diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
index 24c273a9..3d9542e0 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Applets.pm
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ sub launch_applet($self, $context) {
 
         my $start = gettimeofday;
         $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Starting applet run @cmdline\n");
+
         run \@cmdline, \$stdin, \$stdout, \$stderr, timeout($timeout);
+
         my $duration = sprintf "%0.3f", gettimeofday - $start;
         $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Finished applet run @cmdline; duration: $duration\n");
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
index 20d1eaf8..b7686bdd 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
@@ -585,9 +585,12 @@ sub interpret($self, $context) {
 # sends final command output to appropriate queues.
 # use context result if no result argument given.
 sub handle_result($self, $context, $result = $context->{result}) {
-    # condensation of consecutive whitespace is disable by default
+    # condensation of consecutive whitespace is disabled by default
     $context->{'condense-whitespace'} //= 0;
 
+    # reset interpreted to allow pipes/command-substitutions to finish
+    delete $context->{'interpreted'};
+
     # debug flag to trace $context location and contents
     if ($self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('general', 'debugcontext')) {
         use Data::Dumper;
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm b/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
index ac73caa0..cd94b038 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Plugin/Date.pm
@@ -78,23 +78,16 @@ sub cmd_date($self, $context) {
         return "No timezone set or user account does not exist.";
     }
 
-    # execute `date_applet`
-    my $newcontext = {
-        from         => $context->{from},
-        nick         => $context->{nick},
-        user         => $context->{user},
-        host         => $context->{host},
-        hostmask     => $context->{hostmask},
-        command      => "date_applet $timezone",
-        root_channel => $context->{from},
-        root_keyword => "date_applet",
-        keyword      => "date_applet",
-        arguments    => "$timezone",
-    };
+    # override command fields to execute date_applet
+    $context->{keyword}   = "date_applet";
+    $context->{command}   = "date_applet $timezone";
+    $context->{arguments} = $timezone;
 
+    # tell Interpreter::interpret() that this command has been interpreted
     $context->{interpreted} = 1;
 
-    $self->{pbot}->{applets}->execute_applet($newcontext);
+    # fork to execute applet
+    $self->{pbot}->{applets}->execute_applet($context);
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 6f6f51a1..4088ec54 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 => 4838,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4839,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2024-11-05",
 };