diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c04205..cd93c39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "markov"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 description = "Generate string of text from Markov chain fed by stdin"
 authors = ["Avril <flanchan@cumallover.me>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/src/feed.rs b/src/feed.rs
index 3db4c67..866c1bf 100644
--- a/src/feed.rs
+++ b/src/feed.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ pub fn feed(chain: &mut Chain<String>, what: impl AsRef<str>, bounds: impl std::
 	if #[cfg(feature="split-sentance")] { 
 	    let map = Sentance::new_iter(&what) //get each sentance in string
 		.map(|what| what.words()
-		     .filter(|word| !word.is_empty())
 		     .map(|s| s.to_owned()).collect::<Vec<_>>());
 	    debug_assert!(!bounds.contains(&0), "Cannot allow 0 size feeds");
 	    for map in map {// feed each sentance seperately
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ pub fn feed(chain: &mut Chain<String>, what: impl AsRef<str>, bounds: impl std::
 	    }
 	} else {
 	    let map = Sentance::new_iter(&what) //get each sentance in string
-		.map(|what| what.words()
-		     .filter(|word| !word.is_empty()))
+		.map(|what| what.words())
 		.flatten() // add all into one buffer
 		.map(|s| s.to_owned()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 	    debug_assert!(!bounds.contains(&0), "Cannot allow 0 size feeds");
diff --git a/src/sanitise/sentance.rs b/src/sanitise/sentance.rs
index 2734234..cc1c364 100644
--- a/src/sanitise/sentance.rs
+++ b/src/sanitise/sentance.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl Sentance
     }
 
     /// Get the words in this sentance
-    pub fn words(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'_ Word>
+    #[inline] pub fn words(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'_ Word>
     {
 	Word::new_iter(self)
     }