diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
index 8d862437..4600ea9f 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const AddCaseCmd = modActionsCmd({
       return;
     }
     const config = pluginData.config.get();
-    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]))!;
+    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]));
 
     // Create the case
     const casesPlugin = pluginData.getPlugin(CasesPlugin);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/ForcebanCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/ForcebanCmd.ts
index 9d46dc87..55edc981 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/ForcebanCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/ForcebanCmd.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const ForcebanCmd = modActionsCmd({
       mod = args.mod;
     }
     const config = pluginData.config.get();
-    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]))!;
+    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]));
 
     ignoreEvent(pluginData, IgnoredEventType.Ban, user.id);
     pluginData.state.serverLogs.ignoreLog(LogType.MEMBER_BAN, user.id);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/MassUnbanCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/MassUnbanCmd.ts
index 77c51d66..353c8021 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/MassUnbanCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/MassUnbanCmd.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const MassunbanCmd = modActionsCmd({
     const unbanReason = parseReason(
       config,
       formatReasonWithAttachments(unbanReasonReply.content, [...msg.attachments.values()]),
-    )!;
+    );
 
     // Ignore automatic unban cases and logs for these users
     // We'll create our own cases below and post a single "mass unbanned" log instead
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/WarnCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/WarnCmd.ts
index ac0c4045..07f09451 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/WarnCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/WarnCmd.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const WarnCmd = modActionsCmd({
     }
 
     const config = pluginData.config.get();
-    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]))!;
+    const reason = parseReason(config, formatReasonWithAttachments(args.reason, [...msg.attachments.values()]));
 
     const casesPlugin = pluginData.getPlugin(CasesPlugin);
     const priorWarnAmount = await casesPlugin.getCaseTypeAmountForUserId(memberToWarn.id, CaseTypes.Warn);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/parseReason.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/parseReason.ts
index 089252d0..0692ed89 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/parseReason.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/parseReason.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const MAX_REASON_LENGTH = 512;
 
-export function parseReason(config: any, reason?: string): string | undefined {
+export function parseReason(config: any, reason: string): string {
   if (!reason) return reason;
   if (config?.reason_aliases) {
     reason = config.reason_aliases![reason.toLowerCase()] ?? reason;
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/warnMember.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/warnMember.ts
index f5324050..c7a315cc 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/warnMember.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/functions/warnMember.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function warnMember(
   warnOptions: WarnOptions = {},
 ): Promise<WarnResult> {
   const config = pluginData.config.get();
-  reason = parseReason(config, reason)!;
+  reason = parseReason(config, reason);
   let notifyResult: UserNotificationResult;
   if (config.warn_message) {
     const warnMessage = await renderTemplate(