diff --git a/commands/message/search/quora.js b/commands/message/search/quora.js
index 259cca2..55ec4fc 100644
--- a/commands/message/search/quora.js
+++ b/commands/message/search/quora.js
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ async function quoraPaginator(context, pages, refMappings, currentRef) {
       "previous",
       "next",
       "search"
-    ]
+    ],
+    disableCloning: true
   });
 
   paging.on("interaction", async ({ context: ctx, listener }) => {
diff --git a/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js b/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
index a5b0f28..10e4143 100644
--- a/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
+++ b/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 const EventEmitter = require("eventemitter3");
 const { Context } = require("detritus-client/lib/command");
 const { editOrReply } = require("#utils/message");
+const { MessageFlags } = require("detritus-client/lib/constants");
 
 module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(client, data) {
     super();
     this.client = client;
+    this.data = data;
     this.message = BasePaginator.asMessage(data.context);
     this.commandMessage = data.commandMessage || null;
     this.pages = data.pages;
-    this.index = 0;
+    this.index = data.index || 0;
+    this.ephemeral = data.ephemeral || false;
 
     this.context = data.context;
     
     this.targetUser = data.targetUser || this.message?.author?.id || data.context?.user?.id;
 
+    this.disableCloning = data.disableCloning || false;
+
     this.isInteractionPaginator = false;
     this.editOrReply;
     if(data.context.editOrReply) this.editOrReply = editOrReply.bind(data.context);
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
   get isShared() {
     return this.commandMessage instanceof Map;
   }
-
+  
   isCommandMessage(messageId) {
     if (!this.commandMessage) return false;
 
@@ -68,6 +73,12 @@ module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
     if(!msg.message_reference) msg.reference = true
     if(!msg.allowedMentions) msg.allowedMentions = {parse: [], repliedUser: false}
 
+    if(this.ephemeral){
+      msg.flags = MessageFlags.EPHEMERAL
+      this.commandMessage = await this.context.createMessage(msg);
+      
+      return this.commandMessage;
+    }
     return this.commandMessage = await this.editOrReply(this.context, msg);
   }
 
diff --git a/labscore/paginator/structures/Paginator.js b/labscore/paginator/structures/Paginator.js
index 9edb64d..5606c83 100644
--- a/labscore/paginator/structures/Paginator.js
+++ b/labscore/paginator/structures/Paginator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { COMPONENT_BUTTON_ICONS } = require("#constants");
 const { icon } = require("#utils/markdown");
+const { MessageFlags } = require("detritus-client/lib/constants");
 const InteractionPaginator = require("./InteractionPaginator");
 const assert = require("assert");
 
@@ -63,7 +64,28 @@ module.exports = class Paginator {
 
     // If person that interacted isnt the target, send a generic ping response and ignore it
     if (!listener.isTarget(context.user.id)) {
-      await context.respond(InteractionCallbackTypes.DEFERRED_UPDATE_MESSAGE)
+      
+      // If ephemeral cloning is disabled ignore the interaction
+      if(listener.disableCloning) return await context.respond(InteractionCallbackTypes.DEFERRED_UPDATE_MESSAGE);
+
+      await context.respond(InteractionCallbackTypes.DEFERRED_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_WITH_SOURCE, { flags: MessageFlags.EPHEMERAL });
+
+      // (this is very hacky but the best i can think of right now)
+      // clones the current paginator and attaches a new one to that response
+
+      // i have plans to fix this with pagination v2 whenever i get around to working on it
+      
+      let newPaginator = Object.assign(Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(listener)), listener);
+      
+      newPaginator.context = context;
+      newPaginator.targetUser = context.user.id;
+      newPaginator.ephemeral = true;
+      
+      if(context.customId == "next") await newPaginator.getNext()
+      else if(context.customId == "previous") await newPaginator.getPrevious()
+
+      this.activeListeners.push(newPaginator);
+      await newPaginator.init();
       return;
     }