diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7789c6b..7656612 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ llama_headers = {
     "Authorization": config["llama_key"]
 }
 
-channel_re = re.compile(r"PRIVMSG (#\w+)")
+channel_re = re.compile(r"PRIVMSG (#*\w+)")
 name_re = re.compile(r"^:([^!]*)!")
 llm_answer_re = re.compile(r"^(true|false)")
 
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ realname = "a bot by ~nebula"
 helptext = "!trivia, !trscores, !aitrivia, !aiscores for trivia game. contact ~nebula for help, feedback or problem reports."
 channels = config["channels"]
 
-url = "https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=50&type=boolean&encode=base64"
 questions_file = "trivia.questions"
 state_file = "trivia.state"
 score_file = "trivia.scores"
 unselected_file = "trivia.unselected"
-
 ai_state_file = "trivia.aistate"
 ai_score_file = "trivia.aiscores"
 
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@ def write_state():
     with open(ai_state_file, "w") as f:
         dump(ai_state, f)
 
-
 def get_question(ai_enabled=False):
     global questions
     global unselected
@@ -138,10 +135,10 @@ def ai_answer(choice, channel, name):
         llm_answer = llm_answer.group(1)
         if llm_answer.lower() == answer:
             line = "The AI was (at least kind of) right! "
-            user_correct = choice == "correct"
+            user_correct = choice == "right"
         else:
             line = "The AI was wrong! "
-            user_correct = choice == "incorrect"
+            user_correct = choice == "wrong"
     else:
         return [
             f"Cannot automatically determine if AI is right or wrong.",
@@ -172,7 +169,6 @@ def ai_answer(choice, channel, name):
         f"The right answer is {answer}!"
     ]
 
-
 def answer(choice, channel, name):
     global state
     if channel not in state.keys():
@@ -230,12 +226,11 @@ def answer_true(channel, name):
 def answer_false(channel, name):
     return answer("false", channel, name)
 
-def answer_correct(channel, name):
-    return ai_answer("correct", channel, name)
-
-def answer_incorrect(channel, name):
-    return ai_answer("incorrect", channel, name)
+def answer_right(channel, name):
+    return ai_answer("right", channel, name)
 
+def answer_wrong(channel, name):
+    return ai_answer("wrong", channel, name)
 
 def make_no_ping_username(name):
     return name[0] + "\u200b" + name[1:]
@@ -291,8 +286,7 @@ class IRCBot():
             sleep(2)
             response = self.s.recv(8192).decode("UTF-8")
             if not response:
-                print(f"{self.nick}: no response from IRC server")
-                continue
+                exit(f"{self.nick}: no response from IRC server")
             split = response.split("\r\n")
             for line in split:
                 line = line.strip()
@@ -324,8 +318,7 @@ class IRCBot():
                             self.send(channel, result)
                 if message_body:
                     for callback in self.searchers:
-                        callback(message_body)
-                        
+                        callback(message_body)           
 
 def run():
     bot = IRCBot(
@@ -339,8 +332,8 @@ def run():
             ("!aiscores", post_top_ai_scores),
             ("true", answer_true),
             ("false", answer_false),
-            ("right", answer_correct),
-            ("wrong", answer_incorrect)
+            ("right", answer_right),
+            ("wrong", answer_wrong)
         ],
         [ # message searchers
             # empty
@@ -352,4 +345,5 @@ def run():
         sleep(2)
         bot.ping_pong()
 
-print("run with -i flag, run()")
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()