diff --git a/game/src/lib.rs b/game/src/lib.rs
index eacce2b..55ca729 100644
--- a/game/src/lib.rs
+++ b/game/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn parse_input (s: &str) -> PlayerAction {
 	use PlayerAction::*;
 	use PlayerActionRoomSpecific::*;
 	
-	let s = s.to_lowercase ();
+	let s = s.trim ().to_lowercase ();
 	
 	let look = |rest| RoomSpecific (Look (parse_item_name (rest)));
 	let activate = |rest| RoomSpecific (Use (parse_item_name (rest)));
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ pub enum Response {
 	JokeEnding,
 	FailedDetectionCheck,
 	PlayerVictory,
+	
+	// These are hints for spam detection on the Telnet frontend
+	Nonsense,
 }
 
 #[derive (Clone, Copy)]
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ impl State {
 			PlayerAction::Nonsense => vec! [
 				line_response ("I couldn't understand that. Try `help` or `hint`."),
 				line_response ("`hint` may contain spoilers. `help` will not."),
+				Response::Nonsense,
 			],
 			PlayerAction::RoomSpecific (x) => self.room_1 (x),
 		}
@@ -414,6 +418,7 @@ mod test {
 			("look table", RoomSpecific (Look (ItemName::Table))),
 			("look  note ", RoomSpecific (Look (ItemName::Note))),
 			("LOOK TABLE", RoomSpecific (Look (ItemName::Table))),
+			("look ", RoomSpecific (LookAround)),
 			("wait", RoomSpecific (Wait)),
 			("hint", RoomSpecific (Hint)),
 		].into_iter () {
diff --git a/telnet/src/main.rs b/telnet/src/main.rs
index 2b6838d..1ce5978 100644
--- a/telnet/src/main.rs
+++ b/telnet/src/main.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ async fn process_socket (socket: TcpStream, id: &str)
 {
 	use kajam_10_game::Response;
 	
+	let mut interval = tokio::time::interval (tokio::time::Duration::from_millis (500));
+	interval.set_missed_tick_behavior (tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
+	interval.tick ().await;
+	
 	let mut seq = 0;
 	let (mut read, mut write) = socket.into_split ();
 	
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ async fn process_socket (socket: TcpStream, id: &str)
 	}
 	
 	'main_loop: loop {
+		interval.tick ().await;
 		let input = read_input (&mut read, &mut write).await.context ("couldn't get player input")?;
 		tracing::debug! ("Processing input {} from connection {}", seq, id);
 		seq += 1;