diff --git a/application/Api/v1/MaintenanceinfoApicontroller.php b/application/Api/v1/MaintenanceinfoApicontroller.php
index c583a1029..7d009a949 100644
--- a/application/Api/v1/MaintenanceinfoApicontroller.php
+++ b/application/Api/v1/MaintenanceinfoApicontroller.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MaintenanceinfoApicontroller extends mfBaseApicontroller {
     protected function getCurrentMaintenance() {
         $results = [];
 
-        foreach(\MaintenanceNotification::searchActive([]) as $notification) {
+        foreach(\MaintenanceNotification::searchOpen([]) as $notification) {
             $item = [];
 
             $from = new DateTime("@".$notification->from);
diff --git a/application/MaintenanceNotification/MaintenanceNotification.php b/application/MaintenanceNotification/MaintenanceNotification.php
index 09b797d4a..b101c8219 100644
--- a/application/MaintenanceNotification/MaintenanceNotification.php
+++ b/application/MaintenanceNotification/MaintenanceNotification.php
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ class MaintenanceNotification extends mfBaseModel {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    public static function searchActive($filter, $limit = false, $order = false) {
+    public static function searchOpen($filter = [], $limit = false, $order = false) {
+        $filter["to>"] = date("U");
+
+        return self::search($filter, $limit, $order);
+    }
+    public static function searchActiveOpen($filter = [], $limit = false, $order = false) {
         $filter["to>"] = date("U");
         $filter["sent"] = false;
 
diff --git a/scripts/send-maintenance-notifications.php b/scripts/send-maintenance-notifications.php
index ea937b6cd..2419a8eed 100755
--- a/scripts/send-maintenance-notifications.php
+++ b/scripts/send-maintenance-notifications.php
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ define("INTERNAL_USER_ID", $me->id);
 define("INTERNAL_USER_USERNAME", $me->username);
 define("MFBASE_BYPASS_LOGIN", true);
 
-foreach(MaintenanceNotification::searchActive(["send_ts<" => date("U")]) as $notification) {
+foreach(MaintenanceNotification::searchActiveOpen() as $notification) {
     $notification->sendToRecipients();
 }