diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationData.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationData.py
index 2d55c951..6858e02c 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationData.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationData.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from fenrirscreenreader.core import debug
 import string
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 punctuationData = {
 'LEVELDICT':{
@@ -15,47 +16,7 @@ punctuationData = {
   'all': string.punctuation + ' §',
   },
 'PUNCTDICT':{
-  ' ':'space',
-  '&':'and',
-  "'":"apostrophe",
-  '@':'at',
-  '\\':'backslash',
-  '|':'bar',
-  '!':'bang',
-  '^':'carrot',
-  ':':'colon',
-  ',':'comma',
-  '-':'dash',
-  '$':'dollar',
-  '.':'dot',
-  '>':'greater',
-  '`':'grave',
-  '#':'hash',
-  '{':'left brace',
-  '[':'left bracket',
-  '(':'left paren',
-  '<':'less',
-  '%':'percent',
-  '+':'plus',
-  '?':'question',
-  '"':'quote',
-  ')':'right paren',
-  '}':'right brace',
-  ']':'right bracket',
-  ';':'semicolon',
-  '/':'slash',
-  '*':'star',
-  '~':'tilde',
-  '_':'line',
-  '=':'equals',
   },
-'CUSTOMDICT':{
-  }, 
-'EMOTICONDICT':{
-  ':)':'smiley',
-  ';)':'winking face',
-  'XD':'loool',
-  ':@':'angry face',
-  ':D':'lought'
-  },          
+'CUSTOMDICT':OrderedDict(), 
+'EMOTICONDICT':OrderedDict(),
 }
diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
index d665141f..a98577ea 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ class punctuationManager():
                     sepLine[1] = ':===:'
                 self.env['punctuation'][currDictName][sepLine[0]] = sepLine[1]
                 self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut("Punctuation: " + currDictName + '.' + str(sepLine[0]) + ' :' + sepLine[1] ,debug.debugLevel.INFO, onAnyLevel=True)    
-        dictConfig.close()        
+        dictConfig.close()