diff --git a/events/messageCreate.js b/events/messageCreate.js
index 4d485b6..68f2b24 100644
--- a/events/messageCreate.js
+++ b/events/messageCreate.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { getChatCompletion } = require('../openAi');
 const db = require('../DB');
 const {
 	getQuestion,
-	isAskingInForbiddenChannel,
+	isAskingInAnAllowedChannel,
 	isAskingLeni,
 } = require('../utils/chat-utils.js');
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		if (!isAskingLeni(startMessage)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (isAskingInForbiddenChannel(message)) {
+		if (!isAskingInAnAllowedChannel(message)) {
 			return message.channel?.send(
 				'Please direct your questions to the classroom channel exclusively. Thank you. 👽',
 			);
diff --git a/utils/chat-utils.js b/utils/chat-utils.js
index db8cee9..e9d9224 100644
--- a/utils/chat-utils.js
+++ b/utils/chat-utils.js
@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ function isAskingLeni(message) {
 	);
 }
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-function isAskingInForbiddenChannel(message) {
+function 	isAskingInAnAllowedChannel(message) {
 	return (
-		process.env.FORBIDDEN_CHANNEL_IDS.includes(message?.channelId) ||
-    process.env.FORBIDDEN_CHANNEL_IDS.includes(message?.channel?.parentId)
+		process.env.ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS.includes(message?.channelId) ||
+    process.env.ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS.includes(message?.channel?.parentId)
 	);
-	// if (!process.env.CLASSROOM_IDS) {
-	// 	return false;
-	// }
-	// return process.env.CLASSROOM_IDS.some(id => id === message.channelID);
 }
 
 function getQuestion(message) {
@@ -22,6 +17,6 @@ function getQuestion(message) {
 
 module.exports = {
 	isAskingLeni,
-	isAskingInForbiddenChannel,
+	isAskingInAnAllowedChannel,
 	getQuestion,
 };