3 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktober-issue-finder.py b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktober-issue-finder.py
index 1774564b..aeffc8d7 100644
--- a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktober-issue-finder.py
+++ b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktober-issue-finder.py
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ class HacktoberIssues(commands.Cog):
         """Format the issue data into a embed."""
         title = issue["title"]
         issue_url = issue["url"].replace("api.", "").replace("/repos/", "/")
-        # issues can have empty bodies, which in that case GitHub doesn't include the key in the API response
-        body = issue.get("body", "")
+        # Issues can have empty bodies, resulting in the value being a literal `null` (parsed as `None`).
+        # For this reason, we can't use the default arg of `dict.get`, and so instead use `or` logic.
+        body = issue.get("body") or ""
         labels = [label["name"] for label in issue["labels"]]
 
         embed = discord.Embed(title=title)
@@ -113,6 +114,6 @@ class HacktoberIssues(commands.Cog):
         return embed
 
 
-def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
+async def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
     """Load the HacktoberIssue finder."""
-    bot.add_cog(HacktoberIssues(bot))
+    await bot.add_cog(HacktoberIssues(bot))
diff --git a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktoberstats.py b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktoberstats.py
index 72067dbe..c29e24b0 100644
--- a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktoberstats.py
+++ b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/hacktoberstats.py
@@ -432,6 +432,6 @@ class HacktoberStats(commands.Cog):
         return author_id, author_mention
 
 
-def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
+async def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
     """Load the Hacktober Stats Cog."""
-    bot.add_cog(HacktoberStats(bot))
+    await bot.add_cog(HacktoberStats(bot))
diff --git a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/timeleft.py b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/timeleft.py
index 55109599..f470e932 100644
--- a/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/timeleft.py
+++ b/bot/exts/events/hacktoberfest/timeleft.py
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ class TimeLeft(commands.Cog):
             )
 
 
-def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
+async def setup(bot: Bot) -> None:
     """Load the Time Left Cog."""
-    bot.add_cog(TimeLeft())
+    await bot.add_cog(TimeLeft())