diff --git a/includes/parser/tokenizer.h b/includes/parser/tokenizer.h
index 67a4ff1..5ab016c 100644
--- a/includes/parser/tokenizer.h
+++ b/includes/parser/tokenizer.h
@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ void				free_linked_list(t_node *stack);
 t_token				get_token(char *str);
 t_pres				get_pressision(char *s, t_token token, t_token last_token, t_pres last_pres);
 int					create_node_after(t_node *elem, char *val);
-char				*copy_meta_xor(char *val, int *copied, int rev);
 int					is_meta(char c);
 int					is_sticked(char *val);
 int					trim_nodes(t_node *head);
 void				debug_linked_list(t_node *head, char *msg);
 int					find_quote_node(t_node *head, char q);
 int					syntax_error(t_node *head);
+char				*copy_meta(char *val, int *copied);
+char				*copy_unmeta(char *val, int *copied);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/tokenizer.c b/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
index 1c849bc..a338d1e 100644
--- a/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
+++ b/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ static int	unstick_nodes(t_node *head)
 		if (is_sticked(it->val))
 		{
 			if (is_meta(it->val[0]))
-				first_str = copy_meta_xor(it->val, &copied, 0);
+				first_str = copy_meta(it->val, &copied);
 			else
-				first_str = copy_meta_xor(it->val, &copied, 1);
+				first_str = copy_unmeta(it->val, &copied);
 			second_str = ft_substr(it->val, copied, ft_strlen(it->val)
 					- copied);
 			ft_free(&it->val);
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ t_node	*tokenize(char *str)
 	if (!head)
 		return (NULL);
 	debug_token_list(head, "tokenize_base");
+	if (!trim_nodes(head))
+		return (NULL);
+	debug_token_list(head, "trim_nodes");
 	if (!unstick_nodes(head))
 		return (NULL);
 	debug_token_list(head, "unstick_nodes");
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ t_node	*tokenize(char *str)
 	debug_token_list(head, "trim_nodes");
 	set_token(head);
 	del_void_nodes(&head);
-	debug_token_list(head, "del_void_nodes");
+	debug_token_list(head, "tokenizer");
 	if (syntax_error(head))
 		return (NULL);
 	return (head);
diff --git a/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/unstick_node_utils.c b/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/unstick_node_utils.c
index a7668c5..ba6c8f6 100644
--- a/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/unstick_node_utils.c
+++ b/srcs/parsing/tokenizer/unstick_node_utils.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "../../../includes/minishell.h"
 
-char	*copy_meta_xor(char *val, int *copied, int rev)
+char	*copy_meta(char *val, int *copied)
 {
 	int		i;
 	int		j;
@@ -21,7 +21,25 @@ char	*copy_meta_xor(char *val, int *copied, int rev)
 
 	i = 0;
 	ref = val[0];
-	while ((is_meta(val[i]) && val[i] == ref) ^ rev)
+	while (val[i] && ((is_meta(val[i]) && val[i] == ref)))
+		i++;
+	*copied = i;
+	out = malloc(i + 1);
+	j = -1;
+	while (++j < i)
+		out[j] = val[j];
+	out[i] = 0;
+	return (out);
+}
+
+char	*copy_unmeta(char *val, int *copied)
+{
+	int		i;
+	int		j;
+	char	*out;
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (val[i] && !is_meta(val[i]))
 		i++;
 	*copied = i;
 	out = malloc(i + 1);