diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
index aed1abac..cd86a0e8 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public class Bot
                 return;
 
             // Once we've sent it to Sentry, report it to the user (if we have permission to)
-            var reportChannel = handler.ErrorChannelFor(evt);
+            var ourUserId = await _cache.GetOwnUser();
+            var reportChannel = handler.ErrorChannelFor(evt, ourUserId);
             if (reportChannel == null)
                 return;
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/IEventHandler.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/IEventHandler.cs
index 8cdac7c2..64cc3cc7 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/IEventHandler.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/IEventHandler.cs
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ public interface IEventHandler<in T> where T : IGatewayEvent
 {
     Task Handle(Shard shard, T evt);
 
-    ulong? ErrorChannelFor(T evt) => null;
+    ulong? ErrorChannelFor(T evt, ulong userId) => null;
 }
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diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/MessageCreated.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/MessageCreated.cs
index d1a5c022..7a0bf0ff 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/MessageCreated.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/MessageCreated.cs
@@ -51,11 +51,9 @@ public class MessageCreated: IEventHandler<MessageCreateEvent>
     }
 
     // for now, only return error messages for explicit commands
-    public ulong? ErrorChannelFor(MessageCreateEvent evt)
+    public ulong? ErrorChannelFor(MessageCreateEvent evt, ulong userId)
     {
-        // todo: fix @mention prefix
-        // it only breaks error reporting so I'm not *too* worried about it, but should be fixed eventually
-        if (!HasCommandPrefix(evt.Content, default, out var cmdStart) || cmdStart == evt.Content.Length)
+        if (!HasCommandPrefix(evt.Content, userId, out var cmdStart) || cmdStart == evt.Content.Length)
             return null;
 
         return evt.ChannelId;