diff --git a/F1DataBot.pm b/F1DataBot.pm
index 808f54a..c026d4f 100644
--- a/F1DataBot.pm
+++ b/F1DataBot.pm
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ sub fetchMessages {
         if ( !$Self->{Whitelist}{$Message->{message}{from}{id}} ) {
             $Self->{LogObject}
               ->info( 'fetchMessages: User not whitelisted, skipping message ' . Dumper($MessageDataRaw) );
+
+            $Self->{MessageIDs}{$Message->{message}{message_id}} = 1;
             next MESSAGE;
         }
         if ($Self->{MessageIDs}{$Message->{message}{message_id}}) {
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ sub fetchMessages {
             $Self->processMessage( Message => $Message, );
         }
     }
-    YAML::DumpFile('message_ids.yml', $Self->{MessageIDs});
+    YAML::DumpFile("$FindBin::Bin/message_ids.yml", $Self->{MessageIDs});
 }
 
 1;