diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e2211f..aef5aac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reminder_rs"
-version = "1.4.0-alpha"
+version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f8a3bb9..7575dc8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "reminder_rs"
-version = "1.4.0-alpha"
+version = "1.4.0"
 authors = ["jellywx <judesouthworth@pm.me>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/commands/reminder_cmds.rs b/src/commands/reminder_cmds.rs
index c37f43d..194e821 100644
--- a/src/commands/reminder_cmds.rs
+++ b/src/commands/reminder_cmds.rs
@@ -1222,6 +1222,8 @@ async fn natural(ctx: &Context, msg: &Message, args: String) {
 
     match REGEX_NATURAL_COMMAND.captures(&args) {
         Some(captures) => {
+            let subscribed = check_subscription_on_message(&ctx, msg).await;
+
             let location_ids = if let Some(mentions) = captures.name("mentions").map(|m| m.as_str())
             {
                 parse_mention_list(mentions)
@@ -1230,15 +1232,23 @@ async fn natural(ctx: &Context, msg: &Message, args: String) {
             };
 
             let expires = if let Some(expires_crop) = captures.name("expires") {
-                natural_parser(expires_crop.as_str(), &user_data.timezone).await
+                if subscribed {
+                    natural_parser(expires_crop.as_str(), &user_data.timezone).await
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
             } else {
                 None
             };
 
             let interval = if let Some(interval_crop) = captures.name("interval") {
-                natural_parser(interval_crop.as_str(), &user_data.timezone)
-                    .await
-                    .map(|i| i - since_epoch.as_secs() as i64)
+                if subscribed {
+                    natural_parser(interval_crop.as_str(), &user_data.timezone)
+                        .await
+                        .map(|i| i - since_epoch.as_secs() as i64)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
             } else {
                 None
             };