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diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
index 80963a8..48e819a 100755
--- a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
+++ b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
@@ -183,13 +183,33 @@ class GrayIdler(Idler):
 
 
 class StringIdler(Idler):
-	def __init__(self, v, text="Hello Cruel World!"):
+	def __init__(self, v, text="Hello Cruel World!  "):
 		self.v = v
 		self.mk = MessageKeeper(v)
-		self.text = text
+		self.text = self.clean_text(text)
+		
+		msg = [("",False, None),(self.text, True, 0.8)]
+		self.mk.set_messages(msg)
+
+	def clean_text(self, text):
+		# nothing like a bit of good clean text :)
+		valid = string.digits \
+			+ string.letters \
+			+ string.punctuation \
+			+ " "
+		# uppercase it
+		text = string.upper(text)
+		clean = ""
+		for char in text:
+			if char in valid:
+				clean = clean + char
+			else:
+				clean = clean + " "
+		return clean
 
 	def next(self):
 		self.mk.update_display()
 
 	def reset(self):
-		self.mk.set_message(self.text, True, None)
+		pass
+		#self.mk.update_display(forced=True)