diff --git a/bump/bump.py b/bump/bump.py
index b13b7b2..b880746 100644
--- a/bump/bump.py
+++ b/bump/bump.py
@@ -76,12 +76,17 @@ class Bump:
         return secrets
 
     def generate_secret(self, secrets_file):
+        pattern = re.compile('^[a-zA-Z]+$')
         WORDS = r.get_random_words()
         secret = ""
-        for _ in range(SENDER_LENGTH + PASSWORD_LENGTH):
-            secret += random.choice(WORDS) + "-"
-        while len(secret[SENDER_LENGTH:]) < 32:
-            secret += random.choice(WORDS) + "-"
+        word_count = 0
+        while word_count < SENDER_LENGTH + PASSWORD_LENGTH or len(secret[SENDER_LENGTH:]) < 32:
+            word = random.choice(WORDS)
+            print(pattern.match(word))
+            if pattern.match(word) and len(word) < 10:
+                secret += word + "-"
+                word_count += 1
+
         secret = secret[:-1]
 
         self.secrets.append(secret)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e59614c..0d4a40f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ setup(
     license='MIT',
     install_requires=[
         'wheel',
+        'regex',
         'requests',
         'pybase64',
         'qrcode',