.gitignore

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.swp

paperprocessor.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode"
 )
 
 // Paper represents a single academic paper
@@ -199,14 +200,13 @@ Abstract: %s`, criteria, paper.Title, paper.Abstract)
 	// Clean and normalize decision
 	rawDecision := strings.TrimSpace(decisionLine)
 
-	// Handle common prefixes and clean the decision text
-	cleanDecision := rawDecision
-	for _, prefix := range []string{"DECISION:", "Decision:"} {
-		cleanDecision = strings.TrimPrefix(cleanDecision, prefix)
-	}
-	cleanDecision = strings.TrimSpace(cleanDecision)
+	// Remove "DECISION:" prefix if present and trim non-alphabetic characters
+	cleanDecision := strings.TrimPrefix(rawDecision, "DECISION:")
+	cleanDecision = strings.TrimFunc(cleanDecision, func(r rune) bool {
+		return !unicode.IsLetter(r) && !unicode.IsNumber(r)
+	})
 
-	// Normalize case
+	// Normalize case and check for valid decision
 	upperDecision := strings.ToUpper(cleanDecision)
 	var decision string
 	switch {