diff --git a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
index 0b34f6f..3825741 100644
--- a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
+++ b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { parseUserAgent } from "../utils/userAgent";
 import { getService } from "../utils/getService";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { vote } from "./voteOnSponsorTime";
-import { canSubmit } from "../utils/permissions";
+import { canSubmit, canSubmitGlobal } from "../utils/permissions";
 import { getVideoDetails, videoDetails } from "../utils/getVideoDetails";
 import * as youtubeID from "../utils/youtubeID";
 import { acquireLock } from "../utils/redisLock";
@@ -509,6 +509,11 @@ export async function postSkipSegments(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Res
     }
     const userID: HashedUserID = await getHashCache(paramUserID);
 
+    const permission = await canSubmitGlobal(userID);
+    if (!permission.canSubmit) {
+        return res.status(403).send(permission.reason);
+    }
+
     const invalidCheckResult = await checkInvalidFields(videoID, paramUserID, userID, segments, videoDurationParam, userAgent, service);
     if (!invalidCheckResult.pass) {
         return res.status(invalidCheckResult.errorCode).send(invalidCheckResult.errorMessage);
diff --git a/src/utils/permissions.ts b/src/utils/permissions.ts
index fcb4860..050cfa3 100644
--- a/src/utils/permissions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/permissions.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ async function oldSubmitter(userID: HashedUserID): Promise<boolean> {
     const result = await db.prepare("get", `SELECT count(*) as "submissionCount" FROM "sponsorTimes" WHERE "userID" = ? AND "timeSubmitted" < 1743827196000`
         , [userID], { useReplica: true });
 
-    return result.submissionCount > 1;
+    return result.submissionCount >= 1;
 }
 
 async function oldDeArrowSubmitter(userID: HashedUserID): Promise<boolean> {
     const result = await db.prepare("get", `SELECT count(*) as "submissionCount" FROM "titles" WHERE "userID" = ? AND "timeSubmitted" < 1743827196000`
         , [userID], { useReplica: true });
 
-    return result.submissionCount > 1;
+    return result.submissionCount >= 1;
 }
 
 export async function canSubmit(userID: HashedUserID, category: Category): Promise<CanSubmitResult> {
@@ -46,14 +46,21 @@ export async function canSubmit(userID: HashedUserID, category: Category): Promi
             };
         default:
             return {
-                canSubmit: await oneOf([isUserVIP(userID),
-                    oldSubmitter(userID)
-                ]),
-                reason: "We are currently experiencing a mass spam attack, we are restricting submissions for now"
+                canSubmit: true,
+                reason: ""
             };
     }
 }
 
+export async function canSubmitGlobal(userID: HashedUserID): Promise<CanSubmitResult> {
+    return {
+        canSubmit: await oneOf([isUserVIP(userID),
+            oldSubmitter(userID)
+        ]),
+        reason: "We are currently experiencing a mass spam attack, we are restricting submissions for now"
+    };
+}
+
 export async function canVote(userID: HashedUserID): Promise<CanSubmitResult> {
     return {
         canSubmit: await oneOf([isUserVIP(userID),