diff --git a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/DataLayer/DataMapper.java b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/DataLayer/DataMapper.java
index 855a5e11..40419849 100644
--- a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/DataLayer/DataMapper.java
+++ b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/DataLayer/DataMapper.java
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@ public class DataMapper {
         ResultSet l_rsSearch = null;
         String CountSQL = "select count(*) from Sentences";
         String l_sSQL = "delete from Sentences\n" +
-                " where DATE(last_used) < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 10 DAY)\n" +
-                "  order by last_used asc limit 2";
+                "  order by last_used asc limit 5";
         try {
             l_cCon = DBCPDataSource.getConnection();
             l_pStatement = l_cCon.prepareStatement(CountSQL);
             ResultSet resultSet = l_pStatement.executeQuery();
             if (resultSet.next()) {
                 int count = resultSet.getInt(1);
-                if (count > 8500) {
+                if (count > 7000) {
                     l_pStatement = l_cCon.prepareStatement(l_sSQL);
                     l_pStatement.execute();
                 }
diff --git a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
index 85786ed6..ef2def3f 100644
--- a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
+++ b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class DiscordHandler extends ListenerAdapter {
     private static Datahandler datahandler;
     private static StanfordCoreNLP stanfordCoreNLPSentiment;
     private static ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+    private static ExecutorService executorServiceResponse = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
     private static ExecutorService executorServiceIngame = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
 
     //TODO add python program that edits the java code. python program just adds test if statements on
@@ -167,13 +168,18 @@ public class DiscordHandler extends ListenerAdapter {
                     }
                 }
                 if (mentionedBot || channelName.contains("general-autism")) {
-                    String ResponseStr;
-                    ResponseStr = datahandler.getResponseMsg(content, username, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment,
-                            false);
-                    if (!ResponseStr.isEmpty()) {
-                        System.out.print("\nResponseStr3: " + ResponseStr + "\n");
-                        event.getMessage().getChannel().sendMessage(ResponseStr).queue();
-                    }
+                    final String contentF = content;
+                    executorServiceResponse.execute(new Runnable() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void run() {
+                            String ResponseStr = datahandler.getResponseMsg(contentF, username, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment,
+                                    false);
+                            if (!ResponseStr.isEmpty()) {
+                                System.out.print("\nResponseStr3: " + ResponseStr + "\n");
+                                event.getMessage().getChannel().sendMessage(ResponseStr).queue();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
                 } else {
                     final String contentF = content;
                     executorService.execute(new Runnable() {