diff --git a/events/messageCreate.js b/events/messageCreate.js
index b8c1df0..07dbf8b 100644
--- a/events/messageCreate.js
+++ b/events/messageCreate.js
@@ -364,16 +364,18 @@ async function handleDirectMessage(message) {
             "content": message.content
         });
 
-        openai.chat.completions.create({
-            model: 'gpt-3.5-turbo-0125',
-            messages: messages,
-            max_tokens: func.tokenizer('gpt-3.5-turbo-0125', messages).maxTokens,
-            temperature: 0.8,
-            top_p: 1,
-            frequency_penalty: 0.5,
-            presence_penalty: 0.5,
-            stream: true
-        }).then(async (response) => {
+        try {
+            const response = await openai.chat.completions.create({
+                model: 'gpt-3.5-turbo-0125',
+                messages: messages,
+                max_tokens: func.tokenizer('gpt-3.5-turbo-0125', messages).maxTokens,
+                temperature: 0.8,
+                top_p: 1,
+                frequency_penalty: 0.5,
+                presence_penalty: 0.5,
+                stream: true
+            });
+
             let fullAnswer = '';
 
             for await (const part of response) {
@@ -383,16 +385,22 @@ async function handleDirectMessage(message) {
             await message.author.send(fullAnswer);
 
             conversations.set(message.author.id, messages.concat([{ "role": "assistant", "content": fullAnswer }]));
-        }).catch(async (error) => {
+        } catch (error) {
             console.error(chalk.bold.redBright(error));
 
-            if (error.response) await message.author.send(error.response.error.message.substring(0, 2000));
-            else if (error.message) await message.author.send(error.message.substring(0, 2000));
-        });
+            if (error.response) {
+                await message.author.send(error.response.error.message.substring(0, 2000));
+            } else if (error.message) {
+                await message.author.send(error.message.substring(0, 2000));
+            }
+        }
     } else {
-        await message.author.send("Hey there! What's up? Feel free to chat with me about anything!");
-
-        conversations.set(message.author.id, []);
+        try {
+            await message.author.send("Hey there! What's up? Feel free to chat with me about anything!");
+            conversations.set(message.author.id, []);
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error(chalk.bold.redBright(error));
+        }
     }
 }