diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 484592b..9667e1a 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ const SpeechHandler = struct {
     /// Handle detected speech
     fn onSpeech(ctx: *anyopaque, text: []const u8) void {
         if (builtin.is_test) return; // Suppress output during tests
-
+        // Look for noise words and skip it if so
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, text, "huh")) return;
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, text, "but")) return;
         const self: *SpeechHandler = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
         self.speech_count += 1;