impl.c
index e978418..68df3bf 100644
--- a/src/test/guf_dict_impl.c
+++ b/src/test/guf_dict_impl.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define GUF_DICT_VAL_T int32_t
 #define GUF_DICT_VAL_T_IS_INTEGRAL_TYPE
 #define GUF_DICT_NAME dict_sv_i32
+// #define GUF_DICT_PROBE_LINEAR
 #define GUF_DICT_IMPL
 #include "guf_dict.h"
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_dict.hpp b/src/test/test_dict.hpp
index 282b78d..01141d1 100644
--- a/src/test/test_dict.hpp
+++ b/src/test/test_dict.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ extern "C"
 
 struct DictSvToIntTest : public Test
 {
-
     DictSvToIntTest(const std::string& name) : Test(name) {};
 
     private:
@@ -81,8 +80,8 @@ struct DictSvToIntTest : public Test
         TEST_CHECK(i == dict_sv_i32_size(&word_cnt_dict));
         TEST_CHECK(i == std::ssize(word_cnt_map));
 
-        // std::cout << "load fac: " << dict_sv_i32_load_factor(&word_cnt_dict) << ", cap: " << word_cnt_dict.kv_indices_cap << "\n";
-        // std::cout << "size: " << dict_sv_i32_size(&word_cnt_dict) << ", max probelen: " << word_cnt_dict.max_probelen << "\n";
+        std::cout << "load fac: " << dict_sv_i32_load_factor(&word_cnt_dict) << ", cap: " << word_cnt_dict.kv_indices_cap << "\n";
+        std::cout << "size: " << dict_sv_i32_size(&word_cnt_dict) << ", max probelen: " << word_cnt_dict.max_probelen << "\n";
 
         dict_sv_i32_free(&word_cnt_dict, NULL);
         bool dbuf_null = !word_cnt_dict.kv_elems.data && !word_cnt_dict.kv_elems.allocator && !word_cnt_dict.kv_elems.capacity && !word_cnt_dict.kv_elems.size;
diff --git a/src/test/test_utf8.hpp b/src/test/test_utf8.hpp
index 1fe759e..45c1071 100644
--- a/src/test/test_utf8.hpp
+++ b/src/test/test_utf8.hpp
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ struct UTF8Test : public Test
         int words = count_words(TEST_DATA_DIR "/" "utf8-test.txt", &delims);
         TEST_CHECK(words == 422);
         int words_with_delims = count_words_with_delims(TEST_DATA_DIR "/" "utf8-test.txt", &delims);
-        TEST_CHECK(words_with_delims == 947);
+        TEST_CHECK(words_with_delims == 949);
         dbuf_str_view_free(&delims, NULL);
 
         encode_decode();