diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
index 51312393..9c965933 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions/commands/AddCaseCmd.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ export const AddCaseCmd = modActionsCmd({
 
   async run({ pluginData, message: msg, args }) {
     const user = await resolveUser(pluginData.client, args.user);
-    if (!user) return sendErrorMessage(pluginData, msg.channel, `User not found`);
+    if (!user.id) {
+      return sendErrorMessage(pluginData, msg.channel, `User not found`);
+    }
 
     // If the user exists as a guild member, make sure we can act on them first
     const member = await resolveMember(pluginData.client, pluginData.guild, user.id);