diff --git a/Events/MessageEvent.cs b/Events/MessageEvent.cs
index da3c07fe..8ef2b88b 100644
--- a/Events/MessageEvent.cs
+++ b/Events/MessageEvent.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ static async Task DeleteAndWarnAsync(MockDiscordMessage message, string reason,
                 _ = message.DeleteAsync();
             else
                 if (channel.Type is DiscordChannelType.GuildForum)
-                    channel = await client.GetChannelAsync(Program.cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel);
+                    if (Program.cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel == 0)
+                        Program.discord.Logger.LogWarning("A warning in forum channel {channelId} was attempted, but may fail due to the fallback channel not being set. Please set 'forumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel' in config.json to avoid this.", channel.Id);
+                    else
+                        channel = Program.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel;
 
             try
             {
@@ -147,7 +150,8 @@ public static async Task MessageHandlerAsync(DiscordClient client, MockDiscordMe
                 if (wasAutoModBlock)
                 {
                     Program.discord.Logger.LogDebug("Processing AutoMod-blocked message in {channelId} by user {userId}", channel.Id, message.Author.Id);
-                    if (channel.Type == DiscordChannelType.GuildForum) channel = await client.GetChannelAsync(Program.cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel);
+                    if (channel.Type == DiscordChannelType.GuildForum && Program.cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel != 0)
+                        channel = Program.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel;
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 7c22bcad..e1597cf1 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class Program : BaseCommandModule
         static public readonly HttpClient httpClient = new();
 
         public static List<ServerApiResponseJson> serverApiList = new();
+        
+        public static DiscordChannel ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel;
 
         public static void UpdateLists()
         {
@@ -237,6 +239,9 @@ static async Task Main(string[] _)
             await discord.ConnectAsync();
 
             await ReadyEvent.OnStartup(discord);
+            
+            if (cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel != 0)
+                ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel = await discord.GetChannelAsync(cfgjson.ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel);
 
             // Only wait 3 seconds before the first set of tasks.
             await Task.Delay(3000);
diff --git a/Structs.cs b/Structs.cs
index 0a024a0e..abf477df 100644
--- a/Structs.cs
+++ b/Structs.cs
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public class ConfigJson
         public bool VoiceChannelPurge { get; private set; } = true;
         
         [JsonProperty("forumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel")]
-        public ulong ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel { get; private set; }
+        public ulong ForumChannelAutoWarnFallbackChannel { get; private set; } = 0;
     }
 
     public enum Level { Information, Warning, Error, Debug, Verbose }