diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/rockaux.c b/apps/plugins/lua/rockaux.c
index 7ed82f616d..25bace3451 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/rockaux.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/rockaux.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "lib/pluginlib_actions.h"
 
 extern long strtol(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
+extern const char *strpbrk_n(const char *s, int smax, const char *accept);
 
 #if (CONFIG_PLATFORM & PLATFORM_NATIVE)
 int errno = 0;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ int splash_scroller(int timeout, const char* str)
     const int max_lines = LCD_HEIGHT / ch_h - 1;
     const int wrap_thresh = (LCD_WIDTH / 3);
     const char *ch;
-    char *brk;
+    const char *brk;
 
     const int max_ch = (LCD_WIDTH / ch_w - 1) * 2;
     char line[max_ch + 2]; /* display buffer */
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ int splash_scroller(int timeout, const char* str)
             rb->lcd_getstringsize(line, &w, NULL);
 
             /* try to not split in middle of words */
-            if (w + wrap_thresh >= max_w && strpbrk (&line[linepos], break_chars))
+            if (w + wrap_thresh >= max_w &&
+                strpbrk_n(ch, 1, break_chars))
             {
-                brk = strpbrk(ch+1, break_chars);
+                brk = strpbrk_n(ch+1, max_ch, break_chars);
                 chars_next_break = (brk - ch);
                 if (chars_next_break < 2 || w + (ch_w * chars_next_break) > max_w)
                 {
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_events.c b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_events.c
index 91e217169e..dc15c363a4 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_events.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_events.c
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ static void rev_timer_isr(void)
         {
             evt = ev_data.cb[i];
 
-            if ((i == ACTEVENT || i == BTNEVENT) && rb->button_queue_count())
+            if ((i == ACTEVENT || i == BTNEVENT) &&
+                (rb->button_queue_count() || rb->button_status() || evt->id))
                     ev_flag |= event_flag(i); /* any buttons ready? */
             else if(evt->ticks > 0 && TIME_AFTER(curr_tick, evt->next_tick))
                 ev_flag |= event_flag(i);
@@ -315,23 +316,15 @@ static void event_thread(void)
                     {
                         /* only send ACTION_NONE once */
                         if (evt->id == ACTION_NONE || rb->button_status() != 0)
-                        {
-                            evt->ticks = 0;
                             continue; /* check next event */
-                        }
                     }
-                    evt->ticks = EV_TICKS; /* poll release event */
                     evt->id = action;
                     break;
                 case BTNEVENT:
                     evt->id = rb->button_get(false);
                     /* only send BUTTON_NONE once */
                     if (evt->id == BUTTON_NONE)
-                    {
-                        evt->ticks = 0;
                         continue; /* check next event */
-                    }
-                    evt->ticks = EV_TICKS; /* poll release event */
                     break;
                 case CUSTOMEVENT:
                 case PLAYBKEVENT:
@@ -592,7 +585,7 @@ static int rockev_register(lua_State *L)
         case ACTEVENT:
             /* fall through */
         case BTNEVENT:
-            event_ticks = 0; /* button events not triggered by timeout but release is*/
+            event_ticks = 0; /* button events not triggered by timeout */
             break;
         case CUSTOMEVENT:
             event_ticks = luaL_optinteger(L, 3, EV_TICKS);
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/strpbrk.c b/apps/plugins/lua/strpbrk.c
index 1e0491f779..efa9cbd2bb 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/strpbrk.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/strpbrk.c
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #include "rocklibc.h"
 
 #undef strpbrk
-char *strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept) {
-  register int i,l=strlen(accept);
-  for (; *s; s++)
-    for (i=0; i<l; i++)
-      if (*s == accept[i])
-	return (char*)s;
-  return 0;
+/* custom strbbrk allowing you to define search len of s*/
+const char *strpbrk_n(const char *s, int smax, const char *accept) {
+  register int i;
+  register const char *a = accept;
+  for (i=0; __likely(s[i] && i < smax); i++, a=accept)
+    while(__likely(a++[0]))
+      if ((s[i] == a[0]))
+        return &s[i];
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+inline char *strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept) {
+  return (char*)strpbrk_n(s, INT_MAX, accept);
 }
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/strtol.c b/apps/plugins/lua/strtol.c
index 3dd29b6b57..564494643d 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/strtol.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/strtol.c
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ long int strtol(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base)
   unsigned long int v;
   const char*orig=nptr;
 
-  while(isspace(*nptr)) nptr++;
+  while(__unlikely(isspace(*nptr))) nptr++;
 
   if (*nptr == '-' && isalnum(nptr[1])) { neg=-1; ++nptr; }
   v=strtoul(nptr,endptr,base);
   if (endptr && *endptr==nptr) *endptr=(char *)orig;
-  if (v>=ABS_LONG_MIN) {
+  if (__unlikely(v>=ABS_LONG_MIN)) {
     if (v==ABS_LONG_MIN && neg) {
       errno=0;
       return v;
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/strtoul.c b/apps/plugins/lua/strtoul.c
index 74d9b4bb09..834721f05b 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/strtoul.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/strtoul.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ unsigned long int strtoul(const char *ptr, char **endptr, int base)
   const char* orig;
   const char* nptr=ptr;
 
-  while(isspace(*nptr)) ++nptr;
+  while(__unlikely(isspace(*nptr))) ++nptr;
 
   if (*nptr == '-') { neg=1; nptr++; }
   else if (*nptr == '+') ++nptr;
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua_scripts/splashscroller.lua b/apps/plugins/lua_scripts/splashscroller.lua
index 78a7266de8..4356d573ee 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua_scripts/splashscroller.lua
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua_scripts/splashscroller.lua
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rb.splash_scroller(rb.HZ * 5, "This is a rb.splash_scroller test, it is meant to reflow text into a format easily digestable on small screen devices.\n\n it is not particularly adept at this as we strive for the bare minimum in order to leave room for YOUR code. :) \n\nHowever, it does recognize \t\\t \r\\r\n\\n\n\\b (bell)\b")
+rb.splash_scroller(rb.HZ * 5, "This is a rb.splash_scroller test, it is meant to reflow text into a format easily digestable on small screen devices.\n\n it is not particularly adept at this as we strive for the bare minimum in order to leave room for YOUR code. :) \n\nHowever, it does recognize \n\t\\t \r\\r\n\\n\n\\b (bell)\b")