diff --git a/SE_API/MessageRoutes.py b/SE_API/MessageRoutes.py
index a360da7..5942b85 100644
--- a/SE_API/MessageRoutes.py
+++ b/SE_API/MessageRoutes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import copy
+
 __author__ = 'Aran'
 
 from flask import Blueprint
@@ -245,9 +247,11 @@ def getAllUserMessages(token):
 
     arr = []
 
-    query = Message.all()
-    query.filter('isProject =', False)
-    for m in query.run():
+    allMsgs = Message.all()
+    projectMsgs = copy.deepcopy(allMsgs)
+
+    projectMsgs.filter('isProject =', False)
+    for m in projectMsgs.run():
         if str(m.groupId) in user.courses_id_list:
             msgDic = dict(json.loads(m.to_JSON()))
             #add a key 'forSortDate' for sorting dates
@@ -255,9 +259,9 @@ def getAllUserMessages(token):
             msgDic['forSortDate'] = msgTime
             arr.append(msgDic)
 
-    query = Message.all()
-    query.filter('isProject =', True)
-    for m in query.run():
+
+    allMsgs.filter('isProject =', True)
+    for m in allMsgs.run():
         if str(m.groupId) in user.projects_id_list:
             msgDic = dict(json.loads(m.to_JSON()))
             #add a key 'forSortDate' for sorting dates