diff --git a/src/helpers/members/send_direct_message.ts b/src/helpers/members/send_direct_message.ts
index 17270c087..841e81856 100644
--- a/src/helpers/members/send_direct_message.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/members/send_direct_message.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 import { cacheHandlers } from "../../cache.ts";
 import { rest } from "../../rest/rest.ts";
 import { structures } from "../../structures/mod.ts";
+import { DiscordChannel } from "../../types/channels/channel.ts";
+import { CreateMessage } from "../../types/messages/create_message.ts";
 import { endpoints } from "../../util/constants.ts";
 import { sendMessage } from "../messages/send_message.ts";
 
 /** Send a message to a users DM. Note: this takes 2 API calls. 1 is to fetch the users dm channel. 2 is to send a message to that channel. */
 export async function sendDirectMessage(
   memberId: string,
-  content: string | MessageContent,
+  content: string | CreateMessage,
 ) {
   let dmChannel = await cacheHandlers.get("channels", memberId);
   if (!dmChannel) {
     // If not available in cache create a new one.
     const dmChannelData = await rest.runMethod("post", endpoints.USER_DM, {
       recipient_id: memberId,
-    }) as DMChannelCreatePayload;
+    });
     const discordenoChannel = await structures.createDiscordenoChannel(
-      dmChannelData as unknown as DiscordChannel,
+      dmChannelData as DiscordChannel,
     );
     // Recreate the channel and add it undert he users id
     await cacheHandlers.set("channels", memberId, discordenoChannel);