diff --git a/commands/general/broadcast.js b/commands/general/broadcast.js
index cb66b22..3941d9d 100644
--- a/commands/general/broadcast.js
+++ b/commands/general/broadcast.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Command from "../../classes/command.js";
+import database from "../../utils/database.js";
 import { endBroadcast, startBroadcast } from "../../utils/misc.js";
 
 class BroadcastCommand extends Command {
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ class BroadcastCommand extends Command {
     }
     const message = this.options.message ?? this.args.join(" ");
     if (message?.trim()) {
+      await database.setBroadcast(message);
       startBroadcast(this.client, message);
       if (process.env.PM2_USAGE) {
         process.send({
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ class BroadcastCommand extends Command {
       }
       return "Started broadcast.";
     } else {
+      await database.setBroadcast(null);
       endBroadcast(this.client);
       if (process.env.PM2_USAGE) {
         process.send({
diff --git a/config/messages.json b/config/messages.json
index 5843df1..86b9ec8 100644
--- a/config/messages.json
+++ b/config/messages.json
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
     "Trials Rising",
     "Pizza Tower",
     "ANTONBLAST",
+    "[object Object]",
     "The clock is ticking."
   ]
 }
diff --git a/events/ready.js b/events/ready.js
index 769b1b4..4b2a81a 100644
--- a/events/ready.js
+++ b/events/ready.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default async (client) => {
     logger.log("info", "The help docs have been generated.");
   }
 
-  checkBroadcast(client);
+  await checkBroadcast(client);
   activityChanger(client);
 
   ready = true;
diff --git a/utils/database/dummy.js b/utils/database/dummy.js
index 1ffcd24..08e98d9 100644
--- a/utils/database/dummy.js
+++ b/utils/database/dummy.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export async function getTag() {}
 export async function setTag() {}
 export async function removeTag() {}
 export async function editTag() {}
+export async function setBroadcast() {}
+export async function getBroadcast() {}
 export async function setPrefix() {}
 export async function addGuild(guild) {
   return {
diff --git a/utils/database/postgresql.js b/utils/database/postgresql.js
index afccb03..c856806 100644
--- a/utils/database/postgresql.js
+++ b/utils/database/postgresql.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const sql = Postgres(process.env.DB);
 const psqlUpdates = [
   "", // reserved
   "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS settings ( id smallint PRIMARY KEY, version integer NOT NULL, CHECK(id = 1) );\nALTER TABLE guilds ADD COLUMN accessed timestamp;",
-  "ALTER TABLE guilds DROP COLUMN accessed"
+  "ALTER TABLE guilds DROP COLUMN accessed",
+  "ALTER TABLE settings ADD COLUMN broadcast text"
 ];
 
 export async function setup() {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export async function upgrade(logger) {
         while (version < (psqlUpdates.length - 1)) {
           version++;
           logger.warn(`Running version ${version} update script (${psqlUpdates[version]})...`);
-          await db`${psqlUpdates[version]}`;
+          await db.unsafe(psqlUpdates[version]);
         }
       });
       const ver = psqlUpdates.length - 1;
@@ -104,6 +105,15 @@ export async function removeTag(name, guild) {
   await sql`DELETE FROM tags WHERE guild_id = ${guild.id} AND name = ${name}`;
 }
 
+export async function setBroadcast(msg) {
+  await sql`UPDATE settings SET broadcast = ${msg} WHERE id = 1`;
+}
+
+export async function getBroadcast() {
+  const result = await sql`SELECT broadcast FROM settings WHERE id = 1`;
+  return result[0].broadcast;
+}
+
 export async function disableCommand(guild, command) {
   const guildDB = await this.getGuild(guild);
   await sql`UPDATE guilds SET disabled_commands = ${(guildDB.disabled_commands ? [...guildDB.disabled_commands, command] : [command]).filter((v) => !!v)} WHERE guild_id = ${guild}`;
diff --git a/utils/database/sqlite.js b/utils/database/sqlite.js
index d771562..c30d345 100644
--- a/utils/database/sqlite.js
+++ b/utils/database/sqlite.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const connection = sqlite3(process.env.DB.replace("sqlite://", ""));
 const sqliteUpdates = [
   "", // reserved
   "ALTER TABLE guilds ADD COLUMN accessed int",
-  "ALTER TABLE guilds DROP COLUMN accessed"
+  "ALTER TABLE guilds DROP COLUMN accessed",
+  "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS settings ( id smallint PRIMARY KEY, broadcast VARCHAR, CHECK(id = 1) );\nINSERT INTO settings (id) VALUES (1) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;"
 ];
 
 export async function setup() {
@@ -151,6 +152,15 @@ export async function editTag(name, content, guild) {
   connection.prepare("UPDATE tags SET content = ?, author = ? WHERE guild_id = ? AND name = ?").run(content.content, content.author, guild.id, name);
 }
 
+export async function setBroadcast(msg) {
+  connection.prepare("UPDATE settings SET broadcast = ? WHERE id = 1").run(msg);
+}
+
+export async function getBroadcast() {
+  const result = connection.prepare("SELECT broadcast FROM settings WHERE id = 1").all();
+  return result[0].broadcast;
+}
+
 export async function setPrefix(prefix, guild) {
   connection.prepare("UPDATE guilds SET prefix = ? WHERE guild_id = ?").run(prefix, guild.id);
   collections.prefixCache.set(guild.id, prefix);
diff --git a/utils/misc.js b/utils/misc.js
index b66327a..1ad6241 100644
--- a/utils/misc.js
+++ b/utils/misc.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import util from "util";
 import fs from "fs";
 import pm2 from "pm2";
 import { config } from "dotenv";
+import db from "./database.js";
 
 // playing messages
 const { messages } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL("../config/messages.json", import.meta.url)));
@@ -62,10 +63,11 @@ export async function activityChanger(bot) {
   setTimeout(() => activityChanger(bot), 900000);
 }
 
-export function checkBroadcast(bot) {
-  /*if () {
+export async function checkBroadcast(bot) {
+  const message = await db.getBroadcast();
+  if (message) {
     startBroadcast(bot, message);
-  }*/
+  }
 }
 
 export function startBroadcast(bot, message) {
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ export function getServers(bot) {
 export function cleanMessage(message, content) {
   let cleanContent = content && content.replace(/<a?(:\w+:)[0-9]+>/g, "$1") || "";
 
-  const author = message.author ?? message.member;
+  const author = message.author ?? message.member ?? message.user;
   let authorName = author.username;
   if (message.member?.nick) {
     authorName = message.member.nick;
diff --git a/utils/psqlinit.sh b/utils/psqlinit.sh
index df454ee..cdbe63f 100644
--- a/utils/psqlinit.sh
+++ b/utils/psqlinit.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-E
     CREATE TABLE counts ( command VARCHAR NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, count integer NOT NULL );
     CREATE TABLE tags ( guild_id VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, name text NOT NULL, content text NOT NULL, author VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, UNIQUE(guild_id, name) );
 
-    CREATE TABLE settings ( id smallint PRIMARY KEY, version integer NOT NULL, CHECK(id = 1) );
+    CREATE TABLE settings ( id smallint PRIMARY KEY, version integer NOT NULL, broadcast VARCHAR, CHECK(id = 1) );
     INSERT INTO settings (id, version) VALUES (1, 2) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;
 EOSQL