diff --git a/src/helpers/interactions/send_interaction_response.ts b/src/helpers/interactions/send_interaction_response.ts
index 4e52fc171..04b8099a2 100644
--- a/src/helpers/interactions/send_interaction_response.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/interactions/send_interaction_response.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,6 @@ import { snakelize, validateComponents } from "../../util/utils.ts";
 export async function sendInteractionResponse(id: bigint, token: string, options: DiscordenoInteractionResponse) {
   // TODO: add more options validations
   if (options.data?.components) validateComponents(options.data?.components);
-  // If its already been executed, we need to send a followup response
-  if (cache.executedSlashCommands.has(token)) {
-    return await rest.runMethod("post", endpoints.WEBHOOK(applicationId, token), snakelize(options));
-  }
-
-  // Expire in 15 minutes
-  cache.executedSlashCommands.add(token);
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    eventHandlers.debug?.("loop", `Running setTimeout in send_interaction_response file.`);
-    cache.executedSlashCommands.delete(token);
-  }, 900000);
 
   // If the user wants this as a private message mark it ephemeral
   if (options.private) {
@@ -36,5 +25,17 @@ export async function sendInteractionResponse(id: bigint, token: string, options
     options.data = { ...options.data, allowedMentions: { parse: [] } };
   }
 
+  // If its already been executed, we need to send a followup response
+  if (cache.executedSlashCommands.has(token)) {
+    return await rest.runMethod("post", endpoints.WEBHOOK(applicationId, token), snakelize(options.data));
+  }
+
+  // Expire in 15 minutes
+  cache.executedSlashCommands.add(token);
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    eventHandlers.debug?.("loop", `Running setTimeout in send_interaction_response file.`);
+    cache.executedSlashCommands.delete(token);
+  }, 900000);
+
   return await rest.runMethod("post", endpoints.INTERACTION_ID_TOKEN(id, token), snakelize(options));
 }