diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Tags/util/onMessageCreate.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Tags/util/onMessageCreate.ts
index 9dd4d1a6..e2dbb961 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Tags/util/onMessageCreate.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Tags/util/onMessageCreate.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { validate } from "../../../validatorUtils";
 import { LogType } from "../../../data/LogType";
 import { TextChannel } from "eris";
 import { matchAndRenderTagFromString } from "./matchAndRenderTagFromString";
+import { messageIsEmpty } from "../../../utils/messageIsEmpty";
 
 export async function onMessageCreate(pluginData: GuildPluginData<TagsPluginType>, msg: SavedMessage) {
   if (msg.is_bot) return;
@@ -91,11 +92,7 @@ export async function onMessageCreate(pluginData: GuildPluginData<TagsPluginType
     return;
   }
 
-  if (
-    tagResult.renderedContent.content &&
-    !tagResult.renderedContent.embed &&
-    tagResult.renderedContent.content.trim() === ""
-  ) {
+  if (messageIsEmpty(tagResult.renderedContent)) {
     pluginData.state.logs.log(LogType.BOT_ALERT, {
       body: `Tag \`${tagResult.tagName}\` resulted in an empty message, so it couldn't be sent`,
     });
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/messageHasContent.ts b/backend/src/utils/messageHasContent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca3dd8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/utils/messageHasContent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { MessageContent } from "eris";
+
+function embedHasContent(embed: any) {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(embed)) {
+    if (typeof value === "string" && value.trim() !== "") {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof value === "object" && value != null && embedHasContent(value)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (value != null) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+export function messageHasContent(content: MessageContent): boolean {
+  if (typeof content === "string") {
+    return content.trim() !== "";
+  }
+
+  if (content.content != null && content.content.trim() !== "") {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (content.embed && embedHasContent(content.embed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/messageIsEmpty.ts b/backend/src/utils/messageIsEmpty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cd3f255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/utils/messageIsEmpty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { MessageContent } from "eris";
+import { messageHasContent } from "./messageHasContent";
+
+export function messageIsEmpty(content: MessageContent): boolean {
+  return !messageHasContent(content);
+}