diff --git a/app/cogs/actual_utils.py b/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
index 9dbe599f..ab792f71 100644
--- a/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
+++ b/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ class ActualUtils(commands.Cog):
         os.remove(file_path)
 
     @commands.command(name="ask", aliases=["wolfram"])
-    async def ask(self, ctx: commands.Context):
+    async def ask(self, ctx: commands.Context, *, query):
         import questions
 
         await ctx.reply(
-            questions.answer_question(ctx.message.content),
+            questions.answer_question(query),
         )
 
     @commands.command(name="openai")
diff --git a/app/questions.py b/app/questions.py
index 973374a4..30ac66f5 100644
--- a/app/questions.py
+++ b/app/questions.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import help_methods
 
 def answer_question(message):
     """
-    answer_question(question)
+    answer_question(message)
 
     Submits a request to the wolfram API and returns the response
     If no answer is found, tries wikipedia. If that fails, apologizes