diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/add_reaction.ts b/src/helpers/messages/add_reaction.ts
index 7ed7d6536..8dd203c74 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/add_reaction.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/add_reaction.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Bot } from "../../bot.ts";
 
 /** Create a reaction for the message. Reaction takes the form of **name:id** for custom guild emoji, or Unicode characters. Requires READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY and ADD_REACTIONS */
 export async function addReaction(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, messageId: bigint, reaction: string) {
-  await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(channelId, ["ADD_REACTIONS", "READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY"]);
+  await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, channelId, ["ADD_REACTIONS", "READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY"]);
 
   if (reaction.startsWith("<:")) {
     reaction = reaction.substring(2, reaction.length - 1);
diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/delete_message.ts b/src/helpers/messages/delete_message.ts
index 2d704dbd5..c8c92f7d0 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/delete_message.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/delete_message.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export async function deleteMessage(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, messageId: bigi
   const message = await cacheHandlers.get("messages", messageId);
 
   if (message && message.authorId !== bot.id) {
-    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(message.channelId, ["MANAGE_MESSAGES"]);
+    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, message.channelId, ["MANAGE_MESSAGES"]);
   }
 
   if (delayMilliseconds) await delay(delayMilliseconds);
diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/delete_messages.ts b/src/helpers/messages/delete_messages.ts
index 049b7f2d9..dfed14f47 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/delete_messages.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/delete_messages.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Bot } from "../../bot.ts";
 
 /** Delete messages from the channel. 2-100. Requires the MANAGE_MESSAGES permission */
 export async function deleteMessages(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, ids: bigint[], reason?: string) {
-  await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(channelId, ["MANAGE_MESSAGES"]);
+  await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, channelId, ["MANAGE_MESSAGES"]);
 
   if (ids.length < 2) {
     throw new Error(bot.constants.Errors.DELETE_MESSAGES_MIN);
diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/edit_message.ts b/src/helpers/messages/edit_message.ts
index 18818e72d..88b8e4b34 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/edit_message.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/edit_message.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export async function editMessage(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, messageId: bigint
     }
     const requiredPerms: PermissionStrings[] = ["SEND_MESSAGES"];
 
-    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(message.channelId, requiredPerms);
+    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, message.channelId, requiredPerms);
   }
 
   if (typeof content === "string") content = { content };
diff --git a/src/helpers/messages/get_message.ts b/src/helpers/messages/get_message.ts
index beefd4e0f..aebc74bd4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/messages/get_message.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/messages/get_message.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {SnakeCasedPropertiesDeep} from "../../types/util.ts";
 /** Fetch a single message from the server. Requires VIEW_CHANNEL and READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY */
 export async function getMessage(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, id: bigint) {
   if (await cacheHandlers.has("channels", channelId)) {
-    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(channelId, ["VIEW_CHANNEL", "READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY"]);
+    await bot.utils.requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, channelId, ["VIEW_CHANNEL", "READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY"]);
   }
 
   const result = await bot.rest.runMethod<SnakeCasedPropertiesDeep<Message>>(bot.rest,"get", bot.constants.endpoints.CHANNEL_MESSAGE(channelId, id));