diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 51222df2..f5afa960 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ var UUIDs = null;
 //what video id are these sponsors for
 var sponsorVideoID = null;
 
+//the time this video is starting at when first played, if not zero
+var youtubeVideoStartTime = null;
+
 if(id = getYouTubeVideoID(document.URL)){ // Direct Links
   videoIDChange(id);
 }
@@ -167,6 +170,9 @@ function videoIDChange(id) {
   UUIDs = null;
   sponsorVideoID = id;
 
+  //see if there is a video start time
+  youtubeVideoStartTime = getYouTubeVideoStartTime(document.URL);
+
   //reset sponsor data found check
   sponsorDataFound = false;
   sponsorsLookup(id);
@@ -316,9 +322,9 @@ function checkIfTimeToSkip(currentVideoTime, startTime) {
   //If the sponsor time is in between these times, skip it
   //Checks if the last time skipped to is not too close to now, to make sure not to get too many
   //  sponsor times in a row (from one troll)
-  //the last term makes 0 second start times possible
+  //the last term makes 0 second start times possible only if the video is not setup to start at a different time from zero
   return (Math.abs(currentVideoTime - startTime) < 0.3 && startTime >= lastTime && startTime <= currentVideoTime && 
-      (lastUnixTimeSkipped == -1 || currentTime - lastUnixTimeSkipped > 500)) || (lastTime == -1 && startTime == 0);
+      (lastUnixTimeSkipped == -1 || currentTime - lastUnixTimeSkipped > 500)) || (lastTime == -1 && startTime == 0 && youtubeVideoStartTime == null)
 }
 
 //skip fromt he start time to the end time for a certain index sponsor time
@@ -1046,3 +1052,14 @@ function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Returns with video id else returns false
 
   return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? id : false;
 }
+
+//returns the start time of the video if there was one specified (ex. ?t=5s)
+function getYouTubeVideoStartTime(url) {
+  let searchParams = new URL(url).searchParams;
+  var startTime = searchParams.get("t");
+  if (startTime == null) {
+    startTime = searchParams.get("time_continue");
+  }
+
+  return startTime;
+}
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