diff --git a/src/handlers/channel.ts b/src/handlers/channel.ts
index 92b751d4f..25b60122c 100644
--- a/src/handlers/channel.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/channel.ts
@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@ export async function sendMessage(
       allowed_mentions: content.mentions
         ? {
           ...content.mentions,
-          replied_user: content.mentions.repliedUser === true,
+          replied_user: content.mentions.repliedUser !== false,
         }
         : undefined,
-      message_reference: content.replyMessageID,
+      message_reference: {
+        message_id: content.replyMessageID,
+      }
     },
   );
 
diff --git a/src/module/requestManager.ts b/src/module/requestManager.ts
index 1e9d6d7dc..80a53fb54 100644
--- a/src/module/requestManager.ts
+++ b/src/module/requestManager.ts
@@ -321,29 +321,36 @@ function handleStatusCode(response: Response, errorStack?: unknown) {
 
   switch (status) {
     case HttpResponseCode.BadRequest:
-      throw new Error(
+      console.error(
         "The request was improperly formatted, or the server couldn't understand it.",
       );
+      throw errorStack;
     case HttpResponseCode.Unauthorized:
-      throw new Error("The Authorization header was missing or invalid.");
+      console.error("The Authorization header was missing or invalid.");
+      throw errorStack;
     case HttpResponseCode.Forbidden:
-      throw new Error(
+      console.error(
         "The Authorization token you passed did not have permission to the resource.",
       );
+      throw errorStack;
     case HttpResponseCode.NotFound:
-      throw new Error("The resource at the location specified doesn't exist.");
+      console.error("The resource at the location specified doesn't exist.");
+      throw errorStack;
     case HttpResponseCode.MethodNotAllowed:
-      throw new Error(
+      console.error(
         "The HTTP method used is not valid for the location specified.",
       );
+      throw errorStack;
     case HttpResponseCode.GatewayUnavailable:
-      throw new Error(
+      console.error(
         "There was not a gateway available to process your request. Wait a bit and retry.",
       );
+      throw errorStack;
+      // left are all unknown
+    default:
+      console.error(Errors.REQUEST_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+      throw errorStack;
   }
-
-  // left are all unknown
-  throw new Error(Errors.REQUEST_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
 }
 
 function processHeaders(url: string, headers: Headers) {
diff --git a/src/types/channel.ts b/src/types/channel.ts
index a58f1d381..e3881bb8a 100644
--- a/src/types/channel.ts
+++ b/src/types/channel.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export interface MessageContent {
     roles?: string[];
     /** Array of user_ids to mention (Max size of 100) */
     users?: string[];
-    /** Should the message author from the original message be mention. By default this is false.  */
+    /** Should the message author from the original message be mention. By default this is true.  */
     repliedUser?: boolean;
   };
   /** The message contents, up to 2000 characters */