diff --git a/public/scripts/world-info.js b/public/scripts/world-info.js
index 4f9bd733f..83d4a1727 100644
--- a/public/scripts/world-info.js
+++ b/public/scripts/world-info.js
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ class WorldInfoBuffer {
      */
     #skew = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * @type {number} The starting depth of the global scan depth. Incremented by "min activations" feature to not repeat scans. When > 0 it means a complete scan was done up to #startDepth already, and `advanceScanPosition` was called.
+     */
+    #startDepth = 0;
+
     /**
      * Initialize the buffer with the given messages.
      * @param {string[]} messages Array of messages to add to the buffer
@@ -137,7 +142,10 @@ class WorldInfoBuffer {
      * @returns {string} A slice of buffer until the given depth (inclusive)
      */
     get(entry) {
-        let depth = entry.scanDepth ?? (world_info_depth + this.#skew);
+        let depth = entry.scanDepth ?? this.getDepth();
+        if (depth <= this.#startDepth) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         if (depth < 0) {
             console.error(`Invalid WI scan depth ${depth}. Must be >= 0`);
@@ -149,7 +157,7 @@ class WorldInfoBuffer {
             depth = MAX_SCAN_DEPTH;
         }
 
-        let result = this.#depthBuffer.slice(0, depth).join('\n');
+        let result = this.#depthBuffer.slice(this.#startDepth, depth).join('\n');
 
         if (this.#recurseBuffer.length > 0) {
             result += '\n' + this.#recurseBuffer.join('\n');
@@ -197,11 +205,19 @@ class WorldInfoBuffer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Adds an increment to depth skew.
+     * Increments skew and sets startDepth to previous depth.
      */
-    addSkew() {
+    advanceScanPosition() {
+        this.#startDepth = this.getDepth();
         this.#skew++;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns {number} Settings' depth + current skew.
+     */
+    getDepth() {
+        return world_info_depth + this.#skew;
+    }
 }
 
 export function getWorldInfoSettings() {
@@ -2009,7 +2025,6 @@ async function checkWorldInfo(chat, maxContext) {
     const buffer = new WorldInfoBuffer(chat);
 
     // Combine the chat
-    let minActivationMsgIndex = world_info_depth; // tracks chat index to satisfy `world_info_min_activations`
 
     // Add the depth or AN if enabled
     // Put this code here since otherwise, the chat reference is modified
@@ -2223,15 +2238,14 @@ async function checkWorldInfo(chat, maxContext) {
         // world_info_min_activations
         if (!needsToScan && !token_budget_overflowed) {
             if (world_info_min_activations > 0 && (allActivatedEntries.size < world_info_min_activations)) {
-                let over_max = false;
-                over_max = (
+                let over_max = (
                     world_info_min_activations_depth_max > 0 &&
-                    minActivationMsgIndex > world_info_min_activations_depth_max
-                ) || (minActivationMsgIndex >= chat.length);
+                    buffer.getDepth() > world_info_min_activations_depth_max
+                ) || (buffer.getDepth() > chat.length);
+
                 if (!over_max) {
-                    needsToScan = true;
-                    minActivationMsgIndex += 1;
-                    buffer.addSkew();
+                    needsToScan = true; // loop
+                    buffer.advanceScanPosition();
                 }
             }
         }