diff --git a/src/client/components/settings/logging/Moderation.ts b/src/client/components/settings/logging/Moderation.ts
index 3c75b47..180ab03 100644
--- a/src/client/components/settings/logging/Moderation.ts
+++ b/src/client/components/settings/logging/Moderation.ts
@@ -89,17 +89,23 @@ class ModerationLog extends Setting
 
     async execute (invoker: InvokerWrapper, opts: CommandParams, setting: ModerationSettings)
     {
-
         const { channel, infractions, anonymous, enabled } = opts,
             langParams: FormatParams = {};
         let index = 'SETTING_SUCCESS_ALT';
 
-        if (anonymous)
-            setting.anonymous = anonymous.asBool;
         if (channel)
+        {
+            const ch = channel.asChannel;
+            const perms = ch.permissionsFor(this.client.user!);
+            const missing = perms?.missing([ 'ViewChannel', 'SendMessages', 'EmbedLinks' ]);
+            if (!missing || missing.length)
+                return { error: true, index: 'ERR_BOT_MISSING_PERMISSIONS', params: { missing: missing?.join(', ') || 'Any' } };
             setting.channel = channel.asChannel.id;
+        }
         if (enabled)
             setting.enabled = enabled.asBool;
+        if (anonymous)
+            setting.anonymous = anonymous.asBool;
 
         if (infractions)
         {
diff --git a/src/client/interfaces/Infraction.ts b/src/client/interfaces/Infraction.ts
index c0d38a1..05e1fe3 100644
--- a/src/client/interfaces/Infraction.ts
+++ b/src/client/interfaces/Infraction.ts
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ class Infraction
             {
                 this.#moderationLog = await this.#guild.resolveChannel<TextChannel>(moderation.channel, true);
                 const perms = this.#moderationLog?.permissionsFor(this.client.user!);
-                const missing = perms?.missing([ 'SendMessages', 'EmbedLinks' ]);
+                const missing = perms?.missing([ 'ViewChannel', 'SendMessages', 'EmbedLinks' ]);
                 if (this.#moderationLog && !missing?.length)
                 {
                     this.#modLogId = this.#moderationLog.id;
-                    this.#dmLogMessage = await this.#moderationLog
+                    this.#modLogMessage = await this.#moderationLog
                         .send({ embeds: [ await this.#embed() ] })
                         .catch((err) => this.logger.error(err)) ?? null;
-                    this.#modLogMessageId = this.#dmLogMessage?.id || null;
+                    this.#modLogMessageId = this.#modLogMessage?.id || null;
                 }
             }
             else