diff --git a/d2m/actions/register-pk-user.js b/d2m/actions/register-pk-user.js
index 1e223c67..2ead4ff6 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/register-pk-user.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/register-pk-user.js
@@ -142,8 +142,19 @@ async function syncUser(author, pkMessage, roomID) {
 }
 
 /** @returns {Promise<Ty.PkMessage>} */
-function fetchMessage(messageID) {
-	return fetch(`https://api.pluralkit.me/v2/messages/${messageID}`).then(res => res.json())
+async function fetchMessage(messageID) {
+	// Their backend is weird. Sometimes it says "message not found" (code 20006) on the first try, so we make multiple attempts.
+	let attempts = 0
+	do {
+		var res = await fetch(`https://api.pluralkit.me/v2/messages/${messageID}`)
+		if (res.ok) return res.json()
+
+		// I think the backend needs some time to update.
+		await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
+	} while (++attempts < 3)
+
+	const errorMessage = await res.json()
+	throw new Error(`PK API returned an error after ${attempts} tries: ${JSON.stringify(errorMessage)}`)
 }
 
 module.exports._memberToStateContent = memberToStateContent
diff --git a/d2m/actions/send-message.js b/d2m/actions/send-message.js
index 346ac0df..6d100d4c 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/send-message.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/send-message.js
@@ -39,15 +39,8 @@ async function sendMessage(message, channel, guild, row) {
 	} else if (row && row.speedbump_webhook_id === message.webhook_id) {
 		// Handle the PluralKit public instance
 		if (row.speedbump_id === "466378653216014359") {
-			const root = await registerPkUser.fetchMessage(message.id)
-			// Member is null if member was deleted. We just got this message, so member surely exists.
-			if (!root.member) {
-				const e = new Error("PK API did not return a member")
-				message["__pk_response__"] = root
-				console.error(root)
-				throw e
-			}
-			senderMxid = await registerPkUser.syncUser(message.author, root, roomID)
+			const pkMessage = await registerPkUser.fetchMessage(message.id)
+			senderMxid = await registerPkUser.syncUser(message.author, pkMessage, roomID)
 		}
 	}