diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Repository/ModelRepository.Message.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Repository/ModelRepository.Message.cs
index 706e3a13..589e9934 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Repository/ModelRepository.Message.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Repository/ModelRepository.Message.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public partial class ModelRepository
 
     public async Task DeleteMessage(ulong id)
     {
+        _logger.Warning("not deleting message from database because of database issues", id);
+        return;
+
         var query = new Query("messages").AsDelete().Where("mid", id);
         var rowCount = await _db.ExecuteQuery(query, messages: true);
         if (rowCount > 0)
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ public partial class ModelRepository
 
     public async Task DeleteMessagesBulk(IReadOnlyCollection<ulong> ids)
     {
+        _logger.Warning("not bulk deleting {count} messages from database because of database issues", ids.Count, ids);
+        return;
+
         // Npgsql doesn't support ulongs in general - we hacked around it for plain ulongs but tbh not worth it for collections of ulong
         // Hence we map them to single longs, which *are* supported (this is ok since they're Technically (tm) stored as signed longs in the db anyway)
         var query = new Query("messages").AsDelete().WhereIn("mid", ids.Select(id => (long)id).ToArray());