diff --git a/app/models/widget/feed.rb b/app/models/widget/feed.rb
index e7dcaa467..cce6c69bc 100644
--- a/app/models/widget/feed.rb
+++ b/app/models/widget/feed.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Widget::Feed < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def proposals
-    Proposal.sort_by_hot_score.limit(limit)
+    Proposal.published.sort_by_hot_score.limit(limit)
   end
 
   def debates
diff --git a/spec/models/widget/feed_spec.rb b/spec/models/widget/feed_spec.rb
index 476fecbb7..f45b5d926 100644
--- a/spec/models/widget/feed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/widget/feed_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ describe Widget::Feed do
 
         expect(feed.proposals).to eq([best_proposal, medium_proposal, worst_proposal])
       end
+
+      it "does not return unpublished proposals" do
+        create(:proposal, :draft, title: "Draft proposal")
+
+        feed = build(:widget_feed, kind: "proposals")
+
+        expect(feed.proposals).to be_empty
+      end
     end
 
     describe "#debates" do