diff --git a/console_play.py b/console_play.py
index 2ba2c89..729f646 100644
--- a/console_play.py
+++ b/console_play.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def play_unconstrained():
 def play_constrained():
     #generator = WebGenerator(CRED_FILE)
     generator = CTRLGenerator()
-    story_start = "classic"
+    story_start = "haunted"
     verbs_key = "anything"
     prompt = get_story_start(story_start)
     story_manager = ConstrainedStoryManager(generator, prompt, action_verbs_key=verbs_key)
diff --git a/generator/ctrl/ctrl_generator.py b/generator/ctrl/ctrl_generator.py
index 53c0b86..f16d7b9 100644
--- a/generator/ctrl/ctrl_generator.py
+++ b/generator/ctrl/ctrl_generator.py
@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ class CTRLGenerator():
         self.topk = 0
 
 
-    def generate(self, prompt):
+    def generate(self, prompt, first_verb_whitelist=True):
 
         if prompt[-1] != " ":
             prompt = prompt + " "
 
+        first_token = True
+
         prompt = second_to_first_person(prompt)
 
         prompt = self.control_code + prompt
@@ -198,13 +200,15 @@ class CTRLGenerator():
                     prompt_logits[_token][generated_token] /= self.penalty
 
             # disallow some tokens
-            prompt_logits[_token][self.word2idx['<unk>']] = -1e8
-            prompt_logits[_token][self.word2idx['\n']] = -1e8
+            forbidden_tokens = ['<unk>', 'Sco@@']
+            for token in forbidden_tokens:
+                prompt_logits[_token][self.word2idx[token]] = -1e8
 
-            # sometimes, when generating from reddit,
-            # it tries to generate the Score (reddit Karma) immediately after generating the Title:
-            # to disallow this, we can just prevent it from generating Score
-            prompt_logits[_token][self.word2idx['Sco@@']] = -1e8
+            # Make sure only a possible verb is chosen. 
+            if first_token:
+                for word in get_possible_verbs():
+                    prompt_logits[_token][self.word2idx[word]] += 0.1
+                first_token = False
 
             # compute probabilities from logits
             prompt_probs = np.exp(prompt_logits[_token])
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ class CTRLGenerator():
             # for instance, if you want to disallow anything with the phrase `http`,
             # you can delete theme from the pruned_list
             # you can comment this out, I'm keeping it in for demonstration purpose
-            tokens_to_disallow = []
+            tokens_to_disallow = ["\n\n"]
             for _ in range(len(pruned_list)):
                 if 'http' in self.idx2word[pruned_list[_]]:
                     tokens_to_disallow.append(_)
diff --git a/story/story_manager.py b/story/story_manager.py
index 7fa3373..4d8d6a7 100644
--- a/story/story_manager.py
+++ b/story/story_manager.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ConstrainedStoryManager(StoryManager):
         return [self.generate_action_result(self.story_context(), phrase) for phrase in self.action_phrases]
 
     def generate_action_result(self, prompt, phrase):
-        action = phrase + self.generator.generate(prompt + phrase)
+        action = phrase + " " + self.generator.generate(prompt + phrase)
         action_result = cut_trailing_sentence(action)
 
         action, result = split_first_sentence(action_result)
diff --git a/story/utils.py b/story/utils.py
index 5070223..7e1509d 100644
--- a/story/utils.py
+++ b/story/utils.py
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ def second_to_first_person(text):
 
     return capitalize_first_letters(text)
 
+
+possible_verbs = ["go", "run", "open", "look", "walk", "make", "try", "say", "tell", "attack", "use", "turn", "fight", "scream", "yell"]
+
+def get_possible_verbs():
+    return possible_verbs
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     f = open("test.txt", "r")
     test_text = f.read()