diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/commands/PollCommand.java b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/commands/PollCommand.java
index a594c43a..72646164 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/commands/PollCommand.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/commands/PollCommand.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class PollCommand extends SWCommand {
     }
 
     @Register
-    public void genericCommand(Chatter sender) {
+    public void genericCommand(@Validator Chatter sender) {
         PollSystem.sendPoll(sender);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/DiscordChannel.java b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/DiscordChannel.java
index aac92062..304e2d0f 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/DiscordChannel.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/DiscordChannel.java
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ public class DiscordChannel extends Chatter.PlayerlessChatter {
         this(userOrPublic(user), user.openPrivateChannel().complete());
     }
 
-    public DiscordChannel(SteamwarUser user) {
-        this(user, DiscordBot.getInstance().getJda().getUserById(user.getDiscordId()).openPrivateChannel().complete());
-    }
-
     public DiscordChannel(String channel) {
         this(SteamwarUser.get(-1), DiscordBot.getGuild().getTextChannelById(channel));
         ChannelListener.getChannels().put(this.channel, this);
diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/listeners/ChannelListener.java b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/listeners/ChannelListener.java
index 115be4fe..2fffa1ae 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/listeners/ChannelListener.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/listeners/ChannelListener.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 public class ChannelListener extends ListenerAdapter {
@@ -81,7 +80,12 @@ public class ChannelListener extends ListenerAdapter {
             if(permission != null && !sender.user().perms().contains(permission))
                 return;
 
-            command.execute(sender, Optional.ofNullable(event.getOption(DiscordBot.ARGUMENT_NAME)).map(OptionMapping::getAsString).orElse("").split(" "));
+            OptionMapping option = event.getOption(DiscordBot.ARGUMENT_NAME);
+            String args = "";
+            if(option != null)
+                args = option.getAsString();
+
+            command.execute(sender, args.split(" "));
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/util/DiscordAlert.java b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/util/DiscordAlert.java
index 5f65f998..0b115d41 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/util/DiscordAlert.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/util/DiscordAlert.java
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
 
 package de.steamwar.velocitycore.discord.util;
 
+import de.steamwar.messages.Chatter;
 import de.steamwar.messages.Message;
 import de.steamwar.velocitycore.discord.DiscordBot;
 import de.steamwar.velocitycore.discord.channels.DiscordChannel;
-import de.steamwar.messages.Chatter;
 import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.EmbedBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.MessageBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Emoji;
+import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.User;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.interactions.components.ActionRow;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.interactions.components.Button;
 
@@ -37,21 +38,27 @@ import java.time.Instant;
 public class DiscordAlert {
 
     public static void send(Chatter player, Color color, Message title, Message description, boolean success) {
-        Long discordId = player.user().getDiscordId();
-        if(DiscordBot.getInstance() == null || discordId == null)
-            return;
+        DiscordBot.withBot(bot -> {
+            Long discordId = player.user().getDiscordId();
+            if(discordId == null)
+                return;
 
-        MessageBuilder builder = new MessageBuilder()
-                .setEmbeds(new EmbedBuilder()
-                        .setAuthor("SteamWar", "https://steamwar.de", "https://cdn.discordapp.com/app-icons/869606970099904562/60c884000407c02671d91d8e7182b8a1.png")
-                        .setColor(color)
-                        .setTitle(player.parseToPlain(title))
-                        .setDescription(player.parseToPlain(description))
-                        .setTimestamp(Instant.now())
-                        .build());
-        if(success)
-            builder.setActionRows(ActionRow.of(Button.success("tada", Emoji.fromUnicode("U+1F389"))));
+            User user = DiscordBot.getInstance().getJda().getUserById(discordId);
+            if(user == null)
+                return;
 
-        new DiscordChannel(player.user()).send(builder);
+            MessageBuilder builder = new MessageBuilder()
+                    .setEmbeds(new EmbedBuilder()
+                            .setAuthor("SteamWar", "https://steamwar.de", "https://cdn.discordapp.com/app-icons/869606970099904562/60c884000407c02671d91d8e7182b8a1.png")
+                            .setColor(color)
+                            .setTitle(player.parseToPlain(title))
+                            .setDescription(player.parseToPlain(description))
+                            .setTimestamp(Instant.now())
+                            .build());
+            if(success)
+                builder.setActionRows(ActionRow.of(Button.success("tada", Emoji.fromUnicode("U+1F389"))));
+
+            new DiscordChannel(user).send(builder);
+        });
     }
 }