diff --git a/misaki/data/gb_gold.json b/misaki/data/gb_gold.json
index 8c7de92..f34f4f2 100644
--- a/misaki/data/gb_gold.json
+++ b/misaki/data/gb_gold.json
@@ -66252,7 +66252,7 @@
     "DEFAULT": "ɹˈiːd",
     "VBD": "ɹˈɛd",
     "VBN": "ɹˈɛd",
-    "VBP": "ɹˈɛd"
+    "VBP": "ɹˈiːd"
   },
   "read's": "ɹˈiːdz",
   "read-in": "ɹˈiːdɪn",
@@ -68045,7 +68045,7 @@
     "NOUN": "ɹˈiːɹiːd",
     "VBD": "ɹiːɹˈɛd",
     "VBN": "ɹiːɹˈɛd",
-    "VBP": "ɹiːɹˈɛd"
+    "VBP": "ɹiːɹˈiːd"
   },
   "reread's": "ɹˈiːɹiːdz",
   "rereading": "ɹiːɹˈiːdɪŋ",
@@ -89069,7 +89069,7 @@
     "DEFAULT": "wˈuːnd",
     "VBD": "wˈWnd",
     "VBN": "wˈWnd",
-    "VBP": "wˈWnd"
+    "VBP": "wˈuːnd"
   },
   "wound's": "wˈuːndz",
   "wounded": "wˈuːndɪd",
diff --git a/misaki/data/us_gold.json b/misaki/data/us_gold.json
index 8ef4bdc..381933e 100644
--- a/misaki/data/us_gold.json
+++ b/misaki/data/us_gold.json
@@ -68102,7 +68102,7 @@
     "DEFAULT": "ɹˈid",
     "VBD": "ɹˈɛd",
     "VBN": "ɹˈɛd",
-    "VBP": "ɹˈɛd"
+    "VBP": "ɹˈid"
   },
   "read's": "ɹˈidz",
   "read-in": "ɹˈidˌɪn",
@@ -69997,7 +69997,7 @@
     "NOUN": "ɹˈiɹid",
     "VBD": "ɹiɹˈɛd",
     "VBN": "ɹiɹˈɛd",
-    "VBP": "ɹiɹˈɛd"
+    "VBP": "ɹˌiɹˈid"
   },
   "reread's": "ɹˈiɹidz",
   "rereading": "ɹˌiɹˈidɪŋ",
@@ -91908,7 +91908,7 @@
     "DEFAULT": "wˈund",
     "VBD": "wˈWnd",
     "VBN": "wˈWnd",
-    "VBP": "wˈWnd"
+    "VBP": "wˈund"
   },
   "wound's": "wˈundz",
   "wounded": "wˈundᵻd",
diff --git a/misaki/en.py b/misaki/en.py
index 222c170..4602f40 100644
--- a/misaki/en.py
+++ b/misaki/en.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from . import data
+import os
 from .token import MToken
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from num2words import num2words
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def merge_tokens(tokens: List[MToken], unk: Optional[str] = None) -> MToken:
                 phonemes += ' '
             phonemes += unk if tk.phonemes is None else tk.phonemes
     return MToken(
-        text=''.join(tk.text + tk.whitespace for tk in tokens[:-1]) + tokens[-1].text,
+        text=(''.join(tk.text + tk.whitespace for tk in tokens[:-1]) + tokens[-1].text).strip(),
         tag=max(tokens, key=lambda tk: sum(1 if c == c.lower() else 2 for c in tk.text)).tag,
         whitespace=tokens[-1].whitespace,
         phonemes=phonemes,
@@ -495,10 +496,19 @@ def __call__(self, tk, ctx):
         return None, None
 
 class FallbackNetwork:
-    def __init__(self, british):
+    def __init__(self, british, local_files_only=None):
         self.device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+
+        # Respect offline env vars if not explicitly set
+        if local_files_only is None:
+            local_files_only = (
+                os.environ.get("TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE", "0") == "1" or
+                os.environ.get("HF_HUB_OFFLINE", "0") == "1"
+            )
+
         self.model = BartForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
-            "PeterReid/graphemes_to_phonemes_en_" + ("gb" if british else "us"))
+            "PeterReid/graphemes_to_phonemes_en_" + ("gb" if british else "us"),
+            local_files_only=local_files_only)
         self.model.to(self.device)
         self.model.eval()
         self.grapheme_to_token = {g: i for i, g in enumerate(self.model.config.grapheme_chars)}
@@ -519,7 +529,7 @@ def __call__(self, input_token):
         return (output_text, 1)
 
 class G2P:
-    def __init__(self, version=None, trf=False, british=False, fallback=None, unk='❓'):
+    def __init__(self, version=None, trf=False, british=False, fallback=None, unk='❓', local_files_only=None):
         self.version = version
         self.british = british
         name = f"en_core_web_{'trf' if trf else 'sm'}"
@@ -528,7 +538,7 @@ def __init__(self, version=None, trf=False, british=False, fallback=None, unk='
         components = ['transformer' if trf else 'tok2vec', 'tagger']
         self.nlp = spacy.load(name, enable=components)
         self.lexicon = Lexicon(british)
-        self.fallback = fallback if fallback else FallbackNetwork(british)
+        self.fallback = fallback if fallback else FallbackNetwork(british, local_files_only=local_files_only)
         self.unk = unk
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0ee5aa..30be697 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-en = ["num2words", "spacy", "spacy-curated-transformers", "phonemizer-fork", "espeakng-loader", "torch", "transformers"]
+en = ["num2words", "spacy<4", "spacy-curated-transformers", "phonemizer-fork", "espeakng-loader", "torch", "transformers"]
 ja = ["fugashi", "jaconv", "mojimoji", "unidic", "pyopenjtalk"]
 ko = ["jamo", "nltk"]
 zh = ["jieba", "ordered-set", "pypinyin", "cn2an", "pypinyin-dict"]