diff --git a/core/components/DiscordBot/commands/status.ts b/core/components/DiscordBot/commands/status.ts
index a5cba29e0..e8ac30d43 100644
--- a/core/components/DiscordBot/commands/status.ts
+++ b/core/components/DiscordBot/commands/status.ts
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ export const removeOldEmbed = async (interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction, t
     const oldMessageId = txAdmin.persistentCache.get('discord:status:messageId');
     if (typeof oldChannelId === 'string' && typeof oldMessageId === 'string') {
         const oldChannel = await interaction.client.channels.fetch(oldChannelId);
-        if (oldChannel?.type === ChannelType.GuildText) {
+        if (oldChannel?.type === ChannelType.GuildText || oldChannel?.type === ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement) {
             await oldChannel.messages.delete(oldMessageId);
         } else {
-            throw new Error(`oldChannel is not a guild text channel`);
+            throw new Error(`oldChannel is not a guild text or announcement channel`);
         }
     } else {
         throw new Error(`no old message id saved, maybe was never sent, maybe it was removed`);
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export default async (interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction, txAdmin: TxAdmin
 
     //Attempt to send new message
     try {
-        if (interaction.channel?.type !== ChannelType.GuildText) throw new Error(`channel type not supported`);
+        if (!(interaction.channel?.type == ChannelType.GuildText || interaction.channel?.type == ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement)) throw new Error(`channel type not supported`);
         const placeholderEmbed = new EmbedBuilder({
             description: '_placeholder message, attempting to edit with embed..._\n**Note:** If you are seeing this message, it probably means that something was wrong with the configured Embed JSONs and Discord\'s API rejected the request to replace this placeholder.'
         })
diff --git a/core/components/DiscordBot/index.ts b/core/components/DiscordBot/index.ts
index 59a8cb0b4..1fd590716 100644
--- a/core/components/DiscordBot/index.ts
+++ b/core/components/DiscordBot/index.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export default class DiscordBot {
             if (typeof oldChannelId === 'string' && typeof oldMessageId === 'string') {
                 const oldChannel = await this.#client.channels.fetch(oldChannelId);
                 if (!oldChannel) throw new Error(`oldChannel could not be resolved`);
-                if (oldChannel.type !== ChannelType.GuildText) throw new Error(`oldChannel is not guild text channel`);
+                if (!(oldChannel.type == ChannelType.GuildText || oldChannel.type == ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement)) throw new Error(`oldChannel is not guild text or annoucement channel`);
                 await oldChannel.messages.edit(oldMessageId, generateStatusMessage(this.#txAdmin));
             }
 
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ export default class DiscordBot {
                     const fetchedChannel = this.#client.channels.cache.find((x) => x.id === this.config.announceChannel);
                     if (!fetchedChannel) {
                         return sendError(`Channel ${this.config.announceChannel} not found.`);
-                    } else if (fetchedChannel.type !== ChannelType.GuildText) {
-                        return sendError(`Channel ${this.config.announceChannel} - ${(fetchedChannel as any)?.name} is not a text channel.`);
+                    } else if (!(fetchedChannel.type == ChannelType.GuildText || fetchedChannel.type == ChannelType.GuildAnnouncement)) {
+                        return sendError(`Channel ${this.config.announceChannel} - ${(fetchedChannel as any)?.name} is not a text or annoucement channel.`);
                     } else {
                         this.announceChannel = fetchedChannel;
                     }