diff --git a/src/kwaylon/jokes/base.py b/src/kwaylon/jokes/base.py
index 17a6b55..a74fcb0 100644
--- a/src/kwaylon/jokes/base.py
+++ b/src/kwaylon/jokes/base.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import logging
+import random
 import re
 
 from nextcord import Message, Client
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Joke:
     @property
@@ -19,4 +23,11 @@ class GifJoke(Joke):
     url: str
 
     async def respond(self, message: Message, client: Client, match: re.Match):
+        if hasattr(self, 'chance'):
+            roll = random.random()
+            if roll > self.chance:
+                LOGGER.info(f'Roll was too high {roll:.2f} > {self.chance:.2f}')
+                return
+            else:
+                LOGGER.info(f'Passed roll threshold {roll:.2f} <= {self.chance:.2f}')
         await message.reply(self.url)
diff --git a/src/kwaylon/jokes/jokes.py b/src/kwaylon/jokes/jokes.py
index 4af887b..12b11a5 100644
--- a/src/kwaylon/jokes/jokes.py
+++ b/src/kwaylon/jokes/jokes.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class NotLikeThisJoke(base.GifJoke):
 
 class ChiliJoke(base.GifJoke):
     url = 'https://tenor.com/view/office-gif-20038284'
+    chance: float = 1 / 5
 
     @property
     def regex(self) -> re.Pattern:
diff --git a/src/kwaylon/reactions.py b/src/kwaylon/reactions.py
index f6a93ca..dc92cdc 100644
--- a/src/kwaylon/reactions.py
+++ b/src/kwaylon/reactions.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ReactionData:
 
     def read_sql(self, query: str, con: sqlite3.Connection = None):
         close = con is None
-        con = con or sqlite3.connect(self.path)
+        con = con or self.connect()
 
         res = pd.read_sql(query, con=con, index_col=None)
         LOGGER.info(f'Read {res.shape[0]} reactions')