diff --git a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
index f8dfb600211..5f848700a96 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import time
 from threading import Event
 from typing import Any
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ def prefilter_requests(req: SocketModeRequest, client: SocketModeClient) -> bool
         if not msg:
             channel_specific_logger.error("Cannot respond to empty message - skipping")
             return False
+        
+        if re.search(r"!darwin", msg, re.IGNORECASE):
+            channel_specific_logger.info("Ignoring message containing '!darwin'")
+            return False
 
         if (
             req.payload.setdefault("event", {}).get("user", "")