diff --git a/src/lib/device.ts b/src/lib/device.ts
index 9ede78353f3958ba08673b9d9aa5b05103a9d559..4e4f83a50fd675c179d8827e9f6a2ff975af579e 100644
--- a/src/lib/device.ts
+++ b/src/lib/device.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function getRandomId(): number {
 }
 
 function chunkText(str: string): string[] {
-	const arr = str.trim().split(/(\s+)/);
+	const arr = str.trim().split(/(\s+)/.source); // .source as hack to work around some polyfill shenanigans w/RegExp & String.split
 	const ret: string[] = [];
 	let s: string = '';
 	// @ts-expect-error shut up
@@ -399,12 +399,14 @@ export default abstract class Device extends js.global.EventEmitter {
 	}: ITextMessageParams): void {
 		const msgs = chunkText(text);
 		for (const msg of msgs) {
+			if (this.debug) this.log(sbbsdefs.LOG_DEBUG, `Sending text: ${msg}`);
 			// @ts-expect-error It's fucken ambient okay?
 			const enc = new TextEncoder();
 			const payload = enc.encode(msg);
 			if (payload.length > MAX_PAYLOAD) this.error(`sendText: payload length ${payload.length} exceeds maximum (${MAX_PAYLOAD})`);
 			const res = this.sendPacket({ payload, portNum: protobuf.Portnums.PortNum.TEXT_MESSAGE_APP, to, channel, wantAck, ackHandler, replyId, hopLimit });
 			if (!res) this.error(`failed to send text message`);
+			js.global.mswait(100);
 		}
 	}