diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/analytics.ts b/template/bigbot/src/analytics.ts
index b45d5c9e1..af9dbb8d0 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/analytics.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/analytics.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { InfluxDB } from "@influxdata/influxdb-client";
 import { INFLUX_BUCKET, INFLUX_ORG, INFLUX_TOKEN, INFLUX_URL } from "./configs.js";
 
-export const influxDB = new InfluxDB({ url: INFLUX_URL, token: INFLUX_TOKEN });
-export const Influx = influxDB.getWriteApi(INFLUX_ORG, INFLUX_BUCKET);
+export const influxDB = INFLUX_URL && INFLUX_TOKEN ? new InfluxDB({ url: INFLUX_URL, token: INFLUX_TOKEN }) : undefined;
+export const Influx = influxDB?.getWriteApi(INFLUX_ORG, INFLUX_BUCKET);
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/bot/bot.ts b/template/bigbot/src/bot/bot.ts
index 94b817ff0..f32264e9c 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/bot/bot.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/bot/bot.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ import { Bot, Collection, createBot, createRestManager } from "discordeno";
 import enableHelpersPlugin from "discordeno/helpers-plugin";
 import { createLogger } from "discordeno/logger";
 import { DISCORD_TOKEN, INTENTS, REST_AUTHORIZATION, REST_URL } from "../configs.js";
+import { setupEventHandlers } from "./events/mod.js";
 import { MessageCollector } from "./utils/collectors.js";
 import { customizeInternals } from "./utils/internals/mod.js";
 
 export const bot = enableHelpersPlugin(
-  customizeBot(createBot({
-    token: DISCORD_TOKEN,
-    intents: INTENTS,
-  })),
+  customizeBot(
+    createBot({
+      token: DISCORD_TOKEN,
+      intents: INTENTS,
+    }),
+  ),
 );
 
 /** Add custom props to your `bot` here */
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ export type BotWithCustomProps<B extends Bot = Bot> = B & {
 // Example of how to customize internal discordeno stuff easily.
 customizeInternals(bot);
 
+// Setup event handlers.
+setupEventHandlers();
+
 bot.rest = createRestManager({
   token: DISCORD_TOKEN,
   secretKey: REST_AUTHORIZATION,
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/mod.ts b/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/mod.ts
index 356b277ff..557bbfd61 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/mod.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/mod.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import language from "./language.js";
 import ping from "./ping.js";
 
 export const COMMANDS = {
+  language,
   ping,
 };
 
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/ping.ts b/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/ping.ts
index ce2e6c856..b1856aeec 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/ping.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/bot/commands/ping.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ export default createCommand({
   name: "PING_NAME",
   description: "PING_DESCRIPTION",
   execute: async function (_, interaction) {
-    return await interaction.reply(translate(
-      interaction.guildId!,
-      "PING_RESPONSE_WITH_TIME",
-      Date.now() - snowflakeToTimestamp(interaction.id),
-    ));
+    return await interaction.reply(
+      translate(interaction.guildId!, "PING_RESPONSE_WITH_TIME", Date.now() - snowflakeToTimestamp(interaction.id)),
+    );
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/bot/events/interactions/command.ts b/template/bigbot/src/bot/events/interactions/command.ts
index 17151995e..253dd19dd 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/bot/events/interactions/command.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/bot/events/interactions/command.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "discordeno";
 import { bot, BotWithCustomProps } from "../../bot.js";
 import COMMANDS from "../../commands/mod.js";
-import { getLanguage, loadLanguage, serverLanguages, translate } from "../../languages/translate.js";
+import { getLanguage, loadLanguage, serverLanguages, translate, translationKeys } from "../../languages/translate.js";
 import { Command, ConvertArgumentDefinitionsToArgs } from "../../utils/slash/createCommand.js";
 
 function logCommand(
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ export async function executeSlashCommand(bot: BotWithCustomProps, interaction:
 
   // Command could not be found
   if (!command?.execute) {
-    return await interaction.reply(translate(interaction.guildId!, "EXECUTE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND")).catch(
-      bot.logger.error,
-    );
+    return await interaction
+      .reply(translate(interaction.guildId!, "EXECUTE_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND"))
+      .catch(bot.logger.error);
   }
 
   // HAVE TO CONVERT OUTSIDE OF TRY SO IT CAN BE USED IN CATCH TOO
@@ -124,13 +124,9 @@ export function translateOptionNames(
   // TRANSLATE ALL OPTIONS
   let translated: Record<string, string> = {};
   for (const option of options) {
-    // TODO: fix this ignore
-    // @ts-ignore
-    translated[translate(bot, guildId, option.name).toLowerCase()] = translate(
-      bot,
+    translated[translate(guildId, option.name as translationKeys).toLowerCase()] = translate(
       "english",
-      // @ts-ignore
-      option.name,
+      option.name as translationKeys,
     );
     if (option.options) {
       translated = {
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/bot/index.ts b/template/bigbot/src/bot/index.ts
index 1ec6e0562..c7ad154e0 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/bot/index.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/bot/index.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ process
       .setTimestamp()
       .setFooter("Unhandled Rejection Error Occurred");
 
