diff --git a/modular_ss220/text_to_speech/code/tts_subsystem.dm b/modular_ss220/text_to_speech/code/tts_subsystem.dm
index a51f699a3bb4..78f5f5233cf1 100644
--- a/modular_ss220/text_to_speech/code/tts_subsystem.dm
+++ b/modular_ss220/text_to_speech/code/tts_subsystem.dm
@@ -279,10 +279,9 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tts220)
 	if(traits & TTS_TRAIT_PITCH_WHISPER)
 		text = provider.pitch_whisper(text)
 
-	var/hash = rustg_hash_string(RUSTG_HASH_MD5, text)
+	var/hash = rustg_hash_string(RUSTG_HASH_MD5, lowertext(text))
 	var/filename = "data/tts_cache/[seed.name]/[hash]"
 
-	var/datum/callback/play_tts_cb = CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(play_tts), speaker, listener, filename, is_local, effect, preSFX, postSFX)
 
 	if(fexists("[filename].ogg"))
 		tts_reused++
@@ -290,6 +289,8 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tts220)
 		play_tts(speaker, listener, filename, is_local, effect, preSFX, postSFX)
 		return
 
+	var/datum/callback/play_tts_cb = CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(play_tts), speaker, listener, filename, is_local, effect, preSFX, postSFX)
+
 	if(LAZYLEN(tts_queue[filename]))
 		tts_reused++
 		tts_rrps_counter++
@@ -306,14 +307,14 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tts220)
 	// Bail if it errored
 	if(response.errored)
 		provider.timed_out_requests++
-		message_admins("<span class='warning'>Error connecting to [provider.name] TTS API. Please inform a maintainer or server host.</span>")
+		log_game(span_warning("Error connecting to [provider.name] TTS API. Please inform a maintainer or server host."))
+		message_admins(span_warning("Error connecting to [provider.name] TTS API. Please inform a maintainer or server host."))
 		return
 
 	if(response.status_code != 200)
 		provider.failed_requests++
-		if(provider.failed_requests >= provider.failed_requests_limit)
-			provider.is_enabled = FALSE
-		message_admins("<span class='warning'>Error performing [provider.name] TTS API request (Code: [response.status_code])</span>")
+		log_game(span_warning("Error performing [provider.name] TTS API request (Code: [response.status_code])"))
+		message_admins(span_warning("Error performing [provider.name] TTS API request (Code: [response.status_code])"))
 		tts_request_failed++
 		if(response.status_code)
 			if(tts_errors["[response.status_code]"])
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tts220)
 	if(preSFX)
 		play_sfx(listener, preSFX, output.channel, output.volume, output.environment)
 
-	listener.playsound_local(turf_source, output, volume, S = output, channel = channel, wait = TRUE)
+	output = listener.playsound_local(turf_source, output, volume, S = output, channel = channel, wait = TRUE)
 
 	if(!output || output.volume <= 0)
 		return
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(tts220)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/tts220/proc/sanitize_tts_input(message)
 	var/hash
 	if(sanitized_messages_caching)
-		hash = rustg_hash_string(RUSTG_HASH_MD5, message)
+		hash = rustg_hash_string(RUSTG_HASH_MD5, lowertext(message))
 		if(sanitized_messages_cache[hash])
 			sanitized_messages_cache_hit++
 			return sanitized_messages_cache[hash]