diff --git a/PIcontroller.py b/PIcontroller.py
index bf019f5..5db4119 100644
--- a/PIcontroller.py
+++ b/PIcontroller.py
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@ def listfromAPI(message):
             queueList.append(mess[1:])
         queueList.append(mess)
     # fixcomma = queueList[0].split()
-    queueList[0] = "".join(queueList[0][:-1])
+    queueList[0] = queueList[0][:-2]
     print(queueList[0])
     return queueList
 
-def fixformatting(message):
-    try:
+## this may need to be rewritten kinda buggy
+def fixformatting(message): 
+    try: 
         fixedmessage = [""]
         counter = 0 
         for word in message.split(" "):
-            if counter + len(word) >= 20:
+            if counter + len(word) >= 25: 
                 counter = 0
                 fixedmessage.append("\n")
                 fixedmessage.append("{} ".format(word))