-    // SEND ERROR TO THE LOG CHANNEL ON THE GAMER DEV SERVER
-    return bot.helpers
-      .sendWebhookMessage(bot.transformers.snowflake(id), token, { embeds })
-      .catch(console.error);
+    // SEND ERROR TO THE LOG CHANNEL ON THE DEV SERVER
+    return bot.helpers.sendWebhookMessage(bot.transformers.snowflake(id), token, { embeds }).catch(console.error);
   })
   .on("uncaughtException", async (error) => {
     const { id, token } = webhookURLToIDAndToken(BUGS_ERRORS_REPORT_WEBHOOK);
@@ -57,10 +55,8 @@ process
       .setTimestamp()
       .setFooter("Unhandled Exception Error Occurred");
 
-    // SEND ERROR TO THE LOG CHANNEL ON THE GAMER DEV SERVER
-    await bot.helpers
-      .sendWebhookMessage(bot.transformers.snowflake(id), token, { embeds })
-      .catch(console.error);
+    // SEND ERROR TO THE LOG CHANNEL ON THE DEV SERVER
+    await bot.helpers.sendWebhookMessage(bot.transformers.snowflake(id), token, { embeds }).catch(console.error);
 
     process.exit(1);
   });
@@ -107,19 +103,20 @@ async function handleRequest(req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
     }
 
     const json = req.body as {
-      data: DiscordGatewayPayload;
+      message: DiscordGatewayPayload;
       shardId: number;
     };
-    // EMITS RAW EVENT
-    bot.events.raw(bot, json.data, json.shardId);
 
-    if (json.data.t && json.data.t !== "RESUMED") {
+    // EMITS RAW EVENT
+    bot.events.raw(bot, json.message, json.shardId);
+
+    if (json.message.t && json.message.t !== "RESUMED") {
       // When a guild or something isnt in cache this will fetch it before doing anything else
-      if (json.data.t !== "READY") {
-        await bot.events.dispatchRequirements(bot, json.data, json.shardId);
+      if (!["READY", "GUILD_LOADED_DD"].includes(json.message.t)) {
+        await bot.events.dispatchRequirements(bot, json.message, json.shardId);
       }
 
-      bot.handlers[json.data.t]?.(bot, json.data, json.shardId);
+      bot.handlers[json.message.t]?.(bot, json.message, json.shardId);
     }
 
     res.status(200).json({ success: true });
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/configs.ts b/template/bigbot/src/configs.ts
index 00a1c37ad..c646b8035 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/configs.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/configs.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const EVENT_HANDLER_PORT = 8081;
 
 /** The url where the bot code(event handler) will run. This is where the gateway will send its messages to. */
 // SETUP-DD-TEMP: Set the bot's url here.
-export const EVENT_HANDLER_URL = "http://localhost:8080";
+export const EVENT_HANDLER_URL = `http://localhost:${EVENT_HANDLER_PORT}`;
 
 /** The full webhook url where the bot can send errors to alert you that the bot is missing translations. */
 // SETUP-DD-TEMP: Set a full discord webhook url here.
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ export const TOTAL_WORKERS: number = 4;
 // SETUP-DD-TEMP: Add a secret passcode here.
 export const GATEWAY_AUTHORIZATION = "";
 
-/** The url where the gateway will run. */
+/** The host where the gateway will run. Must follow https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#serverlistenoptions-callback. */
 // SETUP-DD-TEMP: Set the gateways's host here.
-export const GATEWAY_HOST = "http://localhost";
+export const GATEWAY_HOST = "localhost";
 
 /** The port where the gateway will run. This is where the bot will send its messages to the gateway. */
 // SETUP-DD-TEMP: Set the gateways's port here.
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/gateway/index.ts b/template/bigbot/src/gateway/index.ts
index 24f918a14..7cf1932e4 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/gateway/index.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/gateway/index.ts
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ async function main() {
       token: DISCORD_TOKEN,
       handlerUrls: [EVENT_HANDLER_URL],
       handlerAuthorization: EVENT_HANDLER_AUTHORIZATION,
-      path: `${__dirname}/worker.ts`,
+      path: "./worker.ts",
       totalShards: gateway.manager.totalShards,
       workerId,
     };
 
-    const worker = new Worker(`${__dirname}/worker.js`, {
+    const worker = new Worker("./worker.js", {
       workerData,
     });
 
