diff --git a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
index 469df87..fba1403 100644
--- a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
+++ b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.ts
@@ -476,11 +476,11 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
 
         // Only change the database if they have made a submission before and haven't voted recently
         const userAbleToVote = (!(isOwnSubmission && incrementAmount > 0 && oldIncrementAmount >= 0)
+                && !finalResponse.blockVote
+                && finalResponse.finalStatus === 200
                 && (await db.prepare("get", `SELECT "userID" FROM "sponsorTimes" WHERE "userID" = ?`, [nonAnonUserID])) !== undefined
                 && (await db.prepare("get", `SELECT "userID" FROM "shadowBannedUsers" WHERE "userID" = ?`, [nonAnonUserID])) === undefined
-                && (await privateDB.prepare("get", `SELECT "UUID" FROM "votes" WHERE "UUID" = ? AND "hashedIP" = ? AND "userID" != ?`, [UUID, hashedIP, userID])) === undefined)
-                && !finalResponse.blockVote
-                && finalResponse.finalStatus === 200;
+                && (await privateDB.prepare("get", `SELECT "UUID" FROM "votes" WHERE "UUID" = ? AND "hashedIP" = ? AND "userID" != ?`, [UUID, hashedIP, userID])) === undefined);
 
 
         const ableToVote = isVIP || isTempVIP || userAbleToVote;
@@ -534,4 +534,4 @@ export async function vote(ip: IPAddress, UUID: SegmentUUID, paramUserID: UserID
         Logger.error(err as string);
         return { status: 500, message: finalResponse.finalMessage ?? undefined, json: { error: "Internal error creating segment vote" } };
     }
-}
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+}