diff --git a/d2m/actions/create-room.js b/d2m/actions/create-room.js
index 29bcdc0..b641d37 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/create-room.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/create-room.js
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ async function channelToKState(channel, guild) {
 	assert.ok(typeof spaceID === "string")
 
 	const row = db.prepare("SELECT nick, custom_avatar FROM channel_room WHERE channel_id = ?").get(channel.id)
-	assert(row)
-	const customName = row.nick
-	const customAvatar = row.custom_avatar
+	const customName = row?.nick
+	const customAvatar = row?.custom_avatar
 	const [convertedName, convertedTopic] = convertNameAndTopic(channel, guild, customName)
 
 	const avatarEventContent = {}
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index f0c4664..a45c23b 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -27,3 +27,31 @@ test("event2message: janky test", t => {
 		}]
 	)
 })
+
+test("event2message: long messages are split", t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		eventToMessage({
+			content: {
+				body: ("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(19),
+				msgtype: "m.text"
+			},
+			event_id: "$g07oYSZFWBkxohNEfywldwgcWj1hbhDzQ1sBAKvqOOU",
+			origin_server_ts: 1688301929913,
+			room_id: "!kLRqKKUQXcibIMtOpl:cadence.moe",
+			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			type: "m.room.message",
+			unsigned: {
+				age: 405299
+			}
+		}),
+		[{
+			username: "cadence",
+			content: (("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(15)).slice(0, -1),
+			avatar_url: undefined
+		}, {
+			username: "cadence",
+			content: (("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(4)).slice(0, -1),
+			avatar_url: undefined
+		}]
+	)
+})
diff --git a/matrix/read-registration.js b/matrix/read-registration.js
index a1d920d..54d77ae 100644
--- a/matrix/read-registration.js
+++ b/matrix/read-registration.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 const fs = require("fs")
+const assert = require("assert").strict
 const yaml = require("js-yaml")
 
 /** @ts-ignore @type {import("../types").AppServiceRegistrationConfig} */
 const reg = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync("registration.yaml", "utf8"))
-module.exports = reg
\ No newline at end of file
+assert(reg.ooye.max_file_size)
+assert(reg.ooye.namespace_prefix)
+assert(reg.ooye.server_name)
+module.exports = reg