diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index bc90a1e..1f58be5 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { reloadImageConnections } from "./utils/image.js";
 // main services
 // import { Client } from "oceanic.js";
 import * as sdk from "matrix-js-sdk";
-const AutojoinRoomsMixin = sdk.AutojoinRoomsMixin;
+// const AutojoinRoomsMixin = sdk.AutojoinRoomsMixin;
 
 
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ esmBot ${esmBotVersion} (${process.env.GIT_REV})
   matrixClient.on("Room.timeline", event.bind(null,matrixClient));
   logger.log("info", "Finished loading events.");
 
-  matrixClient.startClient({ initialSyncLimit: 1 }).then(() => logger.log("info", "Client started!"));
+  matrixClient.startClient({ initialSyncLimit: 2 }).then(() => logger.log("info", "Client started!"));
 }
 
 init();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/events/roommessage.js b/events/roommessage.js
index 5d0058a..76e5c75 100644
--- a/events/roommessage.js
+++ b/events/roommessage.js
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export default async function (matrixClient, event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
                   }
                 } else {
                   const mxcUri = await matrixClient.uploadContent(result.contents);
-                  console.log(mxcUri.content_uri)
                   // TODO: make info object get width, height, and mime from natives so i dont need to read the buffer
                   const imgsize = sizeOf(result.contents)
                   await matrixClient.sendImageMessage(event.event.room_id, mxcUri.content_uri, {h: imgsize.height, w: imgsize.width, mimetype: `image/${imgsize.type}`, size: result.contents.length, thumbnail_info: {h: imgsize.height, w: imgsize.width, mimetype: `image/${imgsize.type}`, size: result.contents.length}}, result.name)
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ export default async function (matrixClient, event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
             logger.log("error", error.stack)
             try {
               const errorcontent = {
-                body: `Message: ${clean(err)}\n\nStack Trace: ${clean(err.stack)}`,
+                body: `Message: ${clean(error)}\n\nStack Trace: ${clean(error.stack)}`,
                 msgtype: "m.text"
               }
               matrixClient.sendEvent(event.event.room_id, "m.room.message", errorcontent, "", (err, res) => {
diff --git a/utils/imagedetect.js b/utils/imagedetect.js
index 9e537ee..9e43148 100644
--- a/utils/imagedetect.js
+++ b/utils/imagedetect.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { request } from "undici";
 import { getType } from "./image.js";
+import * as sdk from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import { EventTimelineSet } from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import { logger } from "./logger.js";
 
 const tenorURLs = [
   "tenor.com",
@@ -116,8 +119,7 @@ const urlFromMxc = async (mxcUri) => {
 
 const checkImages = async (message, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker) => {
   let type;
-  // console.log(message)
-  if (typeof message.content.info !== undefined) {
+  if (typeof message.content.info) {
     if (message.content.msgtype == "m.image") {
       const url = await urlFromMxc(message.content.url)
       const fileNameNoExtension = message.content.body.slice(0, message.content.body.lastIndexOf("."));
@@ -152,14 +154,8 @@ const checkImages = async (message, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker) => {
 export default async (client, cmdMessage, interaction, options, extraReturnTypes = false, video = false, sticker = false, singleMessage = false) => {
   // we start by determining whether or not we're dealing with an interaction or a message
   if (cmdMessage) {
-    // console.log(cmdMessage)
-    // let channel = await client.getRoom(cmdMessage.room_id);
-    // console.log(channel)
-    // check if the message is a reply to another message
-    // console.log(cmdMessage.content['m.relates_to'])
     if (cmdMessage.content['m.relates_to'] !== undefined) {
       const replyMessage = await client.fetchRoomEvent(cmdMessage.room_id, cmdMessage.content['m.relates_to']['m.in_reply_to'].event_id)
-      // console.log(replyMessage)
       if (replyMessage) {
         const replyResult = await checkImages(replyMessage, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker);
         if (replyResult !== false) return replyResult;
@@ -169,22 +165,25 @@ export default async (client, cmdMessage, interaction, options, extraReturnTypes
     const result = await checkImages(cmdMessage, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker);
     if (result !== false) return result;
   }
-  // if (!singleMessage) {
-  //   // if there aren't any replies or interaction attachments then iterate over the last few messages in the channel
-  //   try {
-  //     const channel = (interaction ? interaction : cmdMessage).channel ?? await client.rest.channels.get((interaction ? interaction : cmdMessage).channelID);
-  //     const messages = await channel.getMessages();
-  //     // iterate over each message
-  //     for (const message of messages) {
-  //       const result = await checkImages(message, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker);
-  //       if (result === false) {
-  //         continue;
-  //       } else {
-  //         return result;
-  //       }
-  //     }
-  //   } catch {
-  //     // no-op
-  //   }
-  // }
+  if (!singleMessage) {
+    // if there aren't any replies or interaction attachments then iterate over the last few messages in the channel
+    try {
+      const channel = cmdMessage.room_id;
+      await client.store.getPendingEvents(channel)
+      const room = await client.getRoom(channel)
+      const timeline = await room.getLiveTimeline()
+      let pagination = timeline.setPaginationToken(null, sdk.EventTimeline.BACKWARDS)
+      for (const event of timeline.events.reverse()) {
+        const result = await checkImages(event.event, extraReturnTypes, video, sticker);
+        if (result === false) {
+          continue;
+        } else {
+          return result;
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      // log error
+      logger.log("error", error)
+    }
+  }
 };