diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index a99bcc9..809c6fc 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ THEME="LIGHT"
 TIMES_TO_RUN=""
 MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH="500"
 # Range is 0 -> 1 recommended around 0.8-0.9
-OPACITY=""
+OPACITY="1"
 
 # see TTSwrapper.py for all valid options
 VOICE="en_us_001" # e.g. en_us_002
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 67cb645..d86b422 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def run_many(times):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
-        if getenv("TIMES_TO_RUN"):
+        if getenv("TIMES_TO_RUN") and isinstance(int(getenv("TIMES_TO_RUN")), int):
             run_many(int(getenv("TIMES_TO_RUN")))
         else:
             main()
diff --git a/video_creation/TTSwrapper.py b/video_creation/TTSwrapper.py
index 7015d44..42158ba 100644
--- a/video_creation/TTSwrapper.py
+++ b/video_creation/TTSwrapper.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import re
-
 import base64
 import os
 import random
+import re
+
 import requests
 from moviepy.editor import AudioFileClip, concatenate_audioclips, CompositeAudioClip
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
 
 # from profanity_filter import ProfanityFilter
 # pf = ProfanityFilter()
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ class TTTTSWrapper:  # TikTok Text-to-Speech Wrapper
         self.URI_BASE = "https://api16-normal-useast5.us.tiktokv.com/media/api/text/speech/invoke/?text_speaker="
 
     def tts(
-        self,
-        req_text: str = "TikTok Text To Speech",
-        filename: str = "title.mp3",
-        random_speaker: bool = False,
-        censer=False,
+            self,
+            req_text: str = "TikTok Text To Speech",
+            filename: str = "title.mp3",
+            random_speaker: bool = False,
+            censer=False,
     ):
         req_text = req_text.replace("+", "plus").replace(" ", "+").replace("&", "and")
         if censer:
@@ -90,9 +91,18 @@ class TTTTSWrapper:  # TikTok Text-to-Speech Wrapper
 
         chunkId = 0
         for chunk in chunks:
-            r = requests.post(
-                f"{self.URI_BASE}{voice}&req_text={chunk}&speaker_map_type=0"
-            )
+            try:
+                r = requests.post(
+                    f"{self.URI_BASE}{voice}&req_text={chunk}&speaker_map_type=0"
+                )
+            except requests.exceptions.SSLError:
+                # https://stackoverflow.com/a/47475019/18516611
+                session = requests.Session()
+                retry = Retry(connect=3, backoff_factor=0.5)
+                adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
+                session.mount('http://', adapter)
+                session.mount('https://', adapter)
+                r = session.post(f"{self.URI_BASE}{voice}&req_text={chunk}&speaker_map_type=0")
             vstr = [r.json()["data"]["v_str"]][0]
             b64d = base64.b64decode(vstr)
 
diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index 2d0afcd..42168f7 100755
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def make_final_video(number_of_clips, length):
     # Gather all images
     image_clips = []
     for i in range(0, number_of_clips):
-        if opacity is None or int(opacity) >= 1:  # opacity not set or is set to one OR MORE
+        if opacity is None or float(opacity) >= 1:  # opacity not set or is set to one OR MORE
             image_clips.append(
                 ImageClip(f"assets/temp/png/comment_{i}.png")
                 .set_duration(audio_clips[i + 1].duration)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def make_final_video(number_of_clips, length):
                 .resize(width=W - 100)
                 .set_opacity(float(opacity)),
             )
-    if opacity is None or int(opacity) >= 1:  # opacity not set or is set to one OR MORE
+    if opacity is None or float(opacity) >= 1:  # opacity not set or is set to one OR MORE
         image_clips.insert(
             0,
             ImageClip(f"assets/temp/png/title.png")