diff --git a/.config.template.toml b/.config.template.toml
index ddfa293..ceb59c2 100644
--- a/.config.template.toml
+++ b/.config.template.toml
@@ -1,40 +1,31 @@
 [reddit.creds]
-client_id = { optional = false, nmin = 12, nmax = 30, explanation = "the ID of your Reddit app of SCRIPT type", example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", regex = "^[-a-zA-Z0-9._~+/]+=*$", input_error = "The client ID can only contain printable characters.", oob_error = "The ID should be over 12 and under 30 characters, double check your input." }
-client_secret = { optional = false, nmin = 20, nmax = 40, explanation = "the SECRET of your Reddit app of SCRIPT type", example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", regex = "^[-a-zA-Z0-9._~+/]+=*$", input_error = "The client ID can only contain printable characters.", oob_error = "The secret should be over 20 and under 40 characters, double check your input." }
-username = { optional = false, nmin = 3, nmax = 20, explanation = "the username of your reddit account", example = "JasonLovesDoggo", regex = "^[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", oob_error = "A username HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
-password = { optional = false, nmin = 8, explanation = "the password of your reddit account", example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", oob_error = "Password too short" }
-2fa = { optional = true, type = "bool", options = [true,
-    false,
-], default = false, explanation = "Whether you have Reddit 2FA enabled, Valid options are True and False", example = true }
-
+client_id = { optional = false, example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", explanation = "the ID of your Reddit app of SCRIPT type", default = "", nmin = 12, nmax = 30, regex = "^[-a-zA-Z0-9._~+/]+=*$", oob_error = "The ID should be over 12 and under 30 characters, double check your input.", input_error = "The client ID can only contain printable characters." }
+client_secret = { optional = false, example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", explanation = "the SECRET of your Reddit app of SCRIPT type", default = "", nmin = 20, nmax = 40, regex = "^[-a-zA-Z0-9._~+/]+=*$", oob_error = "The secret should be over 20 and under 40 characters, double check your input.", input_error = "The client ID can only contain printable characters." }
+username = { optional = false, example = "JasonLovesDoggo", explanation = "the username of your reddit account", default = "", nmin = 3, nmax = 20,regex = "^[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", oob_error = "A username HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
+password = { optional = false, example = "fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg", explanation = "the password of your reddit account", default = "", nmin = 8, oob_error = "Password too short" }
+2fa = { optional = true, example = "True", explanation = "Whether you have Reddit 2FA enabled, Valid options are True and False", default = false, options = [true, false], type = "bool" }
 
 [reddit.thread]
-random = { optional = true, options = [true,
-    false,
-], default = false, type = "bool", explanation = "If set to no, it will ask you a thread link to extract the thread, if yes it will randomize it. Default: 'False'", example = "True" }
-subreddit = { optional = false, regex = "[_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", nmin = 3, nmax = 21, explanation = "what subreddit to pull posts from, the name of the sub, not the URL", example = "AskReddit", oob_error = "A subreddit name HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
-post_id = { optional = true, default = "", regex = "^((?!://|://)[+a-zA-Z])*$", explanation = "Used if you want to use a specific post.", example = "urdtfx" }
-max_comment_length = { default = 500, optional = false, nmin = 10, nmax = 10000, type = "int", explanation = "max number of characters a comment can have. default is 500", example = 500, oob_error = "the max comment length should be between 10 and 10000" }
-post_lang = { default = "", optional = true, explanation = "The language you would like to translate to.", example = "es-cr" }
+random = { optional = true, example = "True", explanation = "If set to false, it will ask you a thread link to extract the thread, if true it will randomize it.", default = true, options = [true, false], type = "bool" }
+subreddit = { optional = false, example = "AskReddit", explanation = "what subreddit to pull posts from, the name of the sub, not the URL", default = "", nmin = 3, nmax = 21,regex = "[_0-9a-zA-Z]+$", oob_error = "A subreddit name HAS to be between 3 and 20 characters" }
+post_id = { optional = true, example = "urdtfx", explanation = "Used if you want to use a specific post.", regex = "^((?!://|://)[+a-zA-Z])*$" }
+max_comment_length = {  optional = false, example = 500, explanation = "max number of characters a comment can have. default is 500", default = 500, type = "int", nmin = 10, nmax = 10000, oob_error = "the max comment length should be between 10 and 10000" }
+post_lang = {  optional = true, example = "es-cr", explanation = "The language you would like to translate to.", default = "" }
+sort = {  optional = true, example = "hot ,top, relevance, new", explanation = "method of sorting threads", default = "top", options = ["hot", "top", "relevance", "new"] }
+sort_time = {  optional = true, example = "day, hour, week, month, year, all", explanation = "time range to gather threads from", default = "all", options = ["day", "hour", "week", "month", "year", "all"] }
 
