diff --git a/src/client/components/settings/utility/Selfrole.ts b/src/client/components/settings/utility/Selfrole.ts
index e887cb8..29fee2e 100644
--- a/src/client/components/settings/utility/Selfrole.ts
+++ b/src/client/components/settings/utility/Selfrole.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CommandError, Setting } from '../../../interfaces/index.js';
+import { Setting } from '../../../interfaces/index.js';
 import DiscordClient from '../../../DiscordClient.js';
 import InvokerWrapper from '../../wrappers/InvokerWrapper.js';
 import { CommandOptionType, CommandParams } from '../../../../../@types/Client.js';
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import Emojis from '../../../../constants/Emojis.js';
 
 class SelfroleSetting extends Setting
 {
-
     constructor (client: DiscordClient)
     {
         super(client, {
@@ -77,8 +76,9 @@ class SelfroleSetting extends Setting
         // old channel for deleting old message if one exists
         const oldChannel = await guild.resolveChannel<TextChannel>(setting.channel);
         const newChannel = channel?.asChannel || oldChannel;
-        if (!newChannel?.isTextBased())
-            throw new CommandError(invoker, { index: 'ERR_INVALID_CHANNEL_TYPE' });
+        if (newChannel && !newChannel.isTextBased())
+            // throw new CommandError(invoker, { index: 'ERR_INVALID_CHANNEL_TYPE' });
+            return { error: true, index: 'ERR_INVALID_CHANNEL_TYPE' };
         if (channel)
             setting.channel = channel.asChannel.id; // Set the new channel if one is given
         if (text)
@@ -95,11 +95,15 @@ class SelfroleSetting extends Setting
             }
         }
 
-        if (setting.roles.length && setting.channel && setting.roles.length <= 25)
+        if (newChannel && setting.roles.length && setting.channel && setting.roles.length <= 25)
         {
+            const perms = newChannel.permissionsFor(this.client.user!);
+            const missing = perms?.missing([ 'SendMessages', 'ViewChannel' ]) ?? [];
+            if (missing.length)
+                return { error: true, index: 'ERR_CHANNEL_PERMS', params: { perms: missing.join('`, `'), channel: newChannel.name } };
             const resolvedRoles = await guild.resolveRoles(setting.roles);
             const selectMenu: StringSelectMenuComponentData = {
-                type: ComponentType.SelectMenu,
+                type: ComponentType.StringSelect,
                 customId: 'selfrole-select',
                 maxValues: resolvedRoles.length,
                 options: resolvedRoles.map((r) =>
@@ -137,13 +141,10 @@ class SelfroleSetting extends Setting
                 const msg = await newChannel.send(payload);
                 setting.message = msg.id;
             }
-
         }
 
         return { index: 'SETTING_SUCCESS_ALT' };
-
     }
-
 }
 
 export default SelfroleSetting;
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