diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
index 78d55698..24c273a9 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ sub execute_applet($self, $context) {
     }
 
     $self->{pbot}->{process_manager}->execute_process($context, sub { $self->launch_applet(@_) });
-
-    # return defined empty string to tell Interpreter::interpret() that we've
-    # handled this command so it stops looping through registered interpreters
-    return '';
 }
 
 sub launch_applet($self, $context) {
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
index 29e8ae3d..7e15f270 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ sub interpret($self, $context) {
         $result = $func->{subref}->($context);
 
         # exit loop if interpreter returned output
-        last if defined $result;
+        last if $context->{interpreted} || defined $result;
 
         # reset any manipulated/overridden arguments
         $context->{arguments} = $context->{original_arguments};
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm b/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
index d10d0aa0..ac73caa0 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ sub cmd_date($self, $context) {
         root_channel => $context->{from},
         root_keyword => "date_applet",
         keyword      => "date_applet",
-        arguments    => "$timezone"
+        arguments    => "$timezone",
     };
 
+    $context->{interpreted} = 1;
+
     $self->{pbot}->{applets}->execute_applet($newcontext);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 9e478628..877d8de1 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4828,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4830,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2024-11-03",
 };