diff --git a/commands/general/base64.js b/commands/general/base64.js
index dfc7f4a6..4e6f4213 100644
--- a/commands/general/base64.js
+++ b/commands/general/base64.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 
diff --git a/commands/general/broadcast.js b/commands/general/broadcast.js
index 1c32fd1d..8ff45ce1 100644
--- a/commands/general/broadcast.js
+++ b/commands/general/broadcast.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { endBroadcast, startBroadcast } from "#utils/misc.js";
diff --git a/commands/general/channel.js b/commands/general/channel.js
index d8c344f2..ae6a1561 100644
--- a/commands/general/channel.js
+++ b/commands/general/channel.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants, GuildChannel } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { safeBigInt } from "#utils/misc.js";
diff --git a/commands/general/command.js b/commands/general/command.js
index 0a1df361..2f63863c 100644
--- a/commands/general/command.js
+++ b/commands/general/command.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import * as collections from "#utils/collections.js";
diff --git a/commands/general/eval.js b/commands/general/eval.js
index 25090f05..028dbad7 100644
--- a/commands/general/eval.js
+++ b/commands/general/eval.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { clean } from "#utils/misc.js";
diff --git a/commands/general/exec.js b/commands/general/exec.js
index 3d00a896..9b243b7c 100644
--- a/commands/general/exec.js
+++ b/commands/general/exec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import { exec as baseExec } from "node:child_process";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import { clean } from "#utils/misc.js";
 const exec = promisify(baseExec);
diff --git a/commands/general/help.js b/commands/general/help.js
index 6ecc3589..1197021b 100644
--- a/commands/general/help.js
+++ b/commands/general/help.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import paginator from "#pagination";
diff --git a/commands/general/imagereload.js b/commands/general/imagereload.js
index 4a29ccd7..1c860d8d 100644
--- a/commands/general/imagereload.js
+++ b/commands/general/imagereload.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { reloadImageConnections } from "#utils/image.js";
 
diff --git a/commands/general/info.js b/commands/general/info.js
index 6c4f433f..7a128a20 100644
--- a/commands/general/info.js
+++ b/commands/general/info.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { getServers } from "#utils/misc.js";
 import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
diff --git a/commands/general/prefix.js b/commands/general/prefix.js
index 9c7e3427..321f0d81 100644
--- a/commands/general/prefix.js
+++ b/commands/general/prefix.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 
diff --git a/commands/general/reload.js b/commands/general/reload.js
index e7dfadd8..00029928 100644
--- a/commands/general/reload.js
+++ b/commands/general/reload.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { paths } from "#utils/collections.js";
diff --git a/commands/general/restart.js b/commands/general/restart.js
index 8dec8295..1945aaa7 100644
--- a/commands/general/restart.js
+++ b/commands/general/restart.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 
 class RestartCommand extends Command {
diff --git a/commands/general/soundreload.js b/commands/general/soundreload.js
index 85b374d9..cbca7b92 100644
--- a/commands/general/soundreload.js
+++ b/commands/general/soundreload.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import { reload } from "#utils/soundplayer.js";
 
diff --git a/commands/general/stats.js b/commands/general/stats.js
index 4235728c..1f383210 100644
--- a/commands/general/stats.js
+++ b/commands/general/stats.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os from "node:os";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { VERSION } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
diff --git a/commands/music/host.js b/commands/music/host.js
index da4f78a7..72d844c7 100644
--- a/commands/music/host.js
+++ b/commands/music/host.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants, User } from "oceanic.js";
 import MusicCommand from "#cmd-classes/musicCommand.js";
 import logger from "#utils/logger.js";
diff --git a/commands/music/remove.js b/commands/music/remove.js
index 65e669da..4a05a2e6 100644
--- a/commands/music/remove.js
+++ b/commands/music/remove.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import MusicCommand from "#cmd-classes/musicCommand.js";
 import { queues } from "#utils/soundplayer.js";
diff --git a/commands/tags/tags.js b/commands/tags/tags.js
index e66709c5..7a32ea2d 100644
--- a/commands/tags/tags.js
+++ b/commands/tags/tags.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Constants } from "oceanic.js";
 import Command from "#cmd-classes/command.js";
 import paginator from "#pagination";
diff --git a/src/api/index.ts b/src/api/index.ts
index 7c5d82d8..68cb90e3 100644
--- a/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import "dotenv/config";
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import EventEmitter from "node:events";
 import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Client } from "oceanic.js";
 import type WebSocket from "ws";
 import { WebSocketServer, type ErrorEvent } from "ws";
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index c0f15c91..5456c641 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ esmBot will continue to run past this message in 5 seconds, but keep in mind tha
 // load config from .env file
 import "dotenv/config";
 
