diff --git a/app/src/less/modules/smart-reply.less b/app/src/less/modules/smart-reply.less
index c5c9c85..6cd536d 100644
--- a/app/src/less/modules/smart-reply.less
+++ b/app/src/less/modules/smart-reply.less
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 .smart-reply-container {
     clear: both;
-    padding-top: 15px;
-    height: 50px;
-    overflow: auto;
-    white-space: nowrap;
+    padding-top: 12px;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 10px;
 }
 
 .smart-reply {
-    border: 3px solid @brand-primary;
-    padding: 10px 15px;
-    margin-right: 10px;
-    border-radius: 20px;
+    border: 2px solid @brand-primary;
+    padding: 9px 14px;
+    border-radius: 16px;
     background: @white;
     text-decoration: none !important;
+    color: @brand-primary;
+    box-shadow: 0 2px 6px fade(@brand-primary, 25%);
+    transition: all 120ms ease-in-out;
 }
 
-.smart-reply:active {
+.smart-reply:hover,
+.smart-reply:active,
+.smart-reply:focus {
     background: @brand-primary;
     color: @white;
+    box-shadow: 0 4px 10px fade(@brand-primary, 35%);
+    text-decoration: none;
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/chatbot/lib/handlers/TextHandler.java b/src/main/java/chatbot/lib/handlers/TextHandler.java
index 5638be6..e5f06f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/chatbot/lib/handlers/TextHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/chatbot/lib/handlers/TextHandler.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 import chatbot.Application;
 import chatbot.lib.Utility;
+import chatbot.lib.Constants;
 import chatbot.lib.handlers.dbpedia.LanguageHandler;
 import chatbot.lib.handlers.dbpedia.StatusCheckHandler;
 import chatbot.lib.request.Request;
+import chatbot.lib.request.TemplateType;
 import chatbot.lib.response.ResponseData;
 import chatbot.lib.response.ResponseGenerator;
+import chatbot.lib.response.ResponseType;
 import chatbot.rivescript.RiveScriptReplyType;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ public class TextHandler {
     private Request request;
     private String textMessage;
     private Application.Helper helper;
+    private boolean fallbackTriggered = false;
 
     private String sanitizeText(String message) {
         String result = message;
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ public ResponseGenerator handleTextMessage() throws Exception {
                         responseGenerator = new LocationHandler(request, rootNode.get("query").getTextValue(), helper).getLocation();
                         break;
                     case RiveScriptReplyType.FALLBACK_SCENARIO:
+                        fallbackTriggered = true;
                         // Eliza
                         if(textMessage.endsWith("!") || textMessage.endsWith(".")) {
                             responseGenerator.addTextResponse(new ResponseData(helper.getEliza().processInput(textMessage)));
@@ -90,6 +95,11 @@ public ResponseGenerator handleTextMessage() throws Exception {
             }
         }
 
+        // Add guided fallback suggestions when we could not understand
+        if(fallbackTriggered || responseGenerator.getResponse().size() == 0) {
+            responseGenerator = appendFallbackSuggestions(responseGenerator, textMessage);
+        }
+
         // Fallback when everything else fails Eliza will answer
         if(responseGenerator.getResponse().size() == 0) {
             responseGenerator.addTextResponse(new ResponseData(helper.getEliza().processInput(textMessage)));
@@ -97,6 +107,46 @@ public ResponseGenerator handleTextMessage() throws Exception {
         return responseGenerator;
     }
 
+    private ResponseGenerator appendFallbackSuggestions(ResponseGenerator responseGenerator, String originalText) {
+        // Base prompt text
+        String fallbackPrompt = helper.getRiveScriptBot().answer(request.getUserId(), RiveScriptReplyType.FALLBACK_TEXT)[0];
+        responseGenerator.addTextResponse(new ResponseData(fallbackPrompt));
+
+        ResponseData smartReplies = new ResponseData();
+
+        // Fixed DBpedia-focused suggestions (no mixed/contextual items)
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("What is DBpedia?", TemplateType.DBPEDIA_ABOUT));
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("How can I contribute?", TemplateType.DBPEDIA_CONTRIBUTE));
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("Is DBpedia up?", TemplateType.CHECK_SERVICE + Utility.STRING_SEPARATOR + Constants.DBPEDIA_SERVICE));
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("Show me DBpedia datasets", TemplateType.DBPEDIA_DATASET));
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("How do I search with DBpedia Lookup?", TemplateType.DBPEDIA_LOOKUP));
+        smartReplies.addSmartReply(new ResponseData.SmartReply("Tell me about DBpedia mappings", TemplateType.DBPEDIA_MAPPINGS));
+
+        responseGenerator.addSmartReplyResponse(smartReplies);
+        return responseGenerator;
+    }
+
+    private String extractKeyword(String text) {
+        if(text == null || text.trim().length() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        String cleaned = text.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9 ]", " ").toLowerCase();
+        String[] tokens = cleaned.split(" +");
+        String[] stop = new String[]{"what","who","where","why","how","is","are","the","a","an","of","in","on","for","with","to","tell","me","about","please"};
+        java.util.Set<String> stopSet = new java.util.HashSet<>();
+        for(String s : stop) stopSet.add(s);
+
+        String best = null;
+        for(String t : tokens) {
+            if(t.length() < 3) continue;
+            if(stopSet.contains(t)) continue;
+            if(best == null || t.length() > best.length()) {
+                best = t;
+            }
+        }
+        return best;
+    }
+
     public String getTextMessage() {
         return textMessage;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/rivescript/scenario-text.rive b/src/main/resources/rivescript/scenario-text.rive
index 756f4c4..fccbdba 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/rivescript/scenario-text.rive
+++ b/src/main/resources/rivescript/scenario-text.rive
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 - I'm sorry, DBpedia seems to be {uppercase}(@statusdown){/uppercase} right now. So I will be unable to answer factoid questions temporarily.
 
 + fallbacktext
-- I'm sorry, but I couldn’t understand your question. I'm still learning, and will get better.
+
+ - I couldn't understand that yet. Try one of these suggestions or rephrase with who/what/where.
 
 + noresultstext
-- I'm sorry, I couldn’t find any results at this time. Please try again later.
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+ - I'm sorry, I couldn't find any results at this time. Please try again later.
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