diff --git a/fetch_job.go b/fetch_job.go
index 30a6660..fed5b86 100644
--- a/fetch_job.go
+++ b/fetch_job.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ func searchSketchyCommits(api *GitHubAPI) ([]SearchResultItem, error) {
 	// Note: don't perform this search concurrently - GitHub does NOT like that.
 	var results []SearchResultItem
 
-	for i, q := range QueryKeywords {
-		r, err := searchCommits(api, q, 1)
+	for i, k := range QueryKeywords {
+		r, err := searchCommits(api, keywordWithDateQualifier(k, today()), 1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ func buildCommitLogFromResults(results []SearchResultItem) ([]*Commit, error) {
 			debugLog(fmt.Sprintf("filtering out commit %s as not from today: %v", item.SHA, commitDate))
 			continue
 		}
-		// Ignore commits from the future 🧙‍♂️
-		if isDateInTheFuture(commitDate) {
-			debugLog(fmt.Sprintf("filtering out commit %s as in the future: %v", item.SHA, commitDate))
-			continue
-		}
 
 		c := &Commit{
 			ID:        item.SHA,
@@ -162,6 +157,10 @@ func containsDaysInThePast(items []SearchResultItem) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func keywordWithDateQualifier(keyword string, date time.Time) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s author-date:%s", keyword, date.Format("2006-01-02"))
+}
+
 func searchPageDepth() int {
 	return viper.GetInt("github.search_page_depth")
 }
diff --git a/fetch_job_test.go b/fetch_job_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5013148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetch_job_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Test_keywordWithDateQualifier(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		keyword string
+		date    time.Time
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{
+			keyword: "foo",
+			date:    time.Date(2020, time.January, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			want:    "foo author-date:2020-01-01",
+		},
+		{
+			keyword: "multi-word query",
+			date:    time.Date(2022, time.March, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			want:    "multi-word query author-date:2022-03-30",
+		},
+		{
+			keyword: "90's date",
+			date:    time.Date(1993, time.October, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			want:    "90's date author-date:1993-10-12",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		got := keywordWithDateQualifier(tc.keyword, tc.date)
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("keywordWithDateQualifier(\"%v\", \"%v\") == \"%v\", want \"%v\"",
+				tc.keyword, tc.date, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}