diff --git a/bots/discord/src/events/discord/ready/stickyMessageSetup.ts b/bots/discord/src/events/discord/ready/stickyMessageSetup.ts
index ef9521f..3d73908 100644
--- a/bots/discord/src/events/discord/ready/stickyMessageSetup.ts
+++ b/bots/discord/src/events/discord/ready/stickyMessageSetup.ts
@@ -16,47 +16,53 @@ export default withContext(on, 'ready', async ({ config, discord, logger }, clie
                         `Channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId} is not a text channel, sticky messages will not be sent`,
                     )
 
-                const send = async () => {
-                    const store = discord.stickyMessages[guildId]![channelId]
-                    if (!store) return
-
-                    try {
-                        const oldMsg = store.currentMessage
-
-                        store.currentMessage = await channel.send({
-                            ...message,
-                            embeds: message.embeds?.map(it => applyCommonEmbedStyles(it, true, true, true)),
-                        })
-
-                        await oldMsg?.delete()
-                    } catch (e) {
-                        logger.error(
-                            `Error while sending sticky message to channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}:`,
-                            e,
-                        )
-                    } finally {
-                        // Clear any remaining timers
-                        clearTimeout(store.timer)
-                        clearTimeout(store.forceTimer)
-                        store.forceTimerActive = store.timerActive = false
-
-                        logger.debug(`Sent sticky message to channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}`)
-                    }
-                }
-
                 // Set up the store
-                discord.stickyMessages[guildId]![channelId] = {
+                // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noAssignInExpressions: don't care
+                const store = (discord.stickyMessages[guildId]![channelId] = {
                     forceTimerActive: false,
                     timerActive: false,
                     forceTimerMs: forceSendTimeout,
                     timerMs: timeout,
-                    send,
+                    async send() {
+                        try {
+                            await Promise.all([
+                                channel
+                                    .send({
+                                        ...message,
+                                        embeds: message.embeds?.map(it => applyCommonEmbedStyles(it, true, true, true)),
+                                    })
+                                    .then(msg => {
+                                        this.currentMessage = msg
+                                        logger.debug(`Sent sticky message to channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}`)
+                                    }),
+                                this.currentMessage
+                                    ?.delete()
+                                    ?.then(() =>
+                                        logger.debug(
+                                            `Deleted old sticky message from channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}`,
+                                        ),
+                                    ),
+                            ])
+                        } catch (e) {
+                            logger.error(
+                                `Error while managing sticky message of channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}:`,
+                                e,
+                            )
+                        } finally {
+                            // Clear any remaining timers
+                            clearTimeout(this.timer)
+                            clearTimeout(this.forceTimer)
+                            this.forceTimerActive = this.timerActive = false
+
+                            logger.debug(`Cleared sticky message timer for channel ${channelId} in guild ${guildId}`)
+                        }
+                    },
                     // If the store exists before the configuration refresh, take its current message
                     currentMessage: oldStore?.[channelId]?.currentMessage,
-                }
+                })
 
                 // Send a new sticky message immediately, as well as deleting the old/outdated message, if it exists
-                await send()
+                await store.send()
             }
         }
 })