diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts b/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
index 840207dd..f8738305 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import { getCompanionChannelOptsForVoiceChannelId } from "./getCompanionChannelO
 const ERROR_COOLDOWN_KEY = "errorCooldown";
 const ERROR_COOLDOWN = 5 * MINUTES;
 
+// The real limit is 500, but to be on the safer side, this is lower
+// Temporary fix until we move to role-based companion channels
+const MAX_OVERWRITES = 450;
+
 export async function handleCompanionPermissions(
   pluginData: GuildPluginData<CompanionChannelsPluginType>,
   userId: string,
@@ -50,6 +54,8 @@ export async function handleCompanionPermissions(
     }
   }
 
+  const logs = pluginData.getPlugin(LogsPlugin);
+
   try {
     for (const channelId of permsToDelete) {
       const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(channelId as Snowflake);
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ export async function handleCompanionPermissions(
     for (const [channelId, permissions] of permsToSet) {
       const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(channelId as Snowflake);
       if (!channel || !(channel instanceof TextChannel)) continue;
+      if (channel.permissionOverwrites.cache.size >= MAX_OVERWRITES) {
+        logs.logBotAlert({
+          body: `Could not apply companion channel permissions for <#${channel.id}>: too many permissions`,
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
       pluginData.state.serverLogs.ignoreLog(LogType.CHANNEL_UPDATE, channelId, 3 * 1000);
       const fullSerialized = new PermissionsBitField(BigInt(permissions)).serialize();
       const onlyAllowed = filterObject(fullSerialized, (v) => v === true);
@@ -72,8 +84,6 @@ export async function handleCompanionPermissions(
     }
   } catch (e) {
     if (isDiscordAPIError(e)) {
-      const logs = pluginData.getPlugin(LogsPlugin);
-
       if (e.code === 50001) {
         logs.logBotAlert({
           body: `One of the companion channels can't be accessed. Pausing companion channels for 5 minutes or until the bot is reloaded on this server.`,