diff --git a/__pycache__/dashboard.cpython-310.pyc b/__pycache__/dashboard.cpython-310.pyc
index f8955d3..85375b1 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/dashboard.cpython-310.pyc and b/__pycache__/dashboard.cpython-310.pyc differ
diff --git a/dashboard.py b/dashboard.py
index 1478963..e832057 100644
--- a/dashboard.py
+++ b/dashboard.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ root_content_path = 'dashboard_static'
 # the action will be called with the context and the event
 @event('init')
 def setup(ctx, e):
-    start_offline_tweets('sports1.txt', event_name="tweet", time_factor=0.01)
+    start_offline_tweets('sports1.txt', event_name="tweet", time_factor=0.1)
     ctx.count = 0
     # fire('sample', {'previous': 0.0})
 
diff --git a/dashboard_static/index.html b/dashboard_static/index.html
index 9e26092..c87c293 100644
--- a/dashboard_static/index.html
+++ b/dashboard_static/index.html
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="popchart column">
 
-                        <span class="colheader chartheader">Sports Popularity Filter</span>
+                        <span class="colheader chartheader">Sports Popularity Pie Chart</span>
                         <div id="pie" style="height:300px; background-color: white;"></div>
 
                     </div>
diff --git a/dashboard_static/js/code.js b/dashboard_static/js/code.js
index bf2dca8..f2b9694 100644
--- a/dashboard_static/js/code.js
+++ b/dashboard_static/js/code.js
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ function tweetCell(tweet) {
 }
 
 function filterTweets(tweets, bannedWords=[], searchWords=[], sorted, order) {
+    if(bannedWords.length == 1 && bannedWords[0] == ""){
+        bannedWords = []
+    }
+    if(searchWords.length == 1 && searchWords[0] == ""){
+        searchWords = []
+    }
     if(bannedWords.length > 0){
         tweets = filterBannedWords(bannedWords, tweets)
     }