diff --git a/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts b/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
index 40fbf38..4742ec0 100644
--- a/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
+++ b/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import { getService } from "../utils/getService";
 
 async function prepareCategorySegments(req: Request, videoID: VideoID, service: Service, segments: DBSegment[], cache: SegmentCache = { shadowHiddenSegmentIPs: {} }, useCache: boolean): Promise<Segment[]> {
     const shouldFilter: boolean[] = await Promise.all(segments.map(async (segment) => {
-        if (segment.votes < -1 && !segment.required) {
+        if (segment.required) {
+            return true; //required - always send
+        }
+
+        if (segment.hidden || segment.votes < -1) {
             return false; //too untrustworthy, just ignore it
         }
 
@@ -169,8 +173,8 @@ async function getSegmentsFromDBByHash(hashedVideoIDPrefix: VideoIDHash, service
     const fetchFromDB = () => db
         .prepare(
             "all",
-            `SELECT "videoID", "startTime", "endTime", "votes", "locked", "UUID", "userID", "category", "actionType", "videoDuration", "reputation", "shadowHidden", "hashedVideoID", "timeSubmitted", "description" FROM "sponsorTimes"
-            WHERE "hashedVideoID" LIKE ? AND "service" = ? AND "hidden" = 0 ORDER BY "startTime"`,
+            `SELECT "videoID", "startTime", "endTime", "votes", "locked", "UUID", "userID", "category", "actionType", "videoDuration", "hidden", "reputation", "shadowHidden", "hashedVideoID", "timeSubmitted", "description" FROM "sponsorTimes"
+            WHERE "hashedVideoID" LIKE ? AND "service" = ? ORDER BY "startTime"`,
             [`${hashedVideoIDPrefix}%`, service],
             { useReplica: true }
         ) as Promise<DBSegment[]>;
@@ -186,8 +190,8 @@ async function getSegmentsFromDBByVideoID(videoID: VideoID, service: Service): P
     const fetchFromDB = () => db
         .prepare(
             "all",
-            `SELECT "startTime", "endTime", "votes", "locked", "UUID", "userID", "category", "actionType", "videoDuration", "reputation", "shadowHidden", "timeSubmitted", "description" FROM "sponsorTimes" 
-            WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? AND "hidden" = 0 ORDER BY "startTime"`,
+            `SELECT "startTime", "endTime", "votes", "locked", "UUID", "userID", "category", "actionType", "videoDuration", "hidden", "reputation", "shadowHidden", "timeSubmitted", "description" FROM "sponsorTimes" 
+            WHERE "videoID" = ? AND "service" = ? ORDER BY "startTime"`,
             [videoID, service],
             { useReplica: true }
         ) as Promise<DBSegment[]>;
diff --git a/test/cases/getSkipSegments.ts b/test/cases/getSkipSegments.ts
index 780107f..b252f11 100644
--- a/test/cases/getSkipSegments.ts
+++ b/test/cases/getSkipSegments.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ describe("getSkipSegments", () => {
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["requiredSegmentVid", 60, 70, -2, 0, "requiredSegmentVid2", "testman", 0, 50, "sponsor", "skip", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, ""]);
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["requiredSegmentVid", 80, 90, -2, 0, "requiredSegmentVid3", "testman", 0, 50, "sponsor", "skip", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, ""]);
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["requiredSegmentVid", 80, 90, 2, 0, "requiredSegmentVid4", "testman", 0, 50, "sponsor", "skip", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, ""]);
+        await db.prepare("run", query, ["requiredSegmentVid", 60, 70, 0, 0, "requiredSegmentVid-hidden", "testman", 0, 50, "sponsor", "skip", "YouTube", 0, 1, 0, ""]);
+        await db.prepare("run", query, ["requiredSegmentVid", 80, 90, 0, 0, "requiredSegmentVid-shadowhidden", "testman", 0, 50, "sponsor", "skip", "YouTube", 0, 0, 1, ""]);
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["chapterVid", 60, 80, 2, 0, "chapterVid-1", "testman", 0, 50, "chapter", "chapter", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, "Chapter 1"]);
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["chapterVid", 70, 75, 2, 0, "chapterVid-2", "testman", 0, 50, "chapter", "chapter", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, "Chapter 2"]);
         await db.prepare("run", query, ["chapterVid", 71, 75, 2, 0, "chapterVid-3", "testman", 0, 50, "chapter", "chapter", "YouTube", 0, 0, 0, "Chapter 3"]);
@@ -447,4 +449,42 @@ describe("getSkipSegments", () => {
             })
             .catch(err => done(err));
     });
+
+    it("Should be able to get hidden segments with requiredSegments", (done) => {
+        const required3 = "requiredSegmentVid3";
+        const requiredHidden = "requiredSegmentVid-hidden";
+        client.get(endpoint, { params: { videoID: "requiredSegmentVid", requiredSegments: `["${requiredHidden}","${required3}"]` } })
+            .then(res => {
+                assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
+                const data = res.data;
+                assert.strictEqual(data.length, 2);
+                const expected = [{
+                    UUID: requiredHidden,
+                }, {
+                    UUID: required3,
+                }];
+                assert.ok(partialDeepEquals(data, expected));
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(err => done(err));
+    });
+
+    it("Should be able to get shadowhidden segments with requiredSegments", (done) => {
+        const required2 = "requiredSegmentVid2";
+        const requiredShadowHidden = "requiredSegmentVid-shadowhidden";
+        client.get(endpoint, { params: { videoID: "requiredSegmentVid", requiredSegments: `["${required2}","${requiredShadowHidden}"]` } })
+            .then(res => {
+                assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
+                const data = res.data;
+                assert.strictEqual(data.length, 2);
+                const expected = [{
+                    UUID: required2,
+                }, {
+                    UUID: requiredShadowHidden,
+                }];
+                assert.ok(partialDeepEquals(data, expected));
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(err => done(err));
+    });
 });