diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/CommandMeta/CommandTree.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/CommandMeta/CommandTree.cs
index 7bfef4de..e2626ede 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/CommandMeta/CommandTree.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/CommandMeta/CommandTree.cs
@@ -476,16 +476,9 @@ public partial class CommandTree
             return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.SystemTimezone(ctx));
         if (ctx.Match("ping"))
             return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.SystemPing(ctx));
-        if (ctx.Match("private"))
-        {
-            if (ctx.Match("member"))
-                return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.MemberDefaultPrivacy(ctx));
-            if (ctx.Match("group"))
-                return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.GroupDefaultPrivacy(ctx));
-        }
-        if (ctx.Match("mp"))
+        if (ctx.MatchMultiple(new[] { "private" }, new[] { "member" }) || ctx.Match("mp"))
             return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.MemberDefaultPrivacy(ctx));
-        if (ctx.Match("gp"))
+        if (ctx.MatchMultiple(new[] { "private" }, new[] { "group" }) || ctx.Match("gp"))
             return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.GroupDefaultPrivacy(ctx));
         if (ctx.MatchMultiple(new[] { "show" }, new[] { "private" }) || ctx.Match("sp"))
             return ctx.Execute<Config>(null, m => m.ShowPrivateInfo(ctx));
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Config.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Config.cs
index 9aa0100b..ae62f931 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Config.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Config.cs
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ public class Config
             });
     }
 
+    // todo: this command parsing is really messy
+
     public async Task MemberDefaultPrivacy(Context ctx)
     {
-        ctx.CheckSystem();
-
         if (!ctx.HasNext())
         {
             if (ctx.Config.MemberDefaultPrivate) { await ctx.Reply("Newly created members will currently have their privacy settings set to private. To change this, type `pk;config private member off`"); }
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ public class Config
 
     public async Task GroupDefaultPrivacy(Context ctx)
     {
-        ctx.CheckSystem();
-
         if (!ctx.HasNext())
         {
             if (ctx.Config.GroupDefaultPrivate) { await ctx.Reply("Newly created groups will currently have their privacy settings set to private. To change this, type `pk;config private group off`"); }
@@ -374,8 +372,6 @@ public class Config
 
     public async Task ShowPrivateInfo(Context ctx)
     {
-        ctx.CheckSystem();
-
         if (!ctx.HasNext())
         {
             if (ctx.Config.ShowPrivateInfo) await ctx.Reply("Private information is currently **shown** when looking up your own info. Use the `-public` flag to hide it.");