diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index 2a13e334..fd51da08 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { GuildLogs } from "src/data/GuildLogs";
 import { GuildSavedMessages } from "src/data/GuildSavedMessages";
 import { GuildArchives } from "src/data/GuildArchives";
 import { GuildCases } from "src/data/GuildCases";
+import { tMessageContent } from "../../utils";
 
 const LogChannel = t.partial({
   include: t.array(t.string),
@@ -20,14 +21,16 @@ export type TLogChannel = t.TypeOf<typeof LogChannel>;
 const LogChannelMap = t.record(t.string, LogChannel);
 export type TLogChannelMap = t.TypeOf<typeof LogChannelMap>;
 
+const tLogFormats = t.intersection([
+  t.record(t.string, t.union([t.string, tMessageContent])),
+  t.type({
+    timestamp: t.string,
+  }),
+]);
+
 export const ConfigSchema = t.type({
   channels: LogChannelMap,
-  format: t.intersection([
-    t.record(t.string, t.string),
-    t.type({
-      timestamp: t.string,
-    }),
-  ]),
+  format: tLogFormats,
   ping_user: t.boolean,
 });
 export type TConfigSchema = t.TypeOf<typeof ConfigSchema>;
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
index 854f7259..b84b9df7 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import { PluginData } from "knub";
 import { LogsPluginType } from "../types";
 import { LogType } from "src/data/LogType";
-import { verboseUserMention, verboseUserName, verboseChannelMention, messageSummary, resolveMember } from "src/utils";
+import {
+  verboseUserMention,
+  verboseUserName,
+  verboseChannelMention,
+  messageSummary,
+  resolveMember,
+  renderRecursively,
+} from "src/utils";
 import { SavedMessage } from "src/data/entities/SavedMessage";
 import { renderTemplate, TemplateParseError } from "src/templateFormatter";
 import { logger } from "src/logger";
@@ -12,53 +19,55 @@ export async function getLogMessage(pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>, type
   const format = config.format[LogType[type]] || "";
   if (format === "") return;
 
-  let formatted;
-  try {
-    const values = {
-      ...data,
-      userMention: async inputUserOrMember => {
-        if (!inputUserOrMember) return "";
+  const values = {
+    ...data,
+    userMention: async inputUserOrMember => {
+      if (!inputUserOrMember) return "";
 
-        const usersOrMembers = Array.isArray(inputUserOrMember) ? inputUserOrMember : [inputUserOrMember];
+      const usersOrMembers = Array.isArray(inputUserOrMember) ? inputUserOrMember : [inputUserOrMember];
 
-        const mentions = [];
-        for (const userOrMember of usersOrMembers) {
-          let user;
-          let member;
+      const mentions = [];
+      for (const userOrMember of usersOrMembers) {
+        let user;
+        let member;
 
-          if (userOrMember.user) {
-            member = userOrMember;
-            user = member.user;
-          } else {
-            user = userOrMember;
-            member = await resolveMember(pluginData.client, pluginData.guild, user.id);
-          }
-
-          const memberConfig = pluginData.config.getMatchingConfig({ member, userId: user.id }) || ({} as any);
-
-          mentions.push(memberConfig.ping_user ? verboseUserMention(user) : verboseUserName(user));
+        if (userOrMember.user) {
+          member = userOrMember;
+          user = member.user;
+        } else {
+          user = userOrMember;
+          member = await resolveMember(pluginData.client, pluginData.guild, user.id);
         }
 
-        return mentions.join(", ");
-      },
-      channelMention: channel => {
-        if (!channel) return "";
-        return verboseChannelMention(channel);
-      },
-      messageSummary: (msg: SavedMessage) => {
-        if (!msg) return "";
-        return messageSummary(msg);
-      },
+        const memberConfig = pluginData.config.getMatchingConfig({ member, userId: user.id }) || ({} as any);
+
+        mentions.push(memberConfig.ping_user ? verboseUserMention(user) : verboseUserName(user));
+      }
+
+      return mentions.join(", ");
+    },
+    channelMention: channel => {
+      if (!channel) return "";
+      return verboseChannelMention(channel);
+    },
+    messageSummary: (msg: SavedMessage) => {
+      if (!msg) return "";
+      return messageSummary(msg);
+    },
+  };
+
+  if (type === LogType.BOT_ALERT) {
+    const valuesWithoutTmplEval = { ...values };
+    values.tmplEval = str => {
+      return renderTemplate(str, valuesWithoutTmplEval);
     };
+  }
 
-    if (type === LogType.BOT_ALERT) {
-      const valuesWithoutTmplEval = { ...values };
-      values.tmplEval = str => {
-        return renderTemplate(str, valuesWithoutTmplEval);
-      };
-    }
+  const renderLogString = str => renderTemplate(str, values);
 
-    formatted = await renderTemplate(format, values);
+  let formatted;
+  try {
+    formatted = typeof format === "string" ? await renderLogString(format) : renderRecursively(format, renderLogString);
   } catch (e) {
     if (e instanceof TemplateParseError) {
       logger.error(`Error when parsing template:\nError: ${e.message}\nTemplate: ${format}`);
@@ -68,13 +77,15 @@ export async function getLogMessage(pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>, type
     }
   }
 
-  formatted = formatted.trim();
+  if (typeof formatted === "string") {
+    formatted = formatted.trim();
 
-  const timestampFormat = config.format.timestamp;
-  if (timestampFormat) {
-    const timestamp = moment().format(timestampFormat);
-    return `\`[${timestamp}]\` ${formatted}`;
-  } else {
-    return formatted;
+    const timestampFormat = config.format.timestamp;
+    if (timestampFormat) {
+      const timestamp = moment().format(timestampFormat);
+      formatted = `\`[${timestamp}]\` ${formatted}`;
+    }
   }
+
+  return formatted;
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
index 59fa2a64..169c4ad6 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ export async function log(pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>, type: LogType,
 
       const message = await getLogMessage(pluginData, type, data);
       if (message) {
-        const batched = opts.batched ?? true; // Default to batched unless explicitly disabled
+        // For non-string log messages (i.e. embeds) batching or chunking is not possible, so send them immediately
+        if (typeof message !== "string") {
+          await channel.createMessage(message).catch(noop);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Default to batched unless explicitly disabled
+        const batched = opts.batched ?? true;
         const batchTime = opts.batch_time ?? 1000;
 
         if (batched) {