diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/createMessageSpamTrigger.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/createMessageSpamTrigger.ts
index 36fe3f85..63839f47 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/createMessageSpamTrigger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/createMessageSpamTrigger.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { humanizeDurationShort } from "../../../humanizeDurationShort";
 import { findRecentSpam } from "./findRecentSpam";
 import { getMatchingMessageRecentActions } from "./getMatchingMessageRecentActions";
 import * as t from "io-ts";
+import { getMessageSpamIdentifier } from "./getSpamIdentifier";
 
 const MessageSpamTriggerConfig = t.type({
   amount: t.number,
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ export function createMessageSpamTrigger(spamType: RecentActionType, prettyName:
         return;
       }
 
-      const recentSpam = findRecentSpam(pluginData, spamType, context.message.user_id);
+      const spamIdentifier = getMessageSpamIdentifier(context.message, triggerConfig.per_channel);
+
+      const recentSpam = findRecentSpam(pluginData, spamType, spamIdentifier);
       if (recentSpam) {
         await pluginData.state.archives.addSavedMessagesToArchive(
           recentSpam.archiveId,
@@ -46,9 +49,9 @@ export function createMessageSpamTrigger(spamType: RecentActionType, prettyName:
         pluginData,
         context.message,
         spamType,
+        spamIdentifier,
         triggerConfig.amount,
         within,
-        triggerConfig.per_channel,
       );
 
       if (matchedSpam) {
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ export function createMessageSpamTrigger(spamType: RecentActionType, prettyName:
 
         pluginData.state.recentSpam.push({
           type: spamType,
-          userIds: [context.message.user_id],
+          identifiers: [spamIdentifier],
           archiveId,
           timestamp: Date.now(),
         });
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/findRecentSpam.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/findRecentSpam.ts
index 1531574f..8a4b4979 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/findRecentSpam.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/findRecentSpam.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { PluginData } from "knub";
 import { AutomodPluginType } from "../types";
 import { RecentActionType } from "../constants";
 
-export function findRecentSpam(pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>, type: RecentActionType, userId?: string) {
+export function findRecentSpam(pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>, type: RecentActionType, identifier?: string) {
   return pluginData.state.recentSpam.find(spam => {
-    return spam.type === type && (!userId || spam.userIds.includes(userId));
+    return spam.type === type && (!identifier || spam.identifiers.includes(identifier));
   });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingMessageRecentActions.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingMessageRecentActions.ts
index 410aeaf2..3fbac2a6 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingMessageRecentActions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingMessageRecentActions.ts
@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@ export function getMatchingMessageRecentActions(
   pluginData: PluginData<AutomodPluginType>,
   message: SavedMessage,
   type: RecentActionType,
+  identifier: string,
   count: number,
   within: number,
-  perChannel: boolean,
 ) {
   const since = moment.utc(message.posted_at).valueOf() - within;
   const to = moment.utc(message.posted_at).valueOf();
-  const identifier = perChannel ? `${message.channel_id}-${message.user_id}` : message.user_id;
   const recentActions = getMatchingRecentActions(pluginData, type, identifier, since, to);
   const totalCount = recentActions.reduce((total, action) => total + action.count, 0);
 
   if (totalCount >= count) {
     return {
-      identifier,
       recentActions,
     };
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingRecentActions.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingRecentActions.ts
index 70ed5472..b5638d04 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingRecentActions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getMatchingRecentActions.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export function getMatchingRecentActions(
       action.type === type &&
       (!identifier || action.identifier === identifier) &&
       action.context.timestamp >= since &&
-      action.context.timestamp <= to
+      action.context.timestamp <= to &&
+      !action.context.actioned
     );
   });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getSpamIdentifier.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getSpamIdentifier.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..084332a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/getSpamIdentifier.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SavedMessage } from "../../../data/entities/SavedMessage";
+
+export function getMessageSpamIdentifier(message: SavedMessage, perChannel: boolean) {
+  return perChannel ? `${message.channel_id}-${message.user_id}` : message.user_id;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/triggers/memberJoinSpam.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/triggers/memberJoinSpam.ts
index 29008775..2003a41c 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/triggers/memberJoinSpam.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/triggers/memberJoinSpam.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const MemberJoinSpamTrigger = automodTrigger<unknown>()({
         type: RecentActionType.MemberJoin,
         timestamp: Date.now(),
         archiveId: null,
-        userIds: [],
+        identifiers: [],
       });
 
       return {
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/types.ts
index a017afe8..231e71f7 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/types.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ export interface RecentAction {
 export interface RecentSpam {
   archiveId: string;
   type: RecentActionType;
-  userIds: string[];
+  identifiers: string[];
   timestamp: number;
 }