diff --git a/backend/onyx/connectors/fireflies/connector.py b/backend/onyx/connectors/fireflies/connector.py
index 7fda1bec36..31db6a62d1 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/connectors/fireflies/connector.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/connectors/fireflies/connector.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ _FIREFLIES_API_QUERY = """
     }
 """
 
+ONE_MINUTE = 60
+
 
 def _create_doc_from_transcript(transcript: dict) -> Document | None:
     sections: List[TextSection] = []
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ def _create_doc_from_transcript(transcript: dict) -> Document | None:
     )
 
 
+# If not all transcripts are being indexed, try using a more-recently-generated
+# API key.
 class FirefliesConnector(PollConnector, LoadConnector):
     def __init__(self, batch_size: int = INDEX_BATCH_SIZE) -> None:
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -191,6 +195,9 @@ class FirefliesConnector(PollConnector, LoadConnector):
     def poll_source(
         self, start: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch, end: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch
     ) -> GenerateDocumentsOutput:
+        # add some leeway to account for any timezone funkiness and/or bad handling
+        # of start time on the Fireflies side
+        start = max(0, start - ONE_MINUTE)
         start_datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(start, tz=timezone.utc).strftime(
             "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z"
         )