diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2d11352..30455bc 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
 
         for arg in arguments.keys(): bprompt = bprompt.replace(f'|{arg}|', arguments[arg])
 
+        c = db.cursor()
         if message.author not in cached_conversations:
             cached_conversations[message.author] = copeai_backend.conversation.Conversation()
-            c = db.cursor()
             c.execute('SELECT * FROM message_history WHERE user_id = ? ORDER BY timestamp DESC', (message.author.id,))
             msgs = c.fetchall()
             message_token_usage = num_tokens_from_string(message.content)