diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
index 97d77542..6df8a8ae 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
             foreach (var channel in await guild.GetTextChannelsAsync())
             {
                 // TODO: do we need to hide channels here to prevent info-leaking?
-                var perms = await channel.PermissionsIn();
+                var perms = channel.PermissionsIn();
 
                 // We use a bitfield so we can set individual permission bits in the loop
                 ulong missingPermissionField = 0;
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Services/LogChannelService.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Services/LogChannelService.cs
index 3e2168ab..7e6389a1 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Services/LogChannelService.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Services/LogChannelService.cs
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
             // Bail if we can't find the channel
             if (!(await _client.GetChannelAsync(guildCfg.Value.LogChannel.Value) is ITextChannel logChannel)) return;
 
+            // Bail if we don't have permission to send stuff here
+            if (!logChannel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.SendMessages) || !logChannel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.EmbedLinks))
+                return;
+
             var embed = _embed.CreateLoggedMessageEmbed(system, member, messageId, originalMsgId, sender, content, originalChannel);
 
             var url = $"https://discordapp.com/channels/{originalChannel.GuildId}/{originalChannel.Id}/{messageId}";
+            
             await logChannel.SendMessageAsync(text: url, embed: embed);
         }
     }
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Services/ProxyService.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Services/ProxyService.cs
index ebebfb95..31c4f7ad 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Services/ProxyService.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Services/ProxyService.cs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
             
             // Finally remove the original reaction (if we can)
             var user = await _client.Rest.GetUserAsync(userWhoReacted);
-            if (user != null && await realMessage.Channel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.ManageMessages))
+            if (user != null && realMessage.Channel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.ManageMessages))
                 await realMessage.RemoveReactionAsync(reactedEmote, user);
         }
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
 
             // And finally remove the original reaction (if we can)
             var msgObj = await message.GetOrDownloadAsync();
-            if (await msgObj.Channel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.ManageMessages))
+            if (msgObj.Channel.HasPermission(ChannelPermission.ManageMessages))
                 await msgObj.RemoveReactionAsync(reactedEmote, user);
         }
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/DiscordUtils.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/DiscordUtils.cs
index 8884ccc9..1f596789 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/DiscordUtils.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/DiscordUtils.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-using Discord;
+using Discord;
+using Discord.WebSocket;
 
 namespace PluralKit.Bot
 {
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
             return $"{user.Username}#{user.Discriminator} ({user.Mention})";
         }
         
-        public static async Task<ChannelPermissions> PermissionsIn(this IChannel channel)
+        public static ChannelPermissions PermissionsIn(this IChannel channel)
         {
             switch (channel)
             {
@@ -18,15 +17,15 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                     return ChannelPermissions.DM;
                 case IGroupChannel _:
                     return ChannelPermissions.Group;
-                case IGuildChannel gc:
-                    var currentUser = await gc.Guild.GetCurrentUserAsync();
+                case SocketGuildChannel gc:
+                    var currentUser = gc.Guild.CurrentUser;
                     return currentUser.GetPermissions(gc);
                 default:
                     return ChannelPermissions.None;
             }
         }
 
-        public static async Task<bool> HasPermission(this IChannel channel, ChannelPermission permission) =>
-            (await PermissionsIn(channel)).Has(permission);
+        public static bool HasPermission(this IChannel channel, ChannelPermission permission) =>
+            PermissionsIn(channel).Has(permission);
     }
 }
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