diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 09868a5..e60921d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -832,21 +832,26 @@ discord.on("interactionCreate", async (interaction) => {
 					filterEvt = interaction.options.getString("filterevt") || null;
 					message = interaction.options.getString("message") || null;
 					if (interaction.inGuild()) {
-						db.get(`SELECT * FROM channels WHERE channelid = ? AND iemchannel = ?`, [interaction.channel.id, room], (err, row) => {
-							if (err) {
-								console.error(err.message);
-								interaction.reply({ content: "Failed to subscribe to room", ephemeral: true });
-							} else if (row) {
-								return interaction.reply({ content: `Already subscribed to \`${getWFOByRoom(room).location}\`\nIf you want to update a subscribtion, please unsubscribe and resubscribe. This will be made a command eventually.`, ephemeral: true });
-							}
-							db.run(`INSERT INTO channels (channelid, iemchannel, custommessage, filter, filterEvt, minPriority) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ? ,? ,?)`, [interaction.channel.id, room, message, filter, filterEvt, minPriority], (err) => {
+						interaction.channel.send("Permission check").then((msg) => {
+							msg.delete();
+							db.get(`SELECT * FROM channels WHERE channelid = ? AND iemchannel = ?`, [interaction.channel.id, room], (err, row) => {
 								if (err) {
 									console.error(err.message);
 									interaction.reply({ content: "Failed to subscribe to room", ephemeral: true });
-								} else {
-									interaction.reply({ content: `Subscribed to \`${getWFOByRoom(room).location}\``, ephemeral: true });
+								} else if (row) {
+									return interaction.reply({ content: `Already subscribed to \`${getWFOByRoom(room).location}\`\nIf you want to update a subscribtion, please unsubscribe and resubscribe. This will be made a command eventually.`, ephemeral: true });
 								}
+								db.run(`INSERT INTO channels (channelid, iemchannel, custommessage, filter, filterEvt, minPriority) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ? ,? ,?)`, [interaction.channel.id, room, message, filter, filterEvt, minPriority], (err) => {
+									if (err) {
+										console.error(err.message);
+										interaction.reply({ content: "Failed to subscribe to room", ephemeral: true });
+									} else {
+										interaction.reply({ content: `Subscribed to \`${getWFOByRoom(room).location}\``, ephemeral: true });
+									}
+								});
 							});
+						}).catch((err) => {
+							interaction.reply({ content: "Failed to subscribe to room. Bot does not have send message permissions here!", ephemeral: true });
 						});
 					} else { // We're in a DM
 						db.get(`SELECT * FROM userAlerts WHERE userid = ? AND iemchannel = ?`, [interaction.user.id, room], (err, row) => {