diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/RateLimiter.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/RateLimiter.java
index 44b819dc4..d064fc819 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/RateLimiter.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/RateLimiter.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public interface RateLimiter {
 
   /**
    * If the wrapped {@code validate()} call throws a {@link RateLimitExceededException}, it will adapt it to ensure that
-   * {@link RateLimitExceededException#isLegacy()} returns {@code true}
+   * {@link RateLimitExceededException#isLegacy()} returns {@code false}
    */
   static void adaptLegacyException(final RateLimitValidator validator) throws RateLimitExceededException {
     try {
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RegistrationRecoveryPasswords.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RegistrationRecoveryPasswords.java
index f25dbc744..3d51a4e17 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RegistrationRecoveryPasswords.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RegistrationRecoveryPasswords.java
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public class RegistrationRecoveryPasswords extends AbstractDynamoDbStore {
 
   public CompletableFuture<Optional<SaltedTokenHash>> lookup(final String number) {
     return asyncClient.getItem(GetItemRequest.builder()
-        .tableName(tableName)
-        .key(Map.of(
-            KEY_E164, AttributeValues.fromString(number)))
+            .tableName(tableName)
+            .key(Map.of(KEY_E164, AttributeValues.fromString(number)))
+            .consistentRead(true)
         .build())
         .thenApply(getItemResponse -> {
           final Map<String, AttributeValue> item = getItemResponse.item();