diff --git a/src/helpers/helpers.cr b/src/helpers/helpers.cr
index 82a84f3..3327f1d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/helpers.cr
+++ b/src/helpers/helpers.cr
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ def check_version() : String
     # web request to the version file on github 
     version = HTTP::Client.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CausticKirbyZ/SprayCannon/main/src/helpers/VERSION.cr").body
     return version.split("=").last.delete("\"").strip()
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
diff --git a/src/spray_types/sprayer.cr b/src/spray_types/sprayer.cr
index 9dbb99e..02bb30f 100755
--- a/src/spray_types/sprayer.cr
+++ b/src/spray_types/sprayer.cr
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 require "colorize"
 require "http/client"
 
-
-# class User
-#     @username = ""
-#     @password = "" 
-#     @lockedout = false
-#     @attempts = [] of String
-# end
-
 class SprayStatus
     property username          : String      = ""
     property password          : String      = "" 
@@ -210,13 +202,13 @@ class Sprayer
                                 res = spray(uname, pass)
 
                             elsif @strip_user_string != "" && @strip_pass_string == "" # username striping 
-                                res = spray(uname.strip(@strip_user_string), pass)
+                                res = spray(uname.rchop(@strip_user_string), pass)
 
                             elsif @strip_user_string == "" && @strip_pass_string != "" # password stripping 
-                                res = spray(uname, pass.strip(@strip_pass_string))
+                                res = spray(uname, pass.rchop(@strip_pass_string))
 
                             elsif @strip_user_string != "" && @strip_pass_string != "" # both stripping 
-                                res = spray(uname.strip(@strip_user_string), pass.strip(@strip_pass_string))
+                                res = spray(uname.rchop(@strip_user_string), pass.strip(@strip_pass_string))
                             end
 
                         rescue e