diff --git a/robopage.py b/robopage.py
index c713423..9d323aa 100644
--- a/robopage.py
+++ b/robopage.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from threading import Lock
 
 import discord
 import nltk
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ LIL_STINKY_ID = 704043422276780072
 
 
 class RoboPage(discord.Client):
+    db_path: str = 'messages.db'
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(RoboPage, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.jokes = [
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ class RoboPage(discord.Client):
             AssJoke(),
             DominosJoke()
         ]
-        self.db_path = 'messages.db'
+        self.lock = Lock()
 
     def run(self):
         return super().run(os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN'))
@@ -52,8 +55,12 @@ class RoboPage(discord.Client):
                 await message.reply(await self.get_cancelled_totals(limit=1000, days=14))
 
             elif (m := re.search('top cancelled (?P<name>\w+)', message.content)) is not None:
-                msg: discord.Message = await message.reply('Hold please...')
-                await message.reply(await self.top_cancellations(user=m.group('name'), limit=1000, days=14))
+                if self.lock.acquire(blocking=False):
+                    msg: discord.Message = await message.reply('Hold please...')
+                    await message.reply(await self.top_cancellations(user=m.group('name'), limit=1000, days=14))
+                    self.lock.release()
+                else:
+                    await message.reply("I'm busy!")
 
             for joke in self.jokes:
                 if (scan_res := joke.scan(message)):