diff --git a/network/follow.go b/network/follow.go
index 012d3fa305240b2c28d36789de99d86514afffe3..b488ffdc53f839252398bd7e06e525c219bb204b 100644
--- a/network/follow.go
+++ b/network/follow.go
@@ -243,5 +243,5 @@ func (m *manager) follow(rng csprng.Source, comms followNetworkComms) {
 	// does, checking the bloom filter for the user to see if there are
 	// messages for the user (bloom not implemented yet)
 	checkedRounds.RangeUncheckedMaskedRange(gwRoundsState, roundChecker,
-		firstRound, lastRound, int(m.param.MaxCheckedRounds))
+		firstRound, lastRound+1, int(m.param.MaxCheckedRounds))
 }