diff --git a/lib/chatterbot/search.rb b/lib/chatterbot/search.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/chatterbot/search.rb
+++ b/lib/chatterbot/search.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ module Chatterbot
     # modify a query string to exclude retweets from searches
     #
     def exclude_retweets(q)
-      q.include?("include:retweets") ? q : q += " -include:retweets"
+      q
+      #q.include?("include:retweets") ? q : q += " -include:retweets"
     end
     
     # internal search code
disable exclude_retweets for the moment -- this is a breaking change