diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 33043b24..f5a89f0a 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Client, Intents, TextChannel } from "discord.js";
+import { Client, Intents, TextChannel, ThreadChannel } from "discord.js";
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
 import { Knub, PluginError } from "knub";
 import { PluginLoadError } from "knub/dist/plugins/PluginLoadError";
@@ -239,13 +239,15 @@ connect().then(async () => {
       },
 
       sendSuccessMessageFn(channel, body) {
-        const guildId = channel instanceof TextChannel ? channel.guild.id : undefined;
+        const guildId =
+          channel instanceof TextChannel || channel instanceof ThreadChannel ? channel.guild.id : undefined;
         const emoji = guildId ? bot.getLoadedGuild(guildId)!.config.success_emoji : undefined;
         channel.send(successMessage(body, emoji));
       },
 
       sendErrorMessageFn(channel, body) {
-        const guildId = channel instanceof TextChannel ? channel.guild.id : undefined;
+        const guildId =
+          channel instanceof TextChannel || channel instanceof ThreadChannel ? channel.guild.id : undefined;
         const emoji = guildId ? bot.getLoadedGuild(guildId)!.config.error_emoji : undefined;
         channel.send(errorMessage(body, emoji));
       },
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/alert.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/alert.ts
index d26a9777..6c63e5ce 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/alert.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/alert.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Snowflake, TextChannel } from "discord.js";
+import { Snowflake, TextChannel, ThreadChannel } from "discord.js";
 import * as t from "io-ts";
 import { erisAllowedMentionsToDjsMentionOptions } from "src/utils/erisAllowedMentionsToDjsMentionOptions";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const AlertAction = automodAction({
     const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(actionConfig.channel as Snowflake);
     const logs = pluginData.getPlugin(LogsPlugin);
 
-    if (channel && channel instanceof TextChannel) {
+    if (channel && (channel instanceof TextChannel || channel instanceof ThreadChannel)) {
       const text = actionConfig.text;
       const theMessageLink =
         contexts[0].message && messageLink(pluginData.guild.id, contexts[0].message.channel_id, contexts[0].message.id);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
index c3dcded6..9c811b1d 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MessageOptions, Permissions, Snowflake, TextChannel, User } from "discord.js";
+import { MessageOptions, Permissions, Snowflake, TextChannel, ThreadChannel, User } from "discord.js";
 import * as t from "io-ts";
 import { userToTemplateSafeUser } from "../../../utils/templateSafeObjects";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ export const ReplyAction = automodAction({
   async apply({ pluginData, contexts, actionConfig, ruleName }) {
     const contextsWithTextChannels = contexts
       .filter(c => c.message?.channel_id)
-      .filter(c => pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(c.message!.channel_id as Snowflake) instanceof TextChannel);
+      .filter(c => {
+        const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(c.message!.channel_id as Snowflake);
+        return channel instanceof TextChannel || channel instanceof ThreadChannel;
+      });
 
     const contextsByChannelId = contextsWithTextChannels.reduce((map: Map<string, AutomodContext[]>, context) => {
       if (!map.has(context.message!.channel_id)) {
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ export const ReplyAction = automodAction({
           ? await renderReplyText(actionConfig)
           : ((await renderRecursively(actionConfig.text, renderReplyText)) as MessageOptions);
 
+      console.log("formatted:", formatted);
       if (formatted) {
         const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(channelId as Snowflake) as TextChannel;
 
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ export const ReplyAction = automodAction({
         }
 
         const messageContent: MessageOptions = typeof formatted === "string" ? { content: formatted } : formatted;
+        console.log(`sending reply message to ${channel.id}`);
         const replyMsg = await channel.send({
           ...messageContent,
           allowedMentions: {
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/resolveActionContactMethods.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/resolveActionContactMethods.ts
index 8dca9ee4..5ac49703 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/resolveActionContactMethods.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/functions/resolveActionContactMethods.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Snowflake, TextChannel } from "discord.js";
+import { Snowflake, TextChannel, ThreadChannel } from "discord.js";
 import { GuildPluginData } from "knub";
 import { ERRORS, RecoverablePluginError } from "../../../RecoverablePluginError";
 import { disableUserNotificationStrings, UserNotificationMethod } from "../../../utils";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function resolveActionContactMethods(
     }
 
     const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(actionConfig.notifyChannel as Snowflake);
-    if (!(channel instanceof TextChannel)) {
+    if (!(channel instanceof TextChannel || channel instanceof ThreadChannel)) {
       throw new RecoverablePluginError(ERRORS.INVALID_USER_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL);
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/utils.ts b/backend/src/utils.ts
index 54f16c46..19fc690c 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ export function chunkMessageLines(str: string, maxChunkLength = 1990): string[]
 }
 
 export async function createChunkedMessage(
-  channel: TextChannel | User,
+  channel: TextChannel | ThreadChannel | User,
   messageText: string,
   allowedMentions?: MessageMentionOptions,
 ) {
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ export function messageSummary(msg: SavedMessage) {
   if (richEmbed) result += "Embed:```" + Util.escapeCodeBlock(JSON.stringify(richEmbed)) + "```";
 
   // Attachments
-  if (msg.data.attachments) {
+  if (msg.data.attachments && msg.data.attachments.length) {
     result +=
       "Attachments:\n" +
       msg.data.attachments.map((a: ISavedMessageAttachmentData) => disableLinkPreviews(a.url)).join("\n") +