diff --git a/plugins/permissions/src/permissions.ts b/plugins/permissions/src/permissions.ts
index 36fde90d6..9752bfa89 100644
--- a/plugins/permissions/src/permissions.ts
+++ b/plugins/permissions/src/permissions.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ export function highestRole(
   if (!guild) throw new Error(Errors.GUILD_NOT_FOUND);
 
   // Get the roles from the member
-  const memberRoles = (typeof memberOrId === "bigint" ? bot.members.get(memberOrId) : memberOrId)
+  const memberRoles = (typeof memberOrId === "bigint" ? bot.members.get(bot.transformers.snowflake(`${memberOrId}${guild.id}`)) : memberOrId)
     ?.roles;
   // This member has no roles so the highest one is the @everyone role
   if (!memberRoles) return guild.roles.get(guild.id)!;