diff --git a/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn b/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
index be9775e..17f455c 100644
--- a/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
+++ b/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 [gd_scene load_steps=4 format=3 uid="uid://bkm7365u1mm3o"]
 
-[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs" id="1_5xn2c"]
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs" id="1_xtj1q"]
 [ext_resource type="FontFile" uid="uid://cx6bvqk0ghmjv" path="res://assets/fonts/urbane-rounded-medium.otf" id="2_qrihj"]
 
 [sub_resource type="StyleBoxEmpty" id="StyleBoxEmpty_5w2xu"]
 
 [node name="dialog_bubble" type="CanvasLayer"]
-script = ExtResource("1_5xn2c")
+script = ExtResource("1_xtj1q")
 metadata/_edit_use_anchors_ = true
 
 [node name="typewriter_timer" type="Timer" parent="."]
 wait_time = 0.05
 one_shot = true
+metadata/charsAtOnce = 60
 
 [node name="box" type="ColorRect" parent="."]
 anchors_preset = -1
diff --git a/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs b/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
index 176881b..3b00a59 100644
--- a/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
+++ b/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Godot;
-using System.Collections;
 using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
 {
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
     public override void _Ready()
     {
         richText = GetNode<RichTextLabel>("box/rich_text_label");
-        dlgLines.Add("Hello! I'm a debug character and...");
-        dlgLines.Add("[center][b][wave amp=50 freq=15][rainbow]This is cool test text"); //bbcode gets counted to so typewrite effect takes decades //make a seperate variable without bbcode and count that instead 
+        dlgLines.Add("Hello! I'm a [color=purple]debug character[/color] and...");
+        dlgLines.Add("[center][b][wave amp=50 freq=15][rainbow]This is cool test text[/rainbow][/wave][/b][/center]"); //bbcode gets counted to so typewrite effect takes decades //make a seperate variable without bbcode and count that instead 
     }
     public void GetDialog(string file, string title, Variant actor)
     {
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
     }
     public override void _Process(double delta)
     {
-        if (richText.VisibleCharacters < richText.Text.Length && GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").IsStopped())
+        if (richText.VisibleCharacters < Regex.Replace(richText.Text, @"\[[^]]+\]", "").Length && GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").IsStopped())
         {
             richText.VisibleCharacters++;
             GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").Start();
         }
-        if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept") && richText.VisibleCharacters == -1 | richText.Text.Length == richText.VisibleCharacters)
+        if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept") && Visible == true && richText.VisibleCharacters == -1 | Regex.Replace(richText.Text, @"\[[^]]+\]", "").Length == richText.VisibleCharacters)
         {
             if (dlgPointer < dlgLines.Count && dlgLines[dlgPointer] is string)
             {