diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
index 0331e218..145f241c 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class ReactionAdded: IEventHandler<MessageReactionAddEvent>
         // Ignore reactions from bots (we can't DM them anyway)
         // note: this used to get from cache since this event does not contain Member in DMs
         // but we aren't able to get DMs from bots anyway, so it's not really needed
-        if (evt.GuildId != null && evt.Member.User.Bot) return;
+        if (evt.GuildId != null && (evt.Member?.User?.Bot ?? false)) return;
 
         var channel = await _cache.GetChannel(evt.ChannelId);