diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/AutoDelete/util/deleteNextItem.ts b/backend/src/plugins/AutoDelete/util/deleteNextItem.ts
index 9432141e..c3aa6f72 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/AutoDelete/util/deleteNextItem.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/AutoDelete/util/deleteNextItem.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { PermissionsBitField, Snowflake } from "discord.js";
+import { ChannelType, PermissionsBitField, Snowflake } from "discord.js";
 import { GuildPluginData } from "knub";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export async function deleteNextItem(pluginData: GuildPluginData<AutoDeletePlugi
   scheduleNextDeletion(pluginData);
 
   const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(itemToDelete.message.channel_id as Snowflake);
-  if (!channel) {
+  if (!channel || channel.type === ChannelType.GuildCategory) {
     // Channel was deleted, ignore
     return;
   }