 [settings]
-allow_nsfw = { optional = false, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [true,
-    false,
-], explanation = "Whether to allow NSFW content, True or False" }
-theme = { optional = false, default = "dark", example = "light", options = ["dark",
-    "light",
-], explanation = "sets the Reddit theme, either LIGHT or DARK" }
-times_to_run = { optional = false, default = 1, example = 2, explanation = "used if you want to run multiple times. set to an int e.g. 4 or 29 or 1", type = "int", nmin = 1, oob_error = "It's very hard to run something less than once." }
-opacity = { optional = false, default = 0.9, example = 0.8, explanation = "Sets the opacity of the comments when overlayed over the background", type = "float", nmin = 0, nmax = 1, oob_error = "The opacity HAS to be between 0 and 1", input_error = "The opacity HAS to be a decimal number between 0 and 1" }
-storymode = { optional = true, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [true,
-    false,
-], explanation = "not yet implemented" }
-background_choice = { optional = true, default = "minecraft", example = "minecraft", options = ["minecraft", "gta", "rocket-league", "motor-gta", ""], explanation = "Sets the background for the video" }
-background_audio = { optional = true, type = "bool", default = false, example = false, options = [true,
-    false,
-], explaination="Sets a audio to play in the background (put a background.mp3 file in the assets/backgrounds directory for it to be used.)" }
+allow_nsfw = { optional = false, example = "false", explanation = "Whether to allow NSFW content, True or False", default = false, options = [true, false], type = "bool" }
+theme = { optional = false, example = "light, dark", explanation = "sets the Reddit theme, either LIGHT or DARK", default = "dark", options = ["dark", "light"] }
+times_to_run = { optional = false, example = 2, explanation = "used if you want to run multiple times. set to an int e.g. 4 or 29 or 1", default = 1, type = "int", nmin = 1, oob_error = "It's very hard to run something less than once." }
+opacity = { optional = false, example = 0.8, explanation = "Sets the opacity of the comments when overlayed over the background", default = 0.9, type = "float", nmin = 0, nmax = 1, oob_error = "The opacity HAS to be between 0 and 1", input_error = "The opacity HAS to be a decimal number between 0 and 1" }
+storymode = { optional = true, example = false, explanation = "not yet implemented", default = false, options = [true, false], type = "bool" }
+background_choice = { optional = true, example = "minecraft", explanation = "Sets the background for the video", default = "minecraft", options = ["minecraft", "gta", "rocket-league", "motor-gta",] }
+background_audio = { optional = true, example = false, explaination = "Sets a audio to play in the background (put a background.mp3 file in the assets/backgrounds directory for it to be used.)", default = false, options = [true, false], type = "bool" }
+
 [settings.tts]
-choice = { optional = false, default = "", options = ["streamlabspolly", "tiktok", "googletranslate", "awspolly", ], example = "streamlabspolly", explanation = "The backend used for TTS generation. This can be left blank and you will be prompted to choose at runtime." }
-aws_polly_voice = { optional = false, default = "Matthew", example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for AWS Polly" }
-streamlabs_polly_voice = { optional = false, default = "Matthew", example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for Streamlabs Polly" }
-tiktok_voice = { optional = false, default = "en_us_006", example = "en_us_006", explanation = "The voice used for TikTok TTS" }
+choice = { optional = false, example = "streamlabspolly", explanation = "The backend used for TTS generation. This can be left blank and you will be prompted to choose at runtime.", default = "", options = ["streamlabspolly", "tiktok", "googletranslate", "awspolly", "blank"] }
+aws_polly_voice = { optional = false, example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for AWS Polly", default = "Matthew" }
+streamlabs_polly_voice = { optional = false, example = "Matthew", explanation = "The voice used for Streamlabs Polly", default = "Matthew" }
+tiktok_voice = { optional = false, example = "en_us_006", explanation = "The voice used for TikTok TTS", default = "en_us_006" }
+silence_duration = {  optional = true, example = "0.1", explanation = "time in seconds between TTS comments", default = 0.3, type = "float" }
diff --git a/TTS/TikTok.py b/TTS/TikTok.py
index 743118c..8b2e487 100644
--- a/TTS/TikTok.py
+++ b/TTS/TikTok.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class TikTok:  # TikTok Text-to-Speech Wrapper
         self.URI_BASE = (
             "https://api16-normal-useast5.us.tiktokv.com/media/api/text/speech/invoke/?text_speaker="
         )
-        self.max_chars = 300
+        self.max_chars = 270
         self.voices = {"human": human, "nonhuman": nonhuman, "noneng": noneng}
 
     def run(self, text, filepath, random_voice: bool = False):
diff --git a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
index a171db7..f50e29f 100644
--- a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
+++ b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import re
 # import sox
 # from mutagen import MutagenError
 # from mutagen.mp3 import MP3, HeaderNotFoundError
+import os
+
+import numpy as np
+from moviepy.audio.AudioClip import AudioClip
+from moviepy.audio.fx.volumex import volumex
 import translators as ts
 from rich.progress import track
 from moviepy.editor import AudioFileClip, CompositeAudioClip, concatenate_audioclips
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.voice import sanitize_text
 from utils import settings
 
