diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index c952349d..02a25fd0 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { RegExpRunner } from "../../RegExpRunner";
 import { tMessageContent, tNullable } from "../../utils";
 import { TRegex } from "../../validatorUtils";
 import { LogType } from "../../data/LogType";
-import { GuildMember } from "discord.js";
 import {
   TemplateSafeCase,
   TemplateSafeChannel,
@@ -23,15 +22,13 @@ import {
   TemplateSafeUnknownUser,
   TemplateSafeUser,
 } from "../../utils/templateSafeObjects";
-import {
-  TemplateSafeValue,
-  TemplateSafeValueContainer,
-  TypedTemplateSafeValueContainer,
-} from "../../templateFormatter";
+import { MessageOptions } from "child_process";
 
 export const tLogFormats = t.record(t.string, t.union([t.string, tMessageContent]));
 export type TLogFormats = t.TypeOf<typeof tLogFormats>;
 
+export type ParsedMessageType = MessageOptions | string;
+
 const LogChannel = t.partial({
   include: t.array(t.string),
   exclude: t.array(t.string),
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ export interface LogsPluginType extends BasePluginType {
 
     logListener;
 
-    batches: Map<string, string[]>;
+    batches: Map<string, ParsedMessageType[]>;
 
     onMessageDeleteFn;
     onMessageDeleteBulkFn;
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
index 81714486..34237f95 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MessageOptions } from "discord.js";
+import { Message, MessageOptions } from "discord.js";
 import { GuildPluginData } from "knub";
 import { SavedMessage } from "../../../data/entities/SavedMessage";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   verboseUserName,
 } from "../../../utils";
 import { TimeAndDatePlugin } from "../../TimeAndDate/TimeAndDatePlugin";
-import { FORMAT_NO_TIMESTAMP, ILogTypeData, LogsPluginType, TLogChannel } from "../types";
+import { FORMAT_NO_TIMESTAMP, ILogTypeData, LogsPluginType, ParsedMessageType, TLogChannel } from "../types";
 import {
   getTemplateSafeMemberLevel,
   TemplateSafeMember,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function getLogMessage<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
   type: TLogType,
   data: TypedTemplateSafeValueContainer<ILogTypeData[TLogType]>,
   opts?: Pick<TLogChannel, "format" | "timestamp_format" | "include_embed_timestamp">,
-): Promise<MessageOptions | null> {
+): Promise<ParsedMessageType | null> {
   const config = pluginData.config.get();
   const format = opts?.format?.[LogType[type]] || config.format[LogType[type]] || "";
   if (format === "" || format == null) return null;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function getLogMessage<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
 
   const renderLogString = str => renderTemplate(str, values);
 
-  let formatted;
+  let formatted: ParsedMessageType;
   try {
     formatted =
       typeof format === "string" ? await renderLogString(format) : await renderRecursively(format, renderLogString);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
index 45205882..9781e450 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { MessageMentionTypes, Snowflake, TextChannel } from "discord.js";
 import { GuildPluginData } from "knub";
-import { SavedMessage } from "../../../data/entities/SavedMessage";
 import { allowTimeout } from "../../../RegExpRunner";
 import { createChunkedMessage, get, noop } from "../../../utils";
-import { ILogTypeData, LogsPluginType, LogTypeData, TLogChannelMap } from "../types";
+import { ILogTypeData, LogsPluginType, ParsedMessageType, TLogChannelMap } from "../types";
 import { getLogMessage } from "./getLogMessage";
-import { TemplateSafeValueContainer, TypedTemplateSafeValueContainer } from "../../../templateFormatter";
+import { TypedTemplateSafeValueContainer } from "../../../templateFormatter";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
 
 const excludedUserProps = ["user", "member", "mod"];
@@ -79,8 +78,8 @@ export async function log<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
           }
         }
       }
-
-      const message = await getLogMessage(pluginData, type, data, {
+      // its resolving to "any" without this, idk why
+      const message: ParsedMessageType | string | null = await getLogMessage(pluginData, type, data, {
         format: opts.format,
         include_embed_timestamp: opts.include_embed_timestamp,
         timestamp_format: opts.timestamp_format,
@@ -88,10 +87,10 @@ export async function log<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
 
       if (message) {
         // For non-string log messages (i.e. embeds) batching or chunking is not possible, so send them immediately
-        if (typeof message !== "string") {
+        /*if (typeof message !== "string") {
           await channel.send(message).catch(noop);
           return;
-        }
+        }*/
 
         // Default to batched unless explicitly disabled
         const batched = opts.batched ?? true;
@@ -113,7 +112,12 @@ export async function log<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
           pluginData.state.batches.get(channel.id)!.push(message);
         } else {
           // If we're not batching log messages, just send them immediately
-          await createChunkedMessage(channel, message, { parse }).catch(noop);
+          if (typeof message === "string") {
+            await createChunkedMessage(channel, message, { parse }).catch(noop);
+          } else {
+            // why is TS being weird here with the type?
+            await channel.send({ embeds: message.embeds, allowedMentions: { parse } });
+          }
         }
       }
     }