diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f64993f..d6c1952 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Quote This Message
 An alternative to discord bots like Make it A Quote.
+The version used on the hosted-by-me bot is slightly different than this, same functionality though.
 
 ## Requirements
 - Inconsolata (located at ~/.local/share/fonts/Inconsolata-VariableFont_wdth,wght.ttf)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3d2c794..6a822d6 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, ImageFilter
-from urllib.request import urlopen
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import dotenv
 import os
 import io
@@ -26,16 +25,22 @@ async def _quote_msg(message: discord.Message):
     quote = message.content
     author = message.author.display_name
     username = message.author.name
-    avatar = Image.open(io.BytesIO(await message.author.avatar.read()))
-
-    avatar.resize((1000,1000))
-
+    try:
+     avatar = Image.open(io.BytesIO(await message.author.avatar.read()))
+     avatar.resize((1000,1000))
+    except Exception:
+     avatar = Image.new("RGBA", (0,0))
     image = Image.new("RGBA", (1890, 1063), (0,0,0))
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
     
+    # todo: wrap on longer text strings
     draw.text((90, 1063/2-150/2), quote, font=quote_font)
+    
+    # todo: make quote smaller to fit author text in if text is larger?
     draw.multiline_text((90, 1063/2+250/2), f"- {author}\n({username})", font=author_font)
+
     credit = "Made with QuoteThisMessage: aesth.lol/quote"
+    # todo: see above todo
     draw.text((1860-draw.textlength(credit, font=credit_font), 1063-50), credit, font=credit_font)
     image.paste(avatar)
 
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ async def _quote_msg(message: discord.Message):
     image.save(file, format="PNG")
     file.seek(0)
     
+    # clean up
+    image.close()
+    avatar.close()
+
     return file
 
 @bot.tree.context_menu(name="Quote this message")
@@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
     if bot.user in message.mentions:
         if message.reference and message.type == discord.MessageType.reply:
             if not message.reference.resolved:
-                await message.reply("The message you replied to is empty...")
+                await message.reply("Discord error. This isn't a bug with the bot!")
                 return
             msg = await message.reply(content="Generating...")
             file = await _quote_msg(message.reference.resolved)
@@ -68,4 +77,6 @@ async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
             await message.reply("Oops! You didn't reply to a message when you pinged the bot...")
 
 token = os.environ.get("DISCORD_TOKEN")
+print("Quote This Message: aesth.lol/quote")
+
 bot.run(token)
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