diff --git a/abusive-message-filter b/abusive-message-filter
index 971a81f93..2484d2fd5 160000
--- a/abusive-message-filter
+++ b/abusive-message-filter
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 971a81f9351e1533635ad1028f4ee21b45bbe1a5
+Subproject commit 2484d2fd53444b03baae6773353571532dc7f408
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
index 6560ccf69..d7f10bf22 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.abuse.FilterAbusiveMessages;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.auth.AuthenticatedAccount;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.auth.AuthenticationCredentials;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.auth.BasicAuthorizationHeader;
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ public class AccountController {
   @Timed
   @GET
   @Path("/{transport}/code/{number}")
+  @FilterAbusiveMessages
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public Response createAccount(@PathParam("transport")         String transport,
                                 @PathParam("number")            String number,