diff --git a/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/ChatBot.java b/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/ChatBot.java
index d48e281e..4d81ffcc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/ChatBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/ChatBot.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void shutdown() {
         Concord.LOGGER.info(BOT, "Shutting down Discord bot...");
         messaging.allowProcessingMessages(false);
         // Process all pending messages now
-        messaging.processMessages();
+        messaging.processMessages(true);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.unregister(msgListener);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.unregister(playerListener);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.unregister(statusListener);
diff --git a/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/msg/Messaging.java b/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/msg/Messaging.java
index 657a9df3..f00e23fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/msg/Messaging.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tk/sciwhiz12/concord/msg/Messaging.java
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ public void allowProcessingMessages(boolean processMessages) {
     }
 
     public void processMessages() {
-        if (!processMessages) return;
+        this.processMessages(false);
+    }
+
+    @ApiStatus.Internal
+    public void processMessages(boolean bypass) {
+        if (!processMessages && !bypass) return;
 
         // TODO: rate-limiting
         MessageEntry entry;