diff --git a/VelocityCore/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/InteractionReply.java b/VelocityCore/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/InteractionReply.java
index 7366ae96..b227812f 100644
--- a/VelocityCore/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/InteractionReply.java
+++ b/VelocityCore/src/de/steamwar/velocitycore/discord/channels/InteractionReply.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package de.steamwar.velocitycore.discord.channels;
 
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.interactions.callbacks.IReplyCallback;
-import net.dv8tion.jda.api.interactions.components.ComponentInteraction;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
 
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ public class InteractionReply extends DiscordChannel {
     private InteractionReply(IReplyCallback interaction) {
         super(interaction.getUser());
         this.interaction = interaction;
+        interaction.deferReply(true).queue();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ public class InteractionReply extends DiscordChannel {
     }
 
     public void submit() {
-        (messages.isEmpty() ?
-                interaction.deferReply() :
-                interaction.reply(String.join("\n", messages))
-        ).setEphemeral(true).queue();
+        if(!messages.isEmpty())
+            interaction.reply(String.join("\n", messages)).setEphemeral(true).queue();
+
         replied = true;
     }
 }