diff --git a/gancioff b/gancioff
index 3c4f3f7..849c6b2 100755
--- a/gancioff
+++ b/gancioff
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 $SNAME='GancioFF';
 $ENAME=strtolower($SNAME);
-$SVERS='0.4.3';
+$SVERS='0.4.4';
 
 require __DIR__.'/lib/gettlds.php';
 require __DIR__.'/lib/mastodon-postLength.php';
@@ -436,19 +436,24 @@ foreach ($feed->channel->item as $item) {
 			$itemsToPost++;
 		}
 		$post="{$ptext}{$plink}{$pcats}";
-		if (postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds'])<=$conf['max_post_length'] && !$conf['always_link_gancio_post']) {
+		$postLen=postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds']);
+		if ($postLen<=$conf['max_post_length'] && !$conf['always_link_gancio_post']) {
 			$plink='';
-		} else {
-			$pcats='';
+			$post="{$ptext}{$pcats}";
+			$postLen=postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds']);
 		}
-		$post="{$ptext}{$plink}{$pcats}";
-		while (postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds'])>$conf['max_post_length'] && $ptext!='') {
+		if ($postLen>$conf['max_post_length']) {
+			$pcats='';
+			$post="{$ptext}{$plink}";
+			$postLen=postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds']);
+		}
+		while ($postLen>$conf['max_post_length'] && $ptext!='') {
 			$ptext=preg_replace('#\S+\W*$#','',$ptext);
-			//echo "[[[{$ptext}]]]\n";
 			$post="{$ptext}[…]{$plink}{$pcats}";
+			$postLen=postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds']);
 		}
 		//echo "--- #{$index}: {$guid} ---\n{$post}\n--- (length: ".postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds']).") ---\n\n";
-		if (postLength($post,$tldsregex['tlds'])>$conf['max_post_length']) {
+		if ($postLen>$conf['max_post_length']) {
 			fwrite(STDERR,"Warning: could not shorten post for announcement «{$guid}» to make it fit into {$conf['max_post_length']} characters; won’t post.\n");
 		} elseif ($state=='new' || $state=='changed') {
 			if ($opts['do-post']) {
@@ -577,7 +582,7 @@ function getConf(&$conf,&$confFP) {
 				if (array_key_exists($matches[1],$conf))
 					$nconf[$matches[1]]=$matches[2];
 				else
-					$errors[]="line {$i}: «{$matches[1]}» is an unknown key.\n";
+					$errors[]="line {$i}: «{$matches[1]}» is an unknown key";
 			} else {
 				$errors[]="could not interpret line {$i} («{$line}»)";
 			}