diff --git a/Recommender.py b/Recommender.py
index 2d99aa2..9b13085 100644
--- a/Recommender.py
+++ b/Recommender.py
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ class Recommender:
             if cosine_similarity(np.array(self.retriever.encode([tag])),
                                  np.array(self.retriever.encode([interest]))) > score:
                 if self._new(username, material):
-                    print('hi')
-                    self.curr_recommendations[username] = self.curr_recommendations[username].append(material) if username not in self.curr_recommendations else [material]
-                    self.recommended[username] = self.recommended[username].append(False) if username not in self.recommended else [False]
+                    #print('hi')
+                    if username in self.curr_recommendations:
+                        self.curr_recommendations[username].append(material)
+                        self.recommended[username].append(False)
+                    else: 
+                        self.curr_recommendations[username] = [material]
+                        self.recommended[username] = [False]
 
     def generate_recommendations(self, username, interests, new_material):
         for interest in interests: