HelpChannels: wait for cog to be initialised before processing messages

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/help_channels.py b/bot/cogs/help_channels.py
index 12bed2e61..43ce59cf1 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/help_channels.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/help_channels.py
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ class HelpChannels(Scheduler, commands.Cog):
     @commands.Cog.listener()
     async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message) -> None:
         """Move an available channel to the In Use category and replace it with a dormant one."""
+        await self.ready.wait()
+
         available_channels = self.get_category_channels(self.available_category)
         if message.channel not in available_channels:
             return  # Ignore messages outside the Available category.