diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index e34c571..ae1421a 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def message_response(bot, ircmsg, actor, ircsock, channel, greeters):
 
     # If someone tries to change the wait time...
     if ircmsg.find(bot.botnick + " --wait-time ") != -1:
-        bot.wait_time = wait_time_change(actor, ircmsg, ircsock, channel, greeters)  # call this to check and change it
+        bot.wait_time = wait_time_change(actor, ircmsg, ircsock, channel, greeters, bot)  # call this to check and change it
 
     # If the server pings us then we've got to respond!
     if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1:
@@ -206,17 +206,20 @@ def greeter_string(greeters):
     return greeterstring
 
 # Changes the wait time from the channel.
-def wait_time_change(actor, ircmsg, ircsock, channel, channel_greeters):
+def wait_time_change(actor, ircmsg, ircsock, channel, channel_greeters, bot):
     for admin in channel_greeters:
         if actor == admin:
             finder = re.search(r'\d\d*', re.search(r'--wait-time \d\d*', ircmsg)
                             .group())
             ircsock.send("PRIVMSG {0} :{1} the wait time is changing to {2} "
                          "seconds.\n".format(channel, actor, finder.group()))
-            return int(finder.group())
+            new_wait_time = int(finder.group())
+            return new_wait_time
     ircsock.send("PRIVMSG {0} :{1} you are not authorized to make that "
                  "change. Please contact one of the channel greeters, like {2}, for "
                  "assistance.\n".format(channel, actor, greeter_string(channel_greeters)))
+    unchanged_wait_time = bot.wait_time
+    return unchanged_wait_time
 
 # Responds to server Pings.
 def pong(ircsock, ircmsg):
diff --git a/test_bot.py b/test_bot.py
index 5dc72c6..fae8f56 100644
--- a/test_bot.py
+++ b/test_bot.py
@@ -187,10 +187,12 @@ class TestMessageResponse(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_wait_time_from_admin(self):
         botcode.message_response(self.bot,"{} --wait-time 40".format(self.bot.botnick),"shauna",ircsock=self.ircsock, channel=settings.channel, greeters=settings.channel_greeters)     # Channel-greeters may also be changed.  :(
         self.assertEqual(self.ircsock.sent_message(), "PRIVMSG {} :shauna the wait time is changing to 40 seconds.\n".format(settings.channel))
+        self.assertEqual(self.bot.wait_time, 40)
 
     def test_wait_time_from_non_admin(self):
         botcode.message_response(self.bot,"{} --wait-time 40".format(self.bot.botnick),"Impostor",ircsock=self.ircsock, channel=settings.channel, greeters=settings.channel_greeters)     # Channel-greeters may also be changed.  :(
         self.assertEqual(self.ircsock.sent_message(), "PRIVMSG {0} :Impostor you are not authorized to make that change. Please contact one of the channel greeters, like {1}, for assistance.\n".format(settings.channel,botcode.greeter_string(settings.channel_greeters)))
+        self.assertEqual(self.bot.wait_time, settings.wait_time)
 
     def test_pong(self):
         botcode.message_response(self.bot,"PING :","Shauna",ircsock=self.ircsock, channel=settings.channel, greeters=settings.channel_greeters)   # Replace this with actual ping message