diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 018aebf..d3645d3 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class Irc_bot:
 							print(f'''Feed {url} non accepted category {category} on line {str(line_count)}''')
 					else:
 						print(f'Feed {url} already added: line {str(line_count)}')
-				print(f'Feeds loaded: {str(feed_count)}')
+				return f'Feeds loaded: {str(feed_count)}'
 		
 		get_feed_list(self)
 		
@@ -617,24 +617,24 @@ class Irc_bot:
 				if 'terminus_answer' in latest_article:
 					post_number_list = latest_article.terminus_answer.split(' ')
 					post_number = post_number_list[len(post_number_list)-1]
-					terminus_answer = f' reply to #{post_number} '
+					terminus_answer = f'reply to >{post_number}'
 				else:
 					post_number = ''
 					terminus_answer = 'new post'
 				if 'terminus_timestamp' in latest_article:
-					terminus_timestamp = f' at {latest_article.terminus_timestamp} '
+					terminus_timestamp = f' at {latest_article.terminus_timestamp}'
 				else:
 					terminus_timestamp = ''
 				if 'terminus_author' in latest_article:
-					terminus_author = f' by {latest_article.terminus_author} '
+					terminus_author = f' by {latest_article.terminus_author}'
 				else:
-					terminus_author = ' anon '
+					terminus_author = ' anon'
 				def strip_bbcode(msg, post_number):
 					max_chars = 200
 					s = [
-						']', '[b', '[i', '[li', '[s', '[sp', '[h', '[u', '[url', '[wiki', '[t', '[find', '"', '\n', '>', '>>'
+						'[find', '[li', '[sp', '[url', '[wiki', '[u', '[t', '[s', '[h', '[b', '[i', ']', '"', '\n', '>>', '>',
 					]
-					if len(post_number) != 0:
+					if len(post_number) > 0:
 						s.append(post_number)
 					for i in s:
 						msg = msg.replace(i, '')
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ class Irc_bot:
 						msg = f'{msg[:max_chars]}...'
 					return msg
 				description = strip_bbcode(latest_article.description, post_number)
-				title = f'/s {latest_article.terminus_sub}{terminus_timestamp}{terminus_answer}{terminus_author} {description}'
+				title = f'/s {latest_article.terminus_sub}{terminus_timestamp} {terminus_answer}{terminus_author} {description}'
 			return title
 	
 		async def get_feed(
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class Irc_bot:
 									msg_description = f'{msg_description[:50]}...'
 								msg_url = (self.feed_dict[url])['link'][i]
 								col = self.color_dict[feed_url[url]['category']]
-								the_host = get_host(msg_url)
+								the_host = get_short_url(msg_url)
 								# if the_host in switch_urls:
 								#     # url_q = msg_url.split(shorten)[1]
 								#     url_q = msg_url.replace(the_host, shorten)
@@ -830,16 +830,32 @@ class Irc_bot:
 		def irc_rss_feed_control(exit_event, self):
 			print(f'Starting RSS feed bot')
 			proxy_url = f'http://{self.hostname}:{self.http_tunnel}'
-			feed_list_test = []
+			feed_list_long = []
+			feed_list_short = []
+			waited_time = 0
+			for k, v in feed_url.items():
+				if v['category'] == 'news' or v['category'] == 'torrents':
+					feed_list_short.append(k)
 			for item in feed_url:
-				feed_list_test.append(item)
+				feed_list_long.append(item)
 			while not exit_event.is_set():
+				if waited_time >= self.rss_feed_update:
+					waited_time = 0
+					long = True
+				else:
+					long = False
 				self.feed_count = 0
-				htmls = asyncio.run(gather_feeds(self, feed_list_test, proxy_url))  
+				if self.first_run or long:
+					feeds_to_use = feed_list_long
+				else:
+					feeds_to_use = feed_list_short
+				htmls = asyncio.run(gather_feeds(self, feeds_to_use, proxy_url))  
 				if self.first_run == True:
 					print(f"Finished updating {str(len(self.feed_dict))} feeds.")
 					self.first_run = False
-				time.sleep(self.rss_feed_update)
+				time.sleep(600)
+				waited_time += 600
+				# time.sleep(self.rss_feed_update)
 		def send_throttle(exit_event, self):
 			start = True
 			while not exit_event.is_set():
@@ -1216,8 +1232,9 @@ class Irc_bot:
 						
 						elif 'refresh' in line[4]:
 							do_command = False
-							get_feed_list(self)
-							msg.append(f"{admin_user} {com_msg} refreshing feed list.")
+							loaded = get_feed_list(self)
+							msg.append(f"{admin_user} {com_msg} {loaded}")
+							# msg.append(f"{admin_user} {com_msg} refreshing feed list.")
 							# command = [f'PRIVMSG {line[5]} {reason}']  
 						elif 'throttle' in line[4]:
 							reason, reason_msg = remaining_msg_irc(line, 4, False, False)
diff --git a/changelognewsbot.txt b/changelognewsbot.txt
index 9008706..e0e4617 100755
--- a/changelognewsbot.txt
+++ b/changelognewsbot.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-19/9/2025: added better parsing for terminus.i2p and rss feeds from gitea, separate "clean" channel (no torrents)
+19/09/2025: added better parsing for terminus.i2p and rss feeds from gitea, separate "clean" channel (no torrents)
 18/09/2025: added 25 new rss feeds, removed some dead ones
 28/03/2025: added rss feeds from git.simp.i2p along with other new feeds, fixed another bug with  html code showing up correctly, updated footer
 21/01/2025: Improvements in parsing urls and html tags