diff --git a/.env.production.sample b/.env.production.sample
index b915486..eca4c35 100644
--- a/.env.production.sample
+++ b/.env.production.sample
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ archive=false
 ## Put whatever amount of time here you want the container to restart after
 ## This will kill any hanging curl processes that may be taking up uncessary
 ## resources
-restartTimeout=1h
\ No newline at end of file
+restartTimeout=1h
+
+## How long to delay starting a stream. Leave it here unless you are debugging
+streamDelay="0.1s"
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diff --git a/scripts/start-firehose.sh b/scripts/start-firehose.sh
index 70bf335..695eb79 100644
--- a/scripts/start-firehose.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-firehose.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ do
       echo "[INFO] Opening federated line $line"
 
       #Check for hashtags
-      if [[ "$line" == *" #"* ]]; then
+      if [[ "$line" == *" "* ]]; then
 
          echo "[INFO] $line has hashtags!"
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ cat /config/hashtag-urls.txt >> /config/urls.txt
 cat /config/urls.txt | while read -r url
 do
    echo "[INFO] Opening $url to stream"
-   sleep 0.1s
+   sleep $streamDelay
    ./stream-url.sh $url &
 done