diff --git a/src/textrank.a b/src/textrank.a
index 78ad3d089..f33bf2dbd 100644
--- a/src/textrank.a
+++ b/src/textrank.a
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ BestMatchScore
 BestMatchIndex
          !byte 0
 
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; ResetTextRank
+; reset the Match variables to allow re-scanning (e.g. because of backspace)
+
+; in:    nothing
+; out:   X, MatchCount, BestMatchScore, BestMatchIndex zeroed
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ResetTextRank
+         ldx   #0
+         stx   MatchCount
+         stx   BestMatchScore
+         stx   BestMatchIndex
+         rts
+
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; TextRankCallback
 ; callback called by okvs_iter_values on gGamesListStore
@@ -132,6 +146,7 @@ TextRankCallback
          pha
          ldy   #1
          lda   (zpstring),y
+         +LOW_ASCII_TO_LOWER
          sta   firstletter
          pla
          ldx   InputBuffer
diff --git a/src/ui.search.mode.a b/src/ui.search.mode.a
index fc1e47de6..924d97742 100644
--- a/src/ui.search.mode.a
+++ b/src/ui.search.mode.a
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ InputLoop
 
          cmp   #$7F                  ; delete key
          bne   +
--        ldx   #kInputBackspace
+-        jsr   ResetTextRank
+         ldx   #kInputBackspace
          bne   InputDispatch         ; always branches
 
 +        cmp   #$08                  ; left arrow = delete
diff --git a/winmake.bat b/winmake.bat
index c3fffa664..69878efc9 100644
--- a/winmake.bat
+++ b/winmake.bat
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ cscript /nologo bin\rsync.js res\demo\* build\DEMO >>build\log
 cscript /nologo bin\rsync.js res\fx\* build\FX >>build\log
 %CADIUS% ADDFOLDER "build\%DISK%" "/%VOLUME%/FX" "build\FX" >>build\log
 %CADIUS% CREATEFOLDER "build\%DISK%" "/%VOLUME%/X/" >>build\log
-cscript /nologo bin\do2po.js res\dsk build\po
-cscript /nologo bin\rsync.js res\dsk\*.po build\po
-cscript /nologo bin\extract.js build\po >>build\log
+rem cscript /nologo bin\do2po.js res\dsk build\po
+rem cscript /nologo bin\rsync.js res\dsk\*.po build\po
+rem cscript /nologo bin\extract.js build\po >>build\log
 echo y|1>nul 2>nul del /s build\X\.DS_Store
 echo y|1>nul 2>nul del /s build\X\PRODOS
 echo y|1>nul 2>nul del /s build\X\LOADER.SYSTEM