diff --git a/ABOUT.md b/ABOUT.md
index f04c176..0af346f 100644
--- a/ABOUT.md
+++ b/ABOUT.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ The CCTextInputNode implementation Robert was too lazy to implement.
 - Better text input™️
 - Ctrl+A, Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow, Shift + Left/Right Arrow, Home, End and a bunch more hotkeys
 - Esc to deselect an input node
+- Ability to bypass character filter (can be disabled)
+- Ability to bypass max input length (can be disabled)
 
 Ya that's pretty much it for now, at least.
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index baf47c5..69ccca1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [v4.1.0-beta] - 2024-06-19
 
+### Added
+
+- Ability to bypass max input length (can be disabled)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - How the AlertFix works, again... Checks for touch priority if the layer has a touch priority, if not then it falls back to Z order (it was also causing a crash in `LevelEditLayer`)
@@ -14,7 +18,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Crash in level editor
+- Pasting text bypassing allowed characters filter
 - Space character weirdness in `CCTextInputNode`s with `CCLabelBMFont`s
+- More crashes! (when highlighting text)
 
 ## [v4.0.0-beta] - 2024-06-13
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0900e7e..1ad7e54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Brings Windows-like input options to `CCTextInputNode`s.
 - Better text input™️
 - Ctrl+A, Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow, Shift + Left/Right Arrow, Home, End and a bunch more hotkeys
 - Esc to deselect an input node
+- Ability to bypass character filter (can be disabled)
+- Ability to bypass max input length (can be disabled)
 
 ## Image
 
diff --git a/mod.json b/mod.json
index 0cbd97b..2bc5623 100644
--- a/mod.json
+++ b/mod.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "geode": "3.0.0-beta.1",
+    "geode": "3.0.0-beta.2",
     "gd": {
         "win": "2.206"
     },
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
             "default": true,
             "name": "Allow any character",
             "description": "Allows inputting any character (even ones not allowed) into input nodes."
+        },
+        "bypass-length-check": {
+            "type": "bool",
+            "default": true,
+            "name": "Bypass length check",
+            "description": "Allows inserting however many characters into an input node."
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 15b4068..28e8241 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ struct BetterTextInputNode : Modify<BetterTextInputNode, CCTextInputNode>
 		// a space or not, which we fix below (i think CCTextInputNode is very ass)
 		if (m_fields->m_string.length() >= 2)
 		{
-			// ???
-			if (m_fields->m_pos > m_fields->m_string.length() - 1)
-				m_fields->m_pos = -1;
-
 			// what's to the right of the cursor
 			int pos = m_fields->m_pos == -1 ? m_fields->m_string.length() - 1 : m_fields->m_pos;
 			const auto& cursorTextLabelInfo = getTextLabelInfoFromPos(m_fields->m_pos);
@@ -731,9 +727,9 @@ struct BetterTextInputNode : Modify<BetterTextInputNode, CCTextInputNode>
 	{
 		if (
 			!BI::geode::get<bool>("allow-any-character") &&
-			BI::gd::isVanillaInput() &&
 			std::string_view(this->m_allowedChars).find(character) == std::string_view::npos
-			) return;
+		)
+			return;
 
 		const bool wasHighlighting = m_fields->m_highlighted.isHighlighting();
 
@@ -994,9 +990,30 @@ struct BetterTextInputNode : Modify<BetterTextInputNode, CCTextInputNode>
 	void setAndUpdateString(const std::string& str)
 	{
 		// the position is modified in the call to setString
-		const int prevPos = m_fields->m_pos;
+		int prevPos = m_fields->m_pos;
 		m_fields->m_string = str;
 
+		if (!BI::geode::get<bool>("allow-any-character"))
+			std::erase_if(
+				m_fields->m_string,
+				[&](char c) -> bool {
+					return std::string_view(this->m_allowedChars).find(c) == std::string_view::npos;
+				}
+			);
+
+		if (
+			!BI::geode::get<bool>("bypass-length-check") &&
+			this->m_maxLabelLength != 0 &&
+			m_fields->m_string.length() >= this->m_maxLabelLength
+		) {
+			m_fields->m_string = m_fields->m_string.substr(0, this->m_maxLabelLength);
+			m_fields->m_string.resize(this->m_maxLabelLength);
+
+			// sorry...
+			if (m_fields->m_pos >= m_fields->m_string.length())
+				prevPos = -1;
+		}
+
 		CCTextInputNode::setString(str);
 
 		m_fields->m_pos = prevPos;
@@ -1015,6 +1032,9 @@ struct BetterTextInputNode : Modify<BetterTextInputNode, CCTextInputNode>
 	{
 		m_fields->m_use_update_blink_pos = true;
 
+		if (pos >= m_fields->m_string.length())
+			pos = -1;
+
 		this->updateBlinkLabelToChar(pos);
 
 		m_fields->m_use_update_blink_pos = false;
diff --git a/src/utils.hpp b/src/utils.hpp
index d009727..35e61a1 100644
--- a/src/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/utils.hpp
@@ -153,22 +153,6 @@ namespace BI
 		}
 	}
 
-	namespace gd
-	{
-		inline bool isVanillaInput()
-		{
-			return true;
-// 			std::uintptr_t readMemory;
-
-// #ifdef GEODE_IS_WINDOWS
-// 			std::memcpy(&readMemory, reinterpret_cast<void*>(geode::base::get() + 0x2F974), 1);
-// #elif defined(GEODE_IS_MACOS)
-// 			std::memcpy(&readMemory, reinterpret_cast<void*>(geode::base::get() + 0x2F974), 1);
-// #endif
-// 			return readMemory == 0x0475;
-		}
-	}
-
 	namespace geode
 	{
 		template<typename T>