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/gateway/worker.ts b/template/bigbot/src/gateway/worker.ts
index b48574064..a65f0cf74 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/gateway/worker.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/gateway/worker.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { createShardManager, DiscordUnavailableGuild, Shard, ShardSocketRequest, ShardState } from "discordeno";
+import {
+  createShardManager,
+  DiscordGuild,
+  DiscordReady,
+  DiscordUnavailableGuild,
+  GatewayEventNames,
+  Shard,
+  ShardSocketRequest,
+  ShardState,
+} from "discordeno";
 import { createLogger } from "discordeno/logger";
 import { parentPort, workerData } from "worker_threads";
 import { ManagerMessage } from "./index.js";
@@ -13,6 +22,10 @@ const log = createLogger({ name: `[WORKER #${script.workerId}]` });
 
 const identifyPromises = new Map<number, () => void>();
 
+// Store guild ids, loading guild ids to change GUILD_CREATE event to GUILD_LOADED_DD if needed.
+const guildIds: Set<bigint> = new Set();
+const loadingGuildIds: Set<bigint> = new Set();
+
 const manager = createShardManager({
   gatewayConfig: {
     intents: script.intents,
@@ -24,14 +37,43 @@ const manager = createShardManager({
     const url = script.handlerUrls[shard.id % script.handlerUrls.length];
     if (!url) return console.log("ERROR: NO URL FOUND TO SEND MESSAGE");
 
-    // MUST HANDLE GUILD_DELETE EVENTS FOR UNAVAILABLE
-    if (message.t === "GUILD_DELETE" && (message.d as DiscordUnavailableGuild).unavailable) return;
+    if (message.t === "READY") {
+      // Marks which guilds the bot in when initial loading in cache.
+      (message.d as DiscordReady).guilds.forEach((g) => loadingGuildIds.add(BigInt(g.id)));
+    }
+
+    // If GUILD_CREATE event came from a shard loaded event, change event to GUILD_LOADED_DD.
+    if (message.t === "GUILD_CREATE") {
+      const guild = message.d as DiscordGuild;
+      const id = BigInt(guild.id);
+
+      const existing = guildIds.has(id);
+      if (existing) return;
+
+      if (loadingGuildIds.has(id)) {
+        (message.t as GatewayEventNames | "GUILD_LOADED_DD") = "GUILD_LOADED_DD";
+
+        loadingGuildIds.delete(id);
+      }
+
+      guildIds.add(id);
+    }
+
+    // Delete guild id from cache so GUILD_CREATE from the same guild later works properly.
+    if (message.t === "GUILD_DELETE") {
+      const guild = message.d as DiscordUnavailableGuild;
+
+      if (guild.unavailable) return;
+
+      guildIds.delete(BigInt(guild.id));
+    }
 
     await fetch(url, {
       method: "POST",
       body: JSON.stringify({ message, shardId: shard.id }),
       headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", Authorization: script.handlerAuthorization },
     }).catch((error) => log.error(error));
+
     log.debug({ shardId: shard.id, message });
   },
   requestIdentify: async function (shardId: number): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/template/bigbot/src/rest/index.ts b/template/bigbot/src/rest/index.ts
index 5b5a01752..ef2e8f44f 100644
--- a/template/bigbot/src/rest/index.ts
+++ b/template/bigbot/src/rest/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { BASE_URL, createRestManager } from "discordeno";
 import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
 
 import { Influx } from "../analytics.js";
-import { DISCORD_TOKEN, INFLUX_TOKEN, REST_AUTHORIZATION, REST_PORT, REST_URL } from "../configs.js";
+import { DISCORD_TOKEN, REST_AUTHORIZATION, REST_PORT, REST_URL } from "../configs.js";
 
 const rest = createRestManager({
   token: DISCORD_TOKEN,
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ const rest = createRestManager({
 });
 
 // If influxdb data is provided, enable analytics in this proxy.
-if (INFLUX_TOKEN) {
+if (Influx) {
   rest.fetching = function (options) {
-    Influx.writePoint(
+    Influx?.writePoint(
       new Point("restEvents")
         // MARK THE TIME WHEN EVENT ARRIVED
         .timestamp(new Date())
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if (INFLUX_TOKEN) {
   };
 
   rest.fetched = function (options, response) {
-    Influx.writePoint(
+    Influx?.writePoint(
       new Point("restEvents")
         // MARK THE TIME WHEN EVENT ARRIVED
         .timestamp(new Date())
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (INFLUX_TOKEN) {
 
   setInterval(() => {
     console.log(`[Influx - REST] Saving events...`);
-    Influx.flush()
+    Influx?.flush()
       .then(() => {
         console.log(`[Influx - REST] Saved events!`);
       })
@@ -96,12 +96,7 @@ async function handleRequest(req: Request, res: Response) {
   }
 
   try {
-    const result = await rest.runMethod(
-      rest,
-      req.method as any,
-      `${BASE_URL}${req.url}`,
-      req.body,
-    );
+    const result = await rest.runMethod(rest, req.method as any, `${BASE_URL}${req.url}`, req.body);
 
     if (result) {
       res.status(200).json(result);