diff --git a/grammars/f1_g4_translate.py b/grammars/f1_g4_translate.py
index b69e461..0b54790 100644
--- a/grammars/f1_g4_translate.py
+++ b/grammars/f1_g4_translate.py
@@ -75,30 +75,11 @@ def esc_token(self, t):
         t = t.replace('\t', '\\t')
         return t
 
-    def rule_to_s(self, key, rule, grammar):
-        # feat: add 'directly head/tail recursion' optimized syntax '+'
-        if len(rule) == 0:
-            return ''
-
-        # head recursion
-        recursion = False
-        if rule[0] == key:
-            rule = rule[1:]
-            recursion = True
-        # tail recursion
-        if rule[-1] == key:
-            rule = rule[:-1]
-            recursion = True
-
-        # append rules
-        data = ' '.join(["'%s'" % self.esc_token(t)
+    def rule_to_s(self, rule, grammar):
+        return ' '.join(["'%s'" % self.esc_token(t)
                          if t not in grammar else self.to_key(t)
                          for t in rule])
 
-        if recursion:
-            data = "(%s)+" % data
-        return data
-
     def translate(self):
         lines = ['grammar Grammar;']
         entries = '\n    | '.join([self.to_key(entry_k) + ' EOF' for entry_k in self.entry_keys])
@@ -108,7 +89,7 @@ def translate(self):
     ;''' % entries)
         for k in self.grammar_keys:
             rules = self.grammar[k]
-            v = '\n    | '.join([self.rule_to_s(k, rule, self.grammar)
+            v = '\n    | '.join([self.rule_to_s(rule, self.grammar)
                                  for rule in rules])
             lines.append('''\
 %s
diff --git a/src/grammar_mutator.c b/src/grammar_mutator.c
index bab4116..9644881 100644
--- a/src/grammar_mutator.c
+++ b/src/grammar_mutator.c
@@ -556,7 +556,11 @@ size_t afl_custom_fuzz(my_mutator_t *data, __attribute__((unused)) uint8_t *buf,
         const unsigned RRM_GROWTH = 10; // Allow 2**RRM_GROWTH of bytes of expansion
         tree_t *rrm_tree = NULL;
         tree_to_buf(tree);
+        int failed_count = 8;
         do {
+          if (failed_count-- <= 0) {
+            break;
+          }
 
           if (rrm_tree) tree_free(rrm_tree);
           rrm_tree =