diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index 41af232d..1efbbc62 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -27,19 +27,11 @@ const DEFAULT_BATCH_TIME = 1000;
 const MIN_BATCH_TIME = 250;
 const MAX_BATCH_TIME = 5000;
 
-const zStrictLogMessageContent = zStrictMessageContent.extend({
-  embed: zEmbedInput.optional(),
-});
-const zLogMessageContent = z.union([
-  zBoundedCharacters(0, 2000),
-  zStrictLogMessageContent,
-]);
-
 // A bit of a workaround so we can pass LogType keys to z.enum()
-const zMessageContentWithDefault = zLogMessageContent.default("");
+const zMessageContentWithDefault = zMessageContent.default("");
 const logTypes = keys(LogType);
 const logTypeProps = logTypes.reduce((map, type) => {
-  map[type] = zLogMessageContent.default(DefaultLogMessages[type] || "");
+  map[type] = zMessageContent.default(DefaultLogMessages[type] || "");
   return map;
 }, {} as Record<keyof typeof LogType, typeof zMessageContentWithDefault>);
 const zLogFormats = z.strictObject(logTypeProps);
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
index 7214a08f..30c92087 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ export async function getLogMessage<TLogType extends keyof ILogTypeData>(
   const format = opts?.format?.[LogType[type]] || config.format[LogType[type]] || "";
   if (format === "" || format == null) return null;
 
-  if (typeof format === "object" && format.embed) {
-    format.embeds = [format.embed];
-    delete format.embed;
-  }
-
   // See comment on FORMAT_NO_TIMESTAMP in types.ts
   const timestampFormat = opts?.timestamp_format ?? config.timestamp_format;
 
diff --git a/backend/src/utils.ts b/backend/src/utils.ts
index 3bb3e0eb..796326e6 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@ export const zStrictMessageContent = z.strictObject({
   content: z.string().optional(),
   tts: z.boolean().optional(),
   embeds: z.array(zEmbedInput).optional(),
+  embed: zEmbedInput.optional(),
+}).transform((data) => {
+  if (data.embed) {
+    data.embeds = [data.embed];
+    delete data.embed;
+  }
+  return data as StrictMessageContent;
 });
 
 export type ZStrictMessageContent = z.infer<typeof zStrictMessageContent>;