diff --git a/JS/index.js b/JS/index.js
index eea5029..b36cfc6 100644
--- a/JS/index.js
+++ b/JS/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const createHttpLink = require('apollo-link-http').createHttpLink;
 const gql = require('graphql-tag')
 
 // TEST_MODE can be turned on or off to prevent communications with the Apollo iMessage Server running on your modern Mac
-const TEST_MODE = true
+const TEST_MODE = false
 const DEBUG = false
 let lastMessageFromSerialPortTime
 
diff --git a/dist/MessagesForMacintosh.dsk b/dist/MessagesForMacintosh.dsk
index 182641d..54b8787 100644
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diff --git a/dist/MessagesForMacintosh.zip b/dist/MessagesForMacintosh.zip
index 6867838..47f34f7 100644
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diff --git a/mac_main.c b/mac_main.c
index 7467e72..dd86574 100644
--- a/mac_main.c
+++ b/mac_main.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ void EventLoop(struct nk_context *ctx)
         // new chat lookups
         if (TickCount() - lastUpdatedTickCountMessagesInChat > 300) {
 
+            lastUpdatedTickCountMessagesInChat = TickCount();
+
             if (strcmp(activeChat, "no active chat")) {
 
                 // writeSerialPortDebug(boutRefNum, "check chat");