diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 367e2bc6..0170b9da 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ var sponsorVideoID = null;
 //these are sponsors that have been downvoted
 var hiddenSponsorTimes = [];
 
-//the time this video is starting at when first played, if not zero
-var youtubeVideoStartTime = null;
-
 //the video
 var v;
 
@@ -259,9 +256,6 @@ function videoIDChange(id) {
 
     resetValues();
 
-    //see if there is a video start time
-    youtubeVideoStartTime = getYouTubeVideoStartTime(document.URL);
-
     sponsorsLookup(id);
 
     //make sure everything is properly added
@@ -468,7 +462,7 @@ function checkSponsorTime(sponsorTimes, index, openNotice) {
         lastTime = v.currentTime - 0.0001;
     }
 
-    if (checkIfTimeToSkip(v.currentTime, sponsorTimes[index][0]) && !hiddenSponsorTimes.includes(index)) {
+    if (checkIfTimeToSkip(v.currentTime, sponsorTimes[index][0], sponsorTimes[index][1]) && !hiddenSponsorTimes.includes(index)) {
         //skip it
         skipToTime(v, index, sponsorTimes, openNotice);
 
@@ -479,13 +473,13 @@ function checkSponsorTime(sponsorTimes, index, openNotice) {
     return false;
 }
 
-function checkIfTimeToSkip(currentVideoTime, startTime) {
+function checkIfTimeToSkip(currentVideoTime, startTime, endTime) {
     //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 only if the video is not setup to start at a different time from zero
     return (Math.abs(currentVideoTime - startTime) < 3 && startTime >= lastTime && startTime <= currentVideoTime) || 
-                (lastTime == -1 && startTime == 0 && youtubeVideoStartTime == null)
+                (lastTime == -1 && startTime == 0 && currentVideoTime < endTime)
 }
 
 //skip fromt he start time to the end time for a certain index sponsor time
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 3e7fc7b5..dfc515f7 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -23,15 +23,4 @@ function getYouTubeVideoID(url) {
         return 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;
-  let startTime = searchParams.get("t");
-  if (startTime == null) {
-    startTime = searchParams.get("time_continue");
-  }
-
-  return startTime;
-}
+}
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