diff --git a/app/terraform/block_external.py b/app/terraform/block_external.py
index 85cb146..e601083 100644
--- a/app/terraform/block_external.py
+++ b/app/terraform/block_external.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 from typing import Tuple
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ class BlockExternalAutomation(BaseAutomation):
             else:
                 results[h2[i].text] = []
             i += 1
-
         activities = []
+        blocked_proxies = []
         for vp in results:
             if vp not in app.config['EXTERNAL_VANTAGE_POINTS']:
                 continue
@@ -56,16 +57,29 @@ class BlockExternalAutomation(BaseAutomation):
                 if proxy.deprecated:
                     print("Proxy already marked blocked")
                     continue
+                if proxy.added < datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(hours=3):
+                    activities.append(Activity(
+                        activity_type="block_warning",
+                        text=(
+                            f"Proxy {proxy.url} for {proxy.origin.domain_name} detected blocked according to "
+                            "external source. REFUSING to rotate because this proxy is less than 3 hours old.")))
+                    continue
+                blocked_proxies.append(proxy)
+        if len(blocked_proxies) <= 15:
+            for proxy in blocked_proxies:
                 activities.append(Activity(
                     activity_type="block",
-                    text=(f"Proxy {proxy.url} for {proxy.origin.domain_name} detected blocked according to external source. "
-                          "Rotation scheduled.")
+                    text=(f"Proxy {proxy.url} for {proxy.origin.domain_name} detected blocked according to external "
+                          "source. Rotation scheduled.")
                 ))
                 proxy.deprecate(reason="external")
-        for a in activities:
-            db.session.add(a)
-        db.session.commit()
+        else:
+            activities.append(Activity(
+                activity_type="block_warning",
+                text=(
+                    "More than 15 proxies were marked blocked according to external source. REFUSING to rotate.")))
         for a in activities:
             a.notify()
-
+            db.session.add(a)
+        db.session.commit()
         return True, ""