diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBAPIService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBAPIService.ts
index 01ea73b5..fe150266 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBAPIService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBAPIService.ts
@@ -468,12 +468,17 @@ export class DialogClass {
         return [year, month, day].join('/');
     }
   }
-
+  public async isAffirmative(step, text) {
+    return text.toLowerCase().match(Messages[step.context.activity.locale].affirmative_sentences);    
+  }
+  
   public async getNow(step) {
-    var d = new Date();
-    return d.getHours() + ':' + d.getMinutes();
+    const nowUTC = new Date();
+    const now = new Date((typeof nowUTC === "string" ?
+      new Date(nowUTC) : 
+      nowUTC).toLocaleString("en-US", {timeZone: process.env.DEFAULT_TIMEZONE}));  
 
-    // TODO: Choose Fuse with country code or consent IP.
+    return now.getHours() + ':' + now.getMinutes();
   }
 
   public async sendFileTo(step, mobile, filename, caption) {
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
index 0cb93f5d..b427a204 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ export class GBConversationalService {
       });
       // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unsafe-any
       nexmo.message.sendSms(min.instance.smsServiceNumber, mobile, text, (err, data) => {
-        if (data.messages[0]['error-text']) {
-          GBLog.error(`BASIC: error sending SMS to ${mobile}: ${data.messages[0]['error-text']}`);
-          reject(data.messages[0]['error-text']);
+        const message = data.messages ? data.messages[0] : {};
+        if (err || message['error-text']) {
+          GBLog.error(`BASIC: error sending SMS to ${mobile}: ${message['error-text']}`);
+          reject(message['error-text']);
         } else {
           resolve(data);
         }
@@ -467,6 +468,9 @@ export class GBConversationalService {
       return false;
     }
 
+    text = text.toLowerCase().replace('who\'s', 'who is');
+    text = text.toLowerCase().replace('what\'s', 'what is');
+    
     const model = new LuisRecognizer({
       applicationId: min.instance.nlpAppId,
       endpointKey: min.instance.nlpKey,
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
index 917933fd..d486c934 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
@@ -186,18 +186,18 @@ export class GBMinService {
               await sec.updateUserInstance(id, instance.instanceId);
 
               await (activeMin as any).whatsAppDirectLine.resetConversationId(id);
-              await (activeMin as any).whatsAppDirectLine.sendToDevice(
-                id,
-                `Agora falando com ${activeMin.instance.title}...`
-              );
-
               let startDialog = activeMin.core.getParam(activeMin.instance, 'Start Dialog', null);
               GBLog.info(`Auto start dialog is now being called: ${startDialog}...`);
+
               if (startDialog) {
                 req.body.messages[0].body = `${startDialog}`;
                 await (activeMin as any).whatsAppDirectLine.received(req, res);
               }
               else {
+                await (activeMin as any).whatsAppDirectLine.sendToDevice(
+                  id,
+                  `Agora falando com ${activeMin.instance.title}...`
+                );
                 res.end();
               }
             } else {
@@ -797,6 +797,14 @@ export class GBMinService {
         });
       }
       text = await min.conversationalService.spellCheck(min, text);
+      if (keepText) {
+        const list = keepText.split(';');
+        let i = 0;
+        await CollectionUtil.asyncForEach(list, item => {
+          i++;
+          text = text.replace(`KEEPTEXT${i}`, item.trim());
+        });
+      }
       // Detects user typed language and updates their locale profile if applies.
 
       let locale = min.core.getParam<string>(
@@ -828,12 +836,28 @@ export class GBMinService {
 
       // Translates the input text if is turned on instance params.
 
+      if (keepText) {
+        const list = keepText.split(';');
+        let i = 0;
+        await CollectionUtil.asyncForEach(list, item => {
+          i++;
+          text = text.replace(new RegExp(item.trim(), 'gi'), `KEEPTEXT${i}`);
+        });
+      }
 
       let contentLocale = min.core.getParam<string>(
         min.instance,
         'Default Content Language',
         GBConfigService.get('DEFAULT_CONTENT_LANGUAGE')
       );
+      if (keepText) {
+        const list = keepText.split(';');
+        let i = 0;
+        await CollectionUtil.asyncForEach(list, item => {
+          i++;
+          text = text.replace(new RegExp(item.trim(), 'gi'), `KEEPTEXT${i}`);
+        });
+      }
 
       text = await min.conversationalService.translate(min, text, contentLocale);
       if (keepText) {
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/strings.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/strings.ts
index fe2d54cd..4bada273 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/strings.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/strings.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const Messages = {
     which_language: "Please, type the language name you would like to talk through.",
     validation_enter_valid_email: "Please enter a valid e-mail."   ,
     language_chosen: "Very good, so let's go..."   ,
-    affirmative_sentences: /^(sim|s|positivo|afirmativo|claro|evidente|sem dúvida|confirmo|confirmar|confirmado|uhum)/i,
+    affirmative_sentences: /^(sim|s|positivo|afirmativo|claro|evidente|sem dúvida|confirmo|confirmar|confirmado|uhum|si|y|yes|sure)/i,
     
   },
   'pt-BR': {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const Messages = {
     which_language: "Por favor, digite o idioma que você gostaria de usar para conversarmos.",
     validation_enter_valid_email: "Por favor digite um email válido.",
     language_chosen: "Muito bem, então vamos lá..."   ,
-    affirmative_sentences: /^(sim|s|positivo|afirmativo|claro|evidente|sem dúvida|confirmo|confirmar|confirmado|uhum)/i,
+    affirmative_sentences: /^(sim|s|positivo|afirmativo|claro|evidente|sem dúvida|confirmo|confirmar|confirmado|uhum|si|y|yes|sure)/i,
 
   }
 };