diff --git a/src/structure/components/observers/Automoderation.js b/src/structure/components/observers/Automoderation.js
index 8d3b8e5..903c785 100644
--- a/src/structure/components/observers/Automoderation.js
+++ b/src/structure/components/observers/Automoderation.js
@@ -212,12 +212,13 @@ module.exports = class AutoModeration extends Observer {
         filterResult.filter = 'word';
         log += `\nFilter result: ${inspect(filterResult)}`;
 
-        if (!silent) {
-            const res = await this.client.rateLimiter.limitSend(msg.channel, wrapper.format('W_FILTER_DELETE', { user: author.id }), undefined, 'wordFilter').catch(catcher(255));
+
+        if (!silent && channel.permissionsFor(this.client.user)?.has('SendMessages')) {
+            const res = await this.client.rateLimiter.limitSend(msg.channel, wrapper.format('W_FILTER_DELETE', { user: author.id }), undefined, 'wordFilter').catch(() => null);
             //const res = await msg.formattedRespond('W_FILTER_DELETE', { params: { user: author.id } });
             //if (res) res.delete({ timeout: 10000 }).catch(catcher(240));
             setTimeout(() => {
-                res.delete?.().catch(() => { /**/ });
+                res?.delete?.().catch(() => { /**/ });
             }, 10000);
         }
         this.client.rateLimiter.queueDelete(msg.channel, msg).catch(() => null);