diff --git a/funcs/games/hangman.py b/funcs/games/hangman.py
index eb3ca59..fcf7ce3 100644
--- a/funcs/games/hangman.py
+++ b/funcs/games/hangman.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ class Hangman():
 
         if game == None:
             apiKey = self.bot.credentials.wordnikKey
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(apiUrl+apiKey) as p:
-                word = list(json.load(p)[0]["word"].upper())
+            word = "-"
+            while "-" in word:
+                with urllib.request.urlopen(apiUrl+apiKey) as p:
+                    word = list(json.load(p)[0]["word"].upper())
             logThis("Found the word \""+"".join(word)+"\"")
             guessed = [False] * len(word)
             gameID = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ class Hangman():
 
         if game != None:
             if user == game["player"]:
-                if len(guess) == 1:
+                if len(guess) == 1 and guess in list(string.ascii_uppercase):
                     if guess not in game["guessed letters"]:
                         correctGuess = 0