diff --git a/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/dialog/nlu/ConfirmNLURegex.kt b/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/dialog/nlu/ConfirmNLURegex.kt
index f5d1ea46..dafe5752 100644
--- a/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/dialog/nlu/ConfirmNLURegex.kt
+++ b/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/dialog/nlu/ConfirmNLURegex.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ConfirmNLURegex : AbstractSkill(), SensorListener<NLU?> {
         private const val PS_YES = "confirmYes"
     }
 
-    private val finalReplacements = mapOf("""\bme\b""" to "you", """\byou\b""" to "me")
+    private val finalReplacements = mapOf("\bme\b" to "you","\\bme\\b" to "you", """\bme\b""" to "you", """\byou\b""" to "me", """ me\?""" to "you?")
     private var doFinalReplacements = true
     private var confirmText = "You want Me to: #M?"
     private var defaultMapping = "#T"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ConfirmNLURegex : AbstractSkill(), SensorListener<NLU?> {
 
         for (m in mappings.split(";")) {
             if (m.isBlank()) continue // last string after ;
-            logger.debug("add mapping: $m")
+            logger.trace("add mapping: $m")
             val s = m.trim().split("=")
             if (s.size != 2) throw SkillConfigurationException("error in intentMapping for '$m' size:${s.size} != 2")
             intentMapping[s.first()] = s.last()
@@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ class ConfirmNLURegex : AbstractSkill(), SensorListener<NLU?> {
             }
         }
         logger.info("computed: '$result'")
-        if (doFinalReplacements) for (replacement in finalReplacements) {
-            result = result.replace(replacement.key.toRegex(), replacement.value)
+        if (doFinalReplacements) {
+            for (replacement in finalReplacements) {
+
+                result = result.replace(replacement.key.toRegex(), replacement.value)
+            }
+            logger.info("text after final replacements: '$result'")
         }
-        logger.info("after final replacements: '$result'")
         return result
     }
 
diff --git a/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/slots/CompareSlot.java b/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/slots/CompareSlot.java
index e32c327e..85da0e28 100644
--- a/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/slots/CompareSlot.java
+++ b/bonsai_skills/src/main/java/de/unibi/citec/clf/bonsai/skills/slots/CompareSlot.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class CompareSlot extends AbstractSkill {
 
     private ExitToken tokenMisMatch;
     private ExitToken tokenMatch;
-    private ExitToken tokenError;
 
     private static final String KEY_COMPARE_STRING = "#_COMPARE_STRING";
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public class CompareSlot extends AbstractSkill {
     public void configure(ISkillConfigurator configurator) {
         tokenMatch = configurator.requestExitToken(ExitStatus.SUCCESS().withProcessingStatus("match"));
         tokenMisMatch = configurator.requestExitToken(ExitStatus.SUCCESS().withProcessingStatus("misMatch"));
-        tokenError = configurator.requestExitToken(ExitStatus.ERROR());
+
 
         readSlot = configurator.getReadSlot("ReadSlot", String.class);
         compareString = configurator.requestValue(KEY_COMPARE_STRING);
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ public boolean init() {
 
             if (slotContent == null) {
                 logger.warn("your ReadSlot was empty");
+                return false;
             }
 
         } catch (CommunicationException ex) {
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ public boolean init() {
 
     @Override
     public ExitToken execute() {
-        if (slotContent == null) {
-            return tokenError;
-        }
         if (slotContent.equals(compareString)) {
             return tokenMatch;
         }