diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 031d471..60ee01d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ available modes:
 
 - `wordcount`
 - `time`
+- `custom`
 
 ## punctuation
 
@@ -100,4 +101,4 @@ acc: total number of characters (including spaces) of words you got right divide
 
 ## support
 
-- <a href="https://www.paypal.me/briano1905" target="_blank">PayPal</a>
\ No newline at end of file
+- <a href="https://www.paypal.me/briano1905" target="_blank">PayPal</a>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index effbf72..108061d 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ <h2 id="header">typings</h2>
             <text> / </text>
             <span id="tc-240" onclick="setTimeCount(240)">240</span>
           </span>
+          <span id="custom" style="border-bottom: 2px solid;">
+            custom
+          </span>
         </div>
         <div id="right-wing">WPM: XX / ACC: XX</div>
       </div>
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index e8f7db5..c4b0eb3 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const inputField = document.querySelector('#input-field');
 let typingMode = 'wordcount';
 let wordCount;
 let timeCount;
+let customText = '';
 
 // Initialize dynamic variables
 let randomWords = [];
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ let timer;
 let timerActive = false;
 let punctuation = false;
 
+// Initialize global constants
+const PUNCREGEX = /!:;'",.\/?!@#$%^&*()_}{\[\]\-s\+\=/;
+
 // Get cookies
+customText = getCookie('customText');
 getCookie('theme') === '' ? setTheme('light') : setTheme(getCookie('theme'));
 getCookie('language') === '' ? setLanguage('english') : setLanguage(getCookie('language'));
 getCookie('wordCount') === '' ? setWordCount(50) : setWordCount(getCookie('wordCount'));
@@ -36,14 +41,26 @@ function setText(e) {
   }
   currentWord = 0;
   correctKeys = 0;
-  inputField.value = '';
   timerActive = false;
   clearTimeout(timer);
   textDisplay.style.display = 'block';
   inputField.className = '';
 
   switch (typingMode) {
+    case 'custom':
+      if (inputField.value === 'custom') {
+        customText = prompt('enter custom text:');
+        setCookie('customText', customText, 90);
+      }
+      wordList = betterSplit(customText);
+      punctuation = false;
+      textDisplay.style.height = 'auto';
+      textDisplay.innerHTML = '';
+      inputField.value='';
+      break;
+      
     case 'wordcount':
+      inputField.value = '';
       textDisplay.style.height = 'auto';
       textDisplay.innerHTML = '';
       if (!keepWordList) {
@@ -58,6 +75,7 @@ function setText(e) {
       break;
 
     case 'time':
+      inputField.value = '';
       textDisplay.style.height = '3.2rem';
       document.querySelector(`#tc-${timeCount}`).innerHTML = timeCount;
       textDisplay.innerHTML = '';
@@ -69,7 +87,6 @@ function setText(e) {
         }
       }
   }
-
   if (punctuation) addPunctuations();
   showText();
   inputField.focus();
@@ -120,18 +137,20 @@ function showText() {
 inputField.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
   // Add wrong class to input field
   switch (typingMode) {
+    case 'custom':
     case 'wordcount':
       if (currentWord < wordList.length) inputFieldClass();
     case 'time':
       if (timerActive) inputFieldClass();
   }
   function inputFieldClass() {
-    if (e.key >= 'a' && e.key <= 'z' || (e.key === `'` || e.key === ',' || e.key === '.' || e.key === ';')) {
-      let inputWordSlice = inputField.value + e.key;
+    var puncRegex = new RegExp('[' + PUNCREGEX.source + ']');
+    if (e.key === 'Backspace') {
+      let inputWordSlice = e.ctrlKey ? '' : inputField.value.slice(0, inputField.value.length - 1);
       let currentWordSlice = wordList[currentWord].slice(0, inputWordSlice.length);
       inputField.className = inputWordSlice === currentWordSlice ? '' : 'wrong';
-    } else if (e.key === 'Backspace') {
-      let inputWordSlice = e.ctrlKey ? '' : inputField.value.slice(0, inputField.value.length - 1);
+    } else if (e.key >= 'a' && e.key <= 'z' || puncRegex.test(e.key)) {
+      let inputWordSlice = inputField.value + e.key;
       let currentWordSlice = wordList[currentWord].slice(0, inputWordSlice.length);
       inputField.className = inputWordSlice === currentWordSlice ? '' : 'wrong';
     } else if (e.key === ' ') {
@@ -142,6 +161,7 @@ inputField.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
   // If it is the first character entered
   if (currentWord === 0 && inputField.value === '') {
     switch (typingMode) {
+      case 'custom':
       case 'wordcount':
         startDate = Date.now();
         break;
@@ -216,6 +236,7 @@ inputField.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
 function showResult() {
   let words, minute, acc;
   switch (typingMode) {
+    case 'custom':
     case 'wordcount':
       words = correctKeys / 5;
       minute = (Date.now() - startDate) / 1000 / 60;
@@ -322,6 +343,7 @@ function setTypingMode(_mode) {
       setCookie('typingMode', mode, 90);
       document.querySelector('#word-count').style.display = 'inline';
       document.querySelector('#time-count').style.display = 'none';
+      document.querySelector('#custom').style.display = 'none';
       setText();
       break;
     case 'time':
@@ -329,6 +351,15 @@ function setTypingMode(_mode) {
       setCookie('typingMode', mode, 90);
       document.querySelector('#word-count').style.display = 'none';
       document.querySelector('#time-count').style.display = 'inline';
+      document.querySelector('#custom').style.display = 'none';
+      setText();
+      break;
+    case 'custom':
+      typingMode = mode;
+      setCookie('typingMode', mode, 90);
+      document.querySelector('#word-count').style.display = 'none';
+      document.querySelector('#time-count').style.display = 'none';
+      document.querySelector('#custom').style.display = 'inline';
       setText();
       break;
     default:
@@ -456,4 +487,19 @@ function hideThemeCenter() {
   document.getElementById('command-center').classList.remove('hidden');
 }
 
-
+function betterSplit(str) {
+  // Regex tester for:
+    // Normal a-z, A-Z
+    // punjabi,
+    // CJK,
+    // Russian
+  // TODO: Add support for remaining European languages
+  // Cleaner way to do this???
+  const regex1 = "[\u0A00-\u0A7F\u3040-\u30ff\u3400-\u4dbf\u4e00-\u9fff\uf900-\ufaff\uff66-\uff9f\u3131-\uD79D]+|[\u0400-\u04FFa-zA-Z0-9";
+  const regex2 = "]+\'*[a-z]*";	
+  
+
+  const regex = new RegExp(regex1 + PUNCREGEX.source + regex2, "g");
+  let array = [...str.match(regex)];
+  return array;
+}