diff --git a/broker/ntgvision.go b/broker/ntgvision.go
index af6bc61..746f8ec 100644
--- a/broker/ntgvision.go
+++ b/broker/ntgvision.go
@@ -221,7 +221,30 @@ func (ntg NTGVision) SearchZips(zips []string) ([]Job, error) {
 	return jobs, nil
 }
 
+func (ntg NTGVision) workingHours(now time.Time) bool {
+	// TODO assert M-F 9-4 EST
+	location, err := time.LoadLocation("EST")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	now = now.In(location)
+	switch now.Weekday() {
+	case time.Sunday, time.Saturday:
+		return false
+	}
+	switch now.Hour() {
+	case 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16:
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (ntg NTGVision) SearchStates(states []config.State) ([]Job, error) {
+	if ntg.workingHours(time.Now()) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	rc, err := ntg.searcher.searchStates(states)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -334,7 +357,7 @@ func (ntg NTGVision) _searchStates(states []config.State) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 		request2, _ := ntg.newRequest(states)
 		requestb, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(request2.Body)
 		logtr.Debugf("ntg auth bad status: url=%s, status=%v, body=%s, headers=%+v, request=%+v, requestb=%s", request.URL.String(), resp.StatusCode, b, resp.Header, request2, requestb)
-		if resp.StatusCode > 400 && resp.StatusCode < 404 {
+		if resp.StatusCode > 400 && resp.StatusCode < 404 || resp.StatusCode == 417 { // TODO wtf is 417 for
 			logtr.Debugf("ntg auth bad status: err no auth")
 			return nil, ErrNoAuth
 		}
diff --git a/broker/ntgvision_test.go b/broker/ntgvision_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbbe260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/ntgvision_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package broker
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestWorkingHoursNTG(t *testing.T) {
+	ntg := NTGVision{}
+	if !ntg.workingHours(time.Date(2022, 1, 27, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)) {
+		t.Fatal("noon MST not ok")
+	}
+	if ntg.workingHours(time.Date(2022, 1, 27, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)) {
+		t.Fatal("midnight MST ok")
+	}
+}