diff --git a/plugins/dates/scratch.js b/plugins/dates/scratch.js
index 1fb67b7db..9f6e1bb88 100644
--- a/plugins/dates/scratch.js
+++ b/plugins/dates/scratch.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ txt = 'in 2-4 years from now'
 txt = 'in 1-2 weeks from now'
 txt = 'in 1 to 2 months'
 txt = `in a couple years`
+txt = `in the morning`
 
 // nlp.verbose('tagger')
 let doc = nlp(txt).debug()
diff --git a/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/01-tokenize/03-time.js b/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/01-tokenize/03-time.js
index f5e2c2a73..eb3bae617 100644
--- a/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/01-tokenize/03-time.js
+++ b/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/01-tokenize/03-time.js
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ const parseTime = function (doc, context) {
   let s = spacetime.now(context.timezone)
   let now = s.clone()
   // check for known-times (like 'today')
-  let timeStr = time.not('in the').text('reduced')
+  let timeStr = time.not('in? the').text('reduced')
   timeStr = timeStr.replace(/^@/, '')//@4pm
-  // console.log(timeStr)
+
   if (hardCoded.hasOwnProperty(timeStr)) {
     return { result: hardCoded[timeStr], m: time }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/02-parse/05-explicit.js b/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/02-parse/05-explicit.js
index 320868601..0d6d87fd0 100644
--- a/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/02-parse/05-explicit.js
+++ b/plugins/dates/src/api/parse/one/02-parse/05-explicit.js
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ const parseExplicit = function (doc, context) {
       return unit
     }
   }
-
   let str = doc.text('reduced')
   if (!str) {
     return new Moment(context.today, null, context)