diff --git a/commands.py b/commands.py
index c824ff4..0554a58 100644
--- a/commands.py
+++ b/commands.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import random
 
 import dateutil.parser
@@ -50,10 +51,13 @@ class Commands(object):
         try:
             messages = self._get_messages(dict(
                 commenter='bellateeny',
-                term='quote'))
+                term='quote')).json()
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
             raise CommandError(e)
         else:
+            # quotes before this date can have wrong IDs
+            threshold = datetime.datetime(2018, 5, 11)
+            messages = [m for m in messages if dateutil.parser.parse(m['created_at']) >= threshold]
             return [m.get('message_body', '') for m in messages]
 
     def last_quote(self):