diff --git a/src/notORM.sh b/src/notORM.sh
index 0adf36e..81a0bcd 100755
--- a/src/notORM.sh
+++ b/src/notORM.sh
@@ -70,17 +70,17 @@ alias _data_parse_pairs='
 _data_gen_expr() {
 	# we need the pairs sorted due to how the sed expr generation works
 	local IFS=$'\01\n'
-	local i sorted
+	local i
 	sorted=($(for (( i=0; i<${#search[@]}; i++ )); do
 		echo "${column[i]}"$'\01'"${search[i]}"
 	done | sort -n -t$'\01'))
 
 	local last=0
 	for (( i=0; i<${#sorted[@]}; i=i+2 )); do
-		if [[ $((sorted[i] - last)) -le 1 && $i != 0 ]]; then
+		if [[ $((sorted[i] - last)) -le 1 ]]; then
 			expr+="$(_sed_sanitize "${sorted[i+1]}")${delim}"
 		else
-			expr+="$(repeat $((sorted[i] - last)) "[^${delim}]*${delim}")$(_sed_sanitize "${sorted[i+1]}")${delim}"
+			expr+="$(repeat $((sorted[i] - last)) ".*$delim")$(_sed_sanitize "${sorted[i+1]}")${delim}"
 		fi
 		last="${sorted[i]}"
 	done
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ data_replace_value() {
 	if [[ $column == 0 ]]; then
 		local expr="s$ctrl^$(_sed_sanitize "$2")\(${delim}.*\)$ctrl$(_sed_sanitize "$3")\1$ctrl"
 	else
-		local expr="s$ctrl^\($(repeat $column "[^${delim}]*${delim}")\)$(_sed_sanitize "$2")\($delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${1}.cols") - column - 1 )) "[^${delim}]*${delim}")\)"'$'"$ctrl\1$(_sed_sanitize "$3")\2$ctrl"
+		local expr="s$ctrl^\($(repeat $column ".*$delim")\)$(_sed_sanitize "$2")\($delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${1}.cols") - column - 1 )) ".*$delim")\)"'$'"$ctrl\1$(_sed_sanitize "$3")\2$ctrl"
 	fi
 
 	sed -i "$expr" "$1"
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ data_replace() {
 		if [[ $column == 0 ]]; then
 			local expr="s$ctrl^$(_sed_sanitize "$2")${delim}.*$ctrl"
 		else
-			local expr="s$ctrl^$(repeat $column "[^${delim}]*${delim}")$(_sed_sanitize "$2")$delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${store}.cols") - column - 1 )) "[^${delim}]*${delim}")"'$'"$ctrl"
+			local expr="s$ctrl^$(repeat $column ".*$delim")$(_sed_sanitize "$2")$delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${store}.cols") - column - 1 )) ".*$delim")"'$'"$ctrl"
 		fi
 
 	# fi
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ data_yeet() {
 		if [[ $column == 0 ]]; then
 			local expr="/^$(_sed_sanitize "$2")${delim}.*/d"
 		else
-			local expr="/^$(repeat $column "[^${delim}]*${delim}")$(_sed_sanitize "$2")$delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${store}.cols") - column - 1 )) "[^${delim}]*${delim}")"'$'"/d"
+			local expr="/^$(repeat $column ".*$delim")$(_sed_sanitize "$2")$delim$(repeat $(( $(cat "${store}.cols") - column - 1 )) ".*$delim")"'$'"/d"
 		fi
 	fi
 
diff --git a/tests/01-http-basic.sh b/tests/01-http-basic.sh
index e769f43..04722bf 100644
--- a/tests/01-http-basic.sh
+++ b/tests/01-http-basic.sh
@@ -60,49 +60,9 @@ EOF
 	match="nyaa"
 }
 
-server_patch_dummy() {
-	prepare() {
-		cat <<"EOF" > app/webroot/meow.shs
-#!/bin/bash
-echo "${r[method]}"
-EOF
-	}
-	
-	tst() {
-		curl -s "localhost:1337/meow.shs" -X PATCH
-	}
-
-	match="PATCH"
-}
-
-server_put_dummy() {	
-	tst() {
-		curl -s "localhost:1337/meow.shs" -X PUT
-	}
-
-	match="PUT"
-}
-
-server_delete_dummy() {	
-	tst() {
-		curl -s "localhost:1337/meow.shs" -X DELETE
-	}
-
-	match="DELETE"
-}
-
-server_head() {
-	# known to fail; TODO for another day
-	tst() {
-		curl -s -I localhost:1337
-	}
-
-	match_sub="HTTP.sh"
-}
-
 server_res_header() {
 	tst() {
-		curl -s -v localhost:1337 2>&1
+		curl -s -I localhost:1337
 	}
 
 	match_sub="HTTP.sh"
@@ -202,14 +162,6 @@ subtest_list=(
 	server_get_param
 	server_post_param
 
-	# currently functionally equivalent
-	server_patch_dummy
-	server_put_dummy
-	server_delete_dummy
-
-	## currently broken, TODO
-	# server_head
-
 	server_res_header
 	server_res_header_custom
 
diff --git a/tests/04-notORM.sh b/tests/04-notORM.sh
index afde06d..995f6ba 100644
--- a/tests/04-notORM.sh
+++ b/tests/04-notORM.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ notORM_replace_oldsyntax() {
 		data_get "$store" { } out
 		out[2]='meow!'
 		data_replace "$store" 4 out 1 || return $?
-		data_get "$store" 4 1 || return $?
+		data_get "$store" 4 || return $?
 		[[ "${res[@]}" == "${out[@]}" ]] && return 0 || return 1
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tst.sh b/tst.sh
index 52d8171..bb50350 100755
--- a/tst.sh
+++ b/tst.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-trap ctrl_c INT
-ctrl_c() {
-	pkill -P $$
-	echo -e "Interrupted and cleaned up."
-	return 255
-}
 
 _defaults() {
 	match=""
@@ -58,7 +52,6 @@ on_fatal() {
 IFS=$'\n'
 for i in "$@"; do
 	if [[ ! -f "$i" ]]; then
-		echo "ENOENT: $i"
 		echo -e "$0 - basic test framework\n\nusage: $0 <test> [test] [...]"
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -123,12 +116,10 @@ _final_cleanup() {
 	for i in $(jobs -p); do
 		pkill -P $i
 	done
-	if [[ "$(jobs -p)" != '' ]]; then
-		sleep 1
-		for i in $(jobs -p); do
-			pkill -9 -P $i
-		done
-	fi
+	sleep 2
+	for i in $(jobs -p); do
+		pkill -9 -P $i
+	done
 	pkill -P $$
 }