+import process from "node:process";
+
 if (process.env.SENTRY_DSN && process.env.SENTRY_DSN !== "") await import("./utils/sentry.js");
 
 if (!process.env.TOKEN) {
diff --git a/src/classes/command.ts b/src/classes/command.ts
index 8df47d21..a5f4ea79 100644
--- a/src/classes/command.ts
+++ b/src/classes/command.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import {
   type AllowedMentions,
   type AnyTextableChannel,
diff --git a/src/database.ts b/src/database.ts
index 56d39fd6..86aead23 100644
--- a/src/database.ts
+++ b/src/database.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // wrapper for the database drivers in ./database/
 import "dotenv/config";
+import process from "node:process";
 import type { Guild, GuildChannel } from "oceanic.js";
 import logger from "#utils/logger.js";
 import { type DBGuild, isError, type Tag } from "#utils/types.js";
diff --git a/src/database/postgresql.ts b/src/database/postgresql.ts
index 0c38d4d9..f8420597 100644
--- a/src/database/postgresql.ts
+++ b/src/database/postgresql.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import type { Guild, GuildChannel } from "oceanic.js";
 import type { DatabasePlugin } from "../database.js";
 import { commands, disabledCache, disabledCmdCache, messageCommands, prefixCache } from "#utils/collections.js";
diff --git a/src/database/sqlite.ts b/src/database/sqlite.ts
index 27e690eb..7c172b6d 100644
--- a/src/database/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/database/sqlite.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Database as BunDatabase, Statement as BunStatement } from "bun:sqlite";
+import process from "node:process";
 import type {
   Database as BSQLite3Database,
   Options as BSQLite3Options,
diff --git a/src/events/interactionCreate.ts b/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
index be82b04e..c346c1e8 100644
--- a/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
+++ b/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { type AnyInteractionGateway, InteractionTypes } from "oceanic.js";
 import ImageCommand from "#cmd-classes/imageCommand.js";
 import { collectors, commands, messageCommands, selectedImages, userCommands } from "#utils/collections.js";
diff --git a/src/events/messageCreate.ts b/src/events/messageCreate.ts
index 251ac552..59a0af50 100644
--- a/src/events/messageCreate.ts
+++ b/src/events/messageCreate.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { type AnyTextableChannel, GroupChannel, type Message, PrivateChannel, ThreadChannel } from "oceanic.js";
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import process from "node:process";
 import ImageCommand from "#cmd-classes/imageCommand.js";
 import { aliases, commands, disabledCache, disabledCmdCache, prefixCache } from "#utils/collections.js";
 import { getString } from "#utils/i18n.js";
diff --git a/src/events/ready.ts b/src/events/ready.ts
index 1e3b5446..2fc26a2d 100644
--- a/src/events/ready.ts
+++ b/src/events/ready.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { send } from "#utils/handler.js";
 import { createPage, generateList } from "#utils/help.js";
 import logger from "#utils/logger.js";
diff --git a/src/pm2/ext.ts b/src/pm2/ext.ts
index ec5ebff1..12f7ba17 100644
--- a/src/pm2/ext.ts
+++ b/src/pm2/ext.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import "dotenv/config";
 import { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { availableParallelism } from "node:os";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { Client, type ShardStatus } from "oceanic.js";
 import pm2, { type ProcessDescription } from "pm2";
 import winston from "winston";
diff --git a/src/utils/handler.ts b/src/utils/handler.ts
index 76548dc4..975166b9 100644
--- a/src/utils/handler.ts
+++ b/src/utils/handler.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { aliases, categories, commands, info, messageCommands, paths, userCommands } from "./collections.js";
 import { log } from "./logger.js";
 
