diff --git a/coin.rb b/coin.rb
index 278a1df..80069c5 100644
--- a/coin.rb
+++ b/coin.rb
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ bot.message(content: 'GET COIN' ) do |event|
   next if event.author.role? 'robot friend'
   # update score
   if coin_state_active
+    if event.author.bot_account?
+      event.respond "Bots don't get coins!"
+    end
     coin_state_active = false
-    if(rand(100) == 47) 
+    if(rand(100) == 47)
       hyper_coin_amount = rand(100)
       coins = increment_coin(event.author.id, hyper_coin_amount)
       event.respond "What astounding luck!!! #{clean_name event.author.display_name}, you've just activated HYPER COIN EVENT and have received #{hyper_coin_amount} coins for a grand total of #{coins} coins!"
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ end
 
 bot.run(true)
 
-loop do 
+loop do
   # sleep random amount of time between 1 and 4 hours
   sleep(get_random_hours(1, 4))
   # activate coin state