-DEFUALT_MAX_LENGTH: int = 50  # video length variable
+DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH: int = 45  # video length variable
 
 
 class TTSEngine:
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ class TTSEngine:
         tts_module,
         reddit_object: dict,
         path: str = "assets/temp/mp3",
-        max_length: int = DEFUALT_MAX_LENGTH,
+        max_length: int = DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH,
     ):
         self.tts_module = tts_module()
         self.reddit_object = reddit_object
@@ -76,30 +81,37 @@ class TTSEngine:
         return self.length, idx
 
     def split_post(self, text: str, idx: int):
-        split_files = []
         split_text = [
             x.group().strip()
             for x in re.finditer(rf" *((.{{0,{self.tts_module.max_chars}}})(\.|.$))", text)
         ]
+        try:
+            silence_duration = settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["silence_duration"]
+        except ValueError:
+            silence_duration = 0.3
+
+        silence_long = AudioClip(make_frame=lambda t: np.sin(440 * 2 * np.pi * t), duration=silence_duration, fps=44100)
+        silence_long_new = volumex(silence_long, 0)
+        silence_long_new.write_audiofile(f"{self.path}/long_silence.mp3", fps=44100, verbose=False, logger=None)
 
         idy = None
         for idy, text_cut in enumerate(split_text):
             # print(f"{idx}-{idy}: {text_cut}\n")
             self.call_tts(f"{idx}-{idy}.part", text_cut)
-            split_files.append(AudioFileClip(f"{self.path}/{idx}-{idy}.part.mp3"))
-        CompositeAudioClip([concatenate_audioclips(split_files)]).write_audiofile(
-            f"{self.path}/{idx}.mp3", fps=44100, verbose=False, logger=None
-        )
 
-        for i in split_files:
-            name = i.filename
-            i.close()
-            Path(name).unlink()
+            with open(f"{self.path}/list.txt", 'w') as f:
+                for newy in range(0, len(split_text)):
+                    f.write("file " + f"'{idx}-{newy}.part.mp3'"+"\n")
+                f.write("file " + f"'long_silence.mp3'"+"\n")
+
+        os.system("ffmpeg -f concat -y -hide_banner -loglevel panic -safe 0 " +
+                  "-i " + f"{self.path}/list.txt " +
+                  "-c copy " + f"{self.path}/{idx}.mp3")
 
-        # for i in range(0, idy + 1):
-        # print(f"Cleaning up {self.path}/{idx}-{i}.part.mp3")
 
-        # Path(f"{self.path}/{idx}-{i}.part.mp3").unlink()
+        for i in range(0, idy + 1):
+            # print(f"Cleaning up {self.path}/{idx}-{i}.part.mp3")
+            Path(f"{self.path}/{idx}-{i}.part.mp3").unlink()
 
     def call_tts(self, filename: str, text: str):
         self.tts_module.run(text=process_text(text), filepath=f"{self.path}/{filename}.mp3")
diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index b64a52a..c807df1 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -62,16 +62,29 @@ def get_subreddit_threads(POST_ID: str):
 
     if POST_ID:  # would only be called if there are multiple queued posts
         submission = reddit.submission(id=POST_ID)
-    elif (
-        settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_id"]
-        and len(settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_id"].split("+")) == 1
-    ):
+    elif (settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_id"]
+          and len(settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_id"].split("+")) == 1):
         submission = reddit.submission(id=settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_id"])
-    else:
 
-        threads = subreddit.hot(limit=25)
-        submission = get_subreddit_undone(threads, subreddit)
+    comment_type = settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["sort"]
+
+    try:
+        if str(comment_type) == "top":
+            threads = subreddit.top(limit=25)
+        elif str(comment_type) == "new":
+            threads = subreddit.new(limit=25)
+        elif str(comment_type) == "hot":
+            threads = subreddit.hot(limit=25)
+        elif str(comment_type) == "relevance":
+            threads = subreddit.relevance(limit=25)
+        else:
+            threads = subreddit.top(limit=25)
+    except AttributeError:
+            threads = subreddit.top(limit=25)
+
+    submission = get_subreddit_undone(threads, subreddit)
     submission = check_done(submission)  # double-checking
+
     if submission is None or not submission.num_comments:
         return get_subreddit_threads(POST_ID)  # submission already done. rerun
     upvotes = submission.score
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8b377c2..a17c9f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ requests==2.28.1
 rich==12.4.4
 toml==0.10.2
 translators==5.3.1
+numpy~=1.23.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/subreddit.py b/utils/subreddit.py
index 48dceba..ac3a275 100644
--- a/utils/subreddit.py
+++ b/utils/subreddit.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def get_subreddit_undone(submissions: list, subreddit):
         if submission.stickied:
             print_substep("This post was pinned by moderators. Skipping...")
             continue
+        if submission.num_comments == 0:
+            print_substep("This post has 0 comments. Skipping...")
+            continue
         return submission
     print("all submissions have been done going by top submission order")
     return get_subreddit_undone(
diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index f1e1f96..7853014 100755
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def name_normalize(name: str) -> str:
     name = re.sub(r"(\w+)\s?\/\s?(\w+)", r"\1 or \2", name)
     name = re.sub(r"\/", r"", name)
 
+    name = name[0:140]
+
     lang = settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_lang"]
     if lang:
         print_substep("Translating filename...")