diff --git a/CompatBot/Commands/Processors/CommandErroredHandler.cs b/CompatBot/Commands/Processors/CommandErroredHandler.cs
index 731f8f82..bcd1c5c5 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Commands/Processors/CommandErroredHandler.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Commands/Processors/CommandErroredHandler.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ internal static partial class CommandErroredHandler
                 Context: TextCommandContext tctx
             })
         {
-            if (tctx.Prefix == Config.CommandPrefix || tctx.Prefix == Config.AutoRemoveCommandPrefix)
+            // if it has a command prefix, check that it's not a random string of punctuation
+            if ((tctx.Prefix == Config.CommandPrefix
+                || tctx.Prefix == Config.AutoRemoveCommandPrefix)
+                && tctx.Message.Content[tctx.Prefix.Length ..] is {Length: >0} args
+                && !char.IsPunctuation(args[0]))
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/CompatBot/Database/BotDb.cs b/CompatBot/Database/BotDb.cs
index bb45e265..bc8bf600 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Database/BotDb.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Database/BotDb.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ internal class BotDb: DbContext
     public DbSet<Kot> Kot { get; set; } = null!;
     public DbSet<Doggo> Doggo { get; set; } = null!;
     public DbSet<ForcedNickname> ForcedNicknames { get; set; } = null!;
+    
     protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
     {
         var dbPath = DbImporter.GetDbPath("bot.db", Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);