--- /home/peter/Desktop/flippy/flippy.module
+++ /var/www/flippy/sites/all/modules/flippy/flippy.module
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
       ->fields('node', array('nid'))
       ->condition('nid', $node->nid, '!=')
       ->condition('type', $node->type, '=')
+      ->condition('status', 1, '=')
       ->range(0, 1);
 
     $first = clone $query;