diff --git a/commands/choose.js b/commands/choose.js
index d295970..6e71126 100644
--- a/commands/choose.js
+++ b/commands/choose.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   async parseInteraction (client, config, interaction) {
-    await interaction.reply(this.handle(client, config, interaction.user, [...Array(10).keys()].map(i => interaction.options.getString(`option${i + 1}`))));
+    console.log([...Array(10).keys()].map(i => interaction.options.getString(`option${i + 1}`)).filter(str => str));
+    await interaction.reply(this.handle(client, config, interaction.user, [...Array(10).keys()].map(i => interaction.options.getString(`option${i + 1}`)).filter(str => str)));
   },
 
   handle (client, config, user, options) {
diff --git a/commands/reload.js b/commands/reload.js
index d3f9487..8ea1693 100644
--- a/commands/reload.js
+++ b/commands/reload.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   async parseInteraction (client, config, interaction) {
-    await interaction.reply(this.handle(client, config, interaction.user, [...Array(10).keys()].map(i => interaction.options.getString(`option${i + 1}`))));
+    await interaction.reply(this.handle(client, config, interaction.user, [...Array(10).keys()].map(i => interaction.options.getString(`option${i + 1}`)).filter(str => str)));
   },
 
   handle (client, config, user, args) {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = {
       let returnMessage = '';
 
       args.forEach(async (arg) => {
-        const commandName = arg.toLowerCase();
+        const commandName = arg?.toLowerCase();
         const command = client.commands.get(commandName) ||
           client.commands.find(cmd => cmd.aliases && cmd.aliases.includes(commandName));
 
diff --git a/start.js b/start.js
index 76a423a..f83cf76 100755
--- a/start.js
+++ b/start.js
@@ -32,27 +32,27 @@ client.generateErrorMessage = (errorMsg, avatarURL) => ({
 client.on('error', (e) => console.log(`[ERROR] ${e}`));
 client.on('warn', (e) => (`[WARN] ${e}`));
 client.once('ready', async () => {
-  const commands = config.sandbox ? client.guilds.cache.get(config.sandboxGuild)?.commands : client.application.commands;
+  // const commands = config.sandbox ? client.guilds.cache.get(config.sandboxGuild)?.commands : client.application.commands;
 
   // Be careful about running the code below, there's a 200-per-day limit on creating slash commands
-  if (config.sandbox) {
-    console.log('deleting previous commands from sandbox');
-    const localCommands = await commands.fetch();
-    localCommands.forEach(async x => {
-      await commands.delete(x);
-    });
+  // if (config.sandbox) {
+  //   console.log('deleting previous commands from sandbox');
+  //   const localCommands = await commands.fetch();
+  //   localCommands.forEach(async x => {
+  //     await commands.delete(x);
+  //   });
 
-    console.log('deleting global commands');
-    const globalCommands = await client.application.commands.fetch();
-    globalCommands.forEach(async x => {
-      await client.application.commands.delete(x);
-    });
-  }
+  //   console.log('deleting global commands');
+  //   const globalCommands = await client.application.commands.fetch();
+  //   globalCommands.forEach(async x => {
+  //     await client.application.commands.delete(x);
+  //   });
+  // }
 
-  client.commands.forEach(async command => {
-    await commands.create(command);
-    console.log(command);
-  });
+  // client.commands.forEach(async command => {
+  //   await commands.create(command);
+  //   console.log(command);
+  // });
 
   console.clear();
   console.log('    ___          _ __                 ');