diff --git a/src/buttonEvents/Claim.ts b/src/buttonEvents/Claim.ts
index 4f7f5ae..04c7f7f 100644
--- a/src/buttonEvents/Claim.ts
+++ b/src/buttonEvents/Claim.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ export default class Claim extends ButtonEvent {
         const droppedBy = interaction.customId.split(" ")[3];
         const userId = interaction.user.id;
 
+        const whenDropped = interaction.message.createdAt;
+        const lastClaimableDate = new Date(Date.now() - (1000 * 60 * 5)); // 5 minutes ago
+
+        if (whenDropped < lastClaimableDate) {
+            await interaction.channel.send(`${interaction.user}, Cards can only be claimed within 5 minutes of it being dropped!`);
+            return;
+        }
+
         AppLogger.LogSilly("Button/Claim", `Parameters: cardNumber=${cardNumber}, claimId=${claimId}, droppedBy=${droppedBy}, userId=${userId}`);
 
         const user = await User.FetchOneById(User, userId) || new User(userId, CardConstants.StartingCurrency);
diff --git a/src/client/client.ts b/src/client/client.ts
index 384843d..117bdb9 100644
--- a/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/src/client/client.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { SeriesMetadata } from "../contracts/SeriesMetadata";
 import AppLogger from "./appLogger";
 import TimerHelper from "../helpers/TimerHelper";
 import GiveCurrency from "../timers/GiveCurrency";
+import PurgeClaims from "../timers/PurgeClaims";
 
 export class CoreClient extends Client {
     private static _commandItems: ICommandItem[];
@@ -79,8 +80,10 @@ export class CoreClient extends Client {
             .then(() => {
                 AppLogger.LogInfo("Client", "App Data Source Initialised");
 
-                const timerId = this._timerHelper.AddTimer("*/20 * * * *", "Europe/London", GiveCurrency, false);
-                this._timerHelper.StartTimer(timerId);
+                this._timerHelper.AddTimer("*/20 * * * *", "Europe/London", GiveCurrency, false);
+                this._timerHelper.AddTimer("0 0 * * *", "Europe/London", PurgeClaims, false);
+
+                this._timerHelper.StartAllTimers();
             })
             .catch(err => {
                 AppLogger.LogError("Client", "App Data Source Initialisation Failed");
diff --git a/src/contracts/AppBaseEntity.ts b/src/contracts/AppBaseEntity.ts
index 3eb9684..43bed74 100644
--- a/src/contracts/AppBaseEntity.ts
+++ b/src/contracts/AppBaseEntity.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export default class AppBaseEntity {
         await repository.remove(entity);
     }
 
+    public static async RemoveMany<T extends AppBaseEntity>(target: EntityTarget<T>, entity: T[]): Promise<void> {
+        const repository = AppDataSource.getRepository<T>(target);
+
+        await repository.remove(entity);
+    }
+
     public static async FetchAll<T extends AppBaseEntity>(target: EntityTarget<T>, relations?: string[]): Promise<T[]> {
         const repository = AppDataSource.getRepository<T>(target);
 
diff --git a/src/timers/PurgeClaims.ts b/src/timers/PurgeClaims.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ed9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/timers/PurgeClaims.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import AppLogger from "../client/appLogger";
+import Claim from "../database/entities/app/Claim";
+
+export default async function PurgeClaims() {
+    const claims = await Claim.FetchAll(Claim);
+
+    const whenLastClaimable = new Date(Date.now() - (1000 * 60 * 5)); // 5 minutes ago
+
+    const expiredClaims = claims.filter(x => x.WhenCreated < whenLastClaimable);
+
+    await Claim.RemoveMany(Claim, expiredClaims);
+
+    AppLogger.LogInfo("Timers/PurgeClaims", `Purged ${expiredClaims.length} claims from the database`);
+}
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