diff --git a/src/pages/GamePage.js b/src/pages/GamePage.js
index be0834b..8bfcd11 100644
--- a/src/pages/GamePage.js
+++ b/src/pages/GamePage.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
 } from "../game";
 import useFirebaseRef from "../hooks/useFirebaseRef";
 import useKeydown, { getModifierState } from "../hooks/useKeydown";
-import { formatANoun } from "../util";
+import { formatANoun, sleep } from "../util";
 import LoadingPage from "./LoadingPage";
 import NotFoundPage from "./NotFoundPage";
 
@@ -93,6 +93,22 @@ function getNextGameId(gameId) {
   return `${id}-${num + 1}`;
 }
 
+function ensureConnected() {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const ref = firebase.database().ref(".info/connected");
+    let wasConnected = true;
+    const update = (snap) => {
+      if (snap.val() === true) {
+        ref.off("value", update);
+        resolve(wasConnected);
+      } else {
+        wasConnected = false;
+      }
+    };
+    ref.on("value", update);
+  });
+}
+
 function GamePage({ match }) {
   const user = useContext(UserContext);
   const { volume, notifications } = useContext(SettingsContext);
@@ -133,7 +149,7 @@ function GamePage({ match }) {
     if (finished.gameId === gameId) {
       // Attempt to finish the game a few times before giving up
       (async () => {
-        const numRetries = 8;
+        const numRetries = 10;
         for (let i = 0; i < numRetries; i++) {
           try {
             await finishGame({ gameId });
@@ -141,9 +157,8 @@ function GamePage({ match }) {
           } catch (error) {
             if (i === numRetries - 1) {
               setFinished({ gameId, error: error + "" });
-            } else {
-              const delay = 100 * Math.pow(2, i);
-              await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+            } else if (await ensureConnected()) {
+              await sleep(100 * Math.pow(1.5, i));
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index db65ad2..54ceb35 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -36,22 +36,26 @@ function isPunctuation(charCode) {
   );
 }
 
-const fixedDataset = englishDataset.addPhrase((phrase) =>
-  phrase
-    .setMetadata({ originalWord: "brainrot" })
-    .addPattern(pattern`skibidi`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`|riz`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`gyat`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`sigma`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`xook`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`xoink`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`xiooix`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`admits`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`orz`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`otz`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`ozr`)
-    .addPattern(pattern`lebron`)
-);
+const fixedDataset = englishDataset
+  .addPhrase((phrase) =>
+    phrase.setMetadata({ originalWord: "ass" }).addWhitelistedTerm("45s")
+  )
+  .addPhrase((phrase) =>
+    phrase
+      .setMetadata({ originalWord: "brainrot" })
+      .addPattern(pattern`skibidi`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`|riz`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`gyat`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`sigma`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`xook`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`xoink`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`xiooix`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`admits`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`orz`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`otz`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`ozr`)
+      .addPattern(pattern`lebron`)
+  );
 // Work-around for:
 // https://github.com/jo3-l/obscenity/issues/100
 // https://github.com/jo3-l/obscenity/pull/101
@@ -165,11 +169,10 @@ export function formatDateTime(timestamp) {
   return d.toLocaleString(undefined, opts);
 }
 
-const trimRegex =
-  /^[\p{White_Space}\p{Default_Ignorable_Code_Point}]+|[\p{White_Space}\p{Default_Ignorable_Code_Point}]+$/gu;
+const trimRegex = /\p{Default_Ignorable_Code_Point}+/gu;
 
 export function unicodeTrim(str) {
-  return str.replace(trimRegex, "");
+  return str.replace(trimRegex, "").trim();
 }
 
 export function parseDuration(spec) {
@@ -183,3 +186,7 @@ export function parseDuration(spec) {
         .map((v, i) => (m[i + 1] ? parseFloat(m[i + 1]) * v : 0))
         .reduce((a, c) => a + c);
 }
+
+export function sleep(ms) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
diff --git a/src/util.test.js b/src/util.test.js
index 89b3b4e..2ca54e8 100644
--- a/src/util.test.js
+++ b/src/util.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe("bad words filter", () => {
     expect(badWords.hasMatch("fick")).toBe(false);
     expect(badWords.hasMatch("fickle")).toBe(false);
     expect(badWords.hasMatch("a\u200dsshole")).toBe(true);
+    expect(badWords.hasMatch("45s")).toBe(false);
   });
 });