diff --git a/lib/get_next_level b/lib/get_next_level
index 1cc3247..8eb6f3e 100644
--- a/lib/get_next_level
+++ b/lib/get_next_level
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 get_next_level() {
 	local level
+	local now=$(date +%s)
 	next=()
 	for (( level = curlevel + 1; level <= 16; level++))
 	do
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ get_next_level() {
 		read
 		while read level timestamp
 		do
+			(( timestamp && timestamp < now )) && timestamp=$now
 			nextlevels[level]=$timestamp
 		done
 	} < <(
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ get_next_level() {
 			read
 			while read matter timestamp
 			do
+				(( timestamp && timestamp < now )) && timestamp=$now
 				case $matter in
 					bronze)
 						nextbronze[timestamp]+="$stat "