diff --git a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
index 0b22e4e..e178ee6 100644
--- a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
+++ b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
@@ -147,13 +147,19 @@ module.exports = async function postSkipSegments(req, res) {
         let startTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[0]);
         let endTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[1]);
 
-        if (Math.abs(startTime - endTime) < 1 || isNaN(startTime) || isNaN(endTime)
+        if (isNaN(startTime) || isNaN(endTime)
                 || startTime === Infinity || endTime === Infinity || startTime > endTime) {
             //invalid request
             res.sendStatus(400);
             return;
         }
 
+        if (segments[i].category === "sponsor" && Math.abs(startTime - endTime) < 1) {
+            // Too short
+            res.status(400).send("Sponsors must be longer than 1 second long");
+            return;
+        }
+
         //check if this info has already been submitted before
         let duplicateCheck2Row = db.prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM sponsorTimes WHERE startTime = ? " +
             "and endTime = ? and category = ? and videoID = ?").get(startTime, endTime, segments[i].category, videoID);
diff --git a/test/cases/postSkipSegments.js b/test/cases/postSkipSegments.js
index 3f1492f..d023cbb 100644
--- a/test/cases/postSkipSegments.js
+++ b/test/cases/postSkipSegments.js
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ describe('postSkipSegments', () => {
       });
   });
 
+  it('Should be accepted if a non-sponsor is less than 1 second', (done) => {
+    request.post(utils.getbaseURL() 
+     + "/api/skipSegments?videoID=qqwerty&startTime=30&endTime=30.5&userID=testing&category=intro", null, 
+      (err, res, body) => {
+        if (err) done("Couldn't call endpoint");
+        else if (res.statusCode === 200) done(); // pass
+        else done("non 200 status code: " + res.statusCode + " ("+body+")");
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('Should be rejected if a sponsor is less than 1 second', (done) => {
+    request.post(utils.getbaseURL() 
+     + "/api/skipSegments?videoID=qqwerty&startTime=30&endTime=30.5&userID=testing", null, 
+      (err, res, body) => {
+        if (err) done("Couldn't call endpoint");
+        else if (res.statusCode === 400) done(); // pass
+        else done("non 403 status code: " + res.statusCode + " ("+body+")");
+      });
+  });
+
   it('Should be rejected if over 80% of the video', (done) => {
     request.get(utils.getbaseURL() 
      + "/api/postVideoSponsorTimes?videoID=qqwerty&startTime=30&endTime=1000000&userID=testing", null,