diff --git a/src/utils/help.ts b/src/utils/help.ts
index 7bb3a820..90c49311 100644
--- a/src/utils/help.ts
+++ b/src/utils/help.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { promises } from "node:fs";
+import process from "node:process";
 import commandConfig from "#config/commands.json" with { type: "json" };
 import { commands, info } from "./collections.js";
 import type { Param } from "./types.js";
diff --git a/src/utils/i18n.ts b/src/utils/i18n.ts
index c79754cc..eeccbd17 100644
--- a/src/utils/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/utils/i18n.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import { locales } from "./collections.js";
 
 const templateRegex = /{{(\w+?)}}/g;
diff --git a/src/utils/image-runner.ts b/src/utils/image-runner.ts
index 7eb0389f..b409e52a 100644
--- a/src/utils/image-runner.ts
+++ b/src/utils/image-runner.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { img } from "./imageLib.js";
diff --git a/src/utils/image.ts b/src/utils/image.ts
index e7c3d4bb..f43b35c3 100644
--- a/src/utils/image.ts
+++ b/src/utils/image.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import { lookup } from "node:dns/promises";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { fileTypeFromBuffer } from "file-type";
 import ipaddr from "ipaddr.js";
 import ImageConnection from "./imageConnection.js";
diff --git a/src/utils/imageConnection.ts b/src/utils/imageConnection.ts
index c7a83fc1..6181072e 100644
--- a/src/utils/imageConnection.ts
+++ b/src/utils/imageConnection.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
 import WebSocket, { type Data, type ErrorEvent } from "ws";
 import logger from "./logger.js";
diff --git a/src/utils/imageLib.ts b/src/utils/imageLib.ts
index 711bf2d4..3cd6d130 100644
--- a/src/utils/imageLib.ts
+++ b/src/utils/imageLib.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import process from "node:process";
 
 const nodeRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const relPath = `../../build/${process.env.DEBUG && process.env.DEBUG === "true" ? "Debug" : "Release"}/image.node`;
diff --git a/src/utils/imagedetect.ts b/src/utils/imagedetect.ts
index 0b0b56ec..7d99c62e 100644
--- a/src/utils/imagedetect.ts
+++ b/src/utils/imagedetect.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import {
   AttachmentFlags,
   type Client,
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.ts b/src/utils/logger.ts
index 6b39ddcb..e14d82f2 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import winston from "winston";
 import "winston-daily-rotate-file";
 
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.ts b/src/utils/misc.ts
index f35e9b76..1ccac0f0 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/src/utils/misc.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import util from "node:util";
+import process from "node:process";
 const pm2 = process.env.PM2_USAGE ? (await import("pm2")).default : null;
 import { type DotenvParseOutput, config } from "dotenv";
 import type { AnyChannel, AnyPrivateChannel, Client, CommandInteraction, Message } from "oceanic.js";
diff --git a/src/utils/sentry.ts b/src/utils/sentry.ts
index 5b245c83..64942061 100644
--- a/src/utils/sentry.ts
+++ b/src/utils/sentry.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import process from "node:process";
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
 
 Sentry.init({
diff --git a/src/utils/soundplayer.ts b/src/utils/soundplayer.ts
index 304b05d4..1532872f 100644
--- a/src/utils/soundplayer.ts
+++ b/src/utils/soundplayer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
+import process from "node:process";
 import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
 import format from "format-duration";
 import {
diff --git a/src/utils/tempimages.ts b/src/utils/tempimages.ts
index 791c6fb3..ce52b405 100644
--- a/src/utils/tempimages.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tempimages.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { lstat, readdir, rm, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import process from "node:process";
 import {
   type Client,
   CommandInteraction,