diff --git a/src/commands/general/CommandBoop.java b/src/commands/general/CommandBoop.java
index cb9104b..b54bc02 100644
--- a/src/commands/general/CommandBoop.java
+++ b/src/commands/general/CommandBoop.java
@@ -68,22 +68,23 @@ public class CommandBoop extends Command
 	{
 		if(input.mentions == null)
 		{
+			// No one is booped, just the bot!
 			boopTracker.applyBoop();
 			res.send(String.format(LocStrings.stub("BoopStandard"), user.name, boopTracker.howMany()));
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			// When someone boops one other person
 			if(input.mentions.length == 1)
 			{
-				boopTracker.applyBoop();
 				res.send(String.format(LocStrings.stub("BoopPerson"), user.name, input.mentions[0].name));
 				return;
 			}
 			
+			// A number of people have been booped
 			String booped = ""; 
 			for(int i = 0; i < input.mentions.length; i++)
 			{
-				boopTracker.applyBoop();
 				if(i < input.mentions.length-1)
 					booped += input.mentions[i].name + ", ";
 				else
diff --git a/src/network/NetworkColiru.java b/src/network/NetworkColiru.java
index 6cf23fd..5357b7b 100644
--- a/src/network/NetworkColiru.java
+++ b/src/network/NetworkColiru.java
@@ -6,14 +6,41 @@ public class NetworkColiru
 {
 	public String compileCPlusPlus(String query)
 	{
-		// Escape characters that need escaping.
-		// Primarily types of whitespace.
+		// Escape characters that need escaping - mostly whitespace.
 		query = query.replace("\\n", "\\\\n");
 		query = query.replace("\\t", "\\\\t");
 		query = query.replace("\n", "\\n");
 		query = query.replace("\"", "\\\"");
 		query = query.replace("\t", "\\t");
+		query = query.replace("`", "");
+
+//		// replace backticks on only the edges of the string.
+//		StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(query);
+//		
+//		for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i)
+//		{
+//			if(s.charAt(i) != '`')
+//				break;
+//			
+//			s.setCharAt(i, ' ');
+//		}
+//		
+//		for(int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
+//		{
+//			if(s.charAt(i) != '`')
+//				break;
+//			
+//			s.setCharAt(i, ' ');
+//		}
+//		
+//		query = s.toString().trim();
 		
+		// Determine if the query is effectively empty or not. If it is, don't attempt to compile it.
+		if(query.trim().length() == 0)
+		{
+			return "I can't compile nothing!";
+		}
+
 		// Send the compilation request!
 		String result = HTTPUtils.sendPOSTRequest("http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/compile"
 				, "{ \"cmd\": \"g++ main.cpp && ./a.out\", \"src\": \"" + query + "\" }");
@@ -21,7 +48,7 @@ public class NetworkColiru
 		// If we got a valid response...
 		if(!result.isEmpty())
 		{
-			result = "Here's what happened when I went to compiled that! \n```" + result + "```";
+			result = "Here's what happened when I went to compile that! \n```" + result + "```";
 		}
 		
 		return result;