diff --git a/src/ui/character_select.py b/src/ui/character_select.py
index 707c4b7..9286b58 100644
--- a/src/ui/character_select.py
+++ b/src/ui/character_select.py
@@ -236,9 +236,14 @@ def _select_char_by_ocr(char_name: str) -> bool:
                 if result and result[0].text:
                     detected = result[0].text.strip().lower()
                     Logger.debug(f"Row {row}: OCR detected '{detected}'")
-                    # Rows contain extra text (level/class) and OCR noise — a
-                    # substring match is reliable enough for distinct char names.
-                    if char_name_lower == detected or char_name_lower in detected:
+                    # OCR mangles names badly ('fistman' reads as 'fabiman'), so
+                    # fuzzy-match the first word of the row against the char name.
+                    import difflib
+                    first_line = detected.splitlines()[0].strip() if detected else ""
+                    first_word = first_line.split()[0] if first_line.split() else ""
+                    fuzzy_ok = bool(first_word) and difflib.SequenceMatcher(
+                        None, char_name_lower, first_word).ratio() >= 0.6
+                    if char_name_lower in detected or fuzzy_ok:
                         click_x = x + w // 2
                         click_y = row_y + row_h // 2
                         click_pos = convert_screen_to_monitor((click_x, click_y))
diff --git a/start_bot_detached.bat b/start_bot_detached.bat
index a822358..626eafe 100644
--- a/start_bot_detached.bat
+++ b/start_bot_detached.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 @echo off
-:: Launch botty detached with console output captured to log\console.log
+:: Launch botty detached with console output captured to log\console_<rand>.log
 :: (used for unattended/remote starts where no interactive console exists)
 cd /d "C:\Users\alex\Downloads\my-botty"
+:: Single-instance guard: F11/F12 are GLOBAL hotkeys, so two bot instances
+:: receive every press and fight each other (one starts, the other pauses).
+powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter \"Name='python.exe'\" | Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -like '*my-botty*main.py*'} | ForEach-Object { Stop-Process -Id $_.ProcessId -Force }"
 set "TS=%RANDOM%"
 call "C:\Users\alex\Downloads\my-botty\run_botty.bat" > "C:\Users\alex\Downloads\my-botty\log\console_%TS%.log" 2>&1