diff --git a/commands/games/mathgame.js b/commands/games/mathgame.js
index f0b78e08..5b57277e 100644
--- a/commands/games/mathgame.js
+++ b/commands/games/mathgame.js
@@ -13,7 +13,16 @@ module.exports = class MathGameCommand extends commando.Command {
             args: [{
                 key: 'difficulty',
                 prompt: 'What difficulty should the math game be? Easy, Medium, Hard, or Extreme?',
-                type: 'string'
+                type: 'string',
+                validate: difficulty => {
+                    if (difficulty.toLowerCase() !== 'easy' || difficulty.toLowerCase() !== 'medium' || difficulty.toLowerCase() !== 'hard' || difficulty.toLowerCase() !== 'extreme') {
+                        return 'Please set the difficulty to either `easy`, `medium`, `hard`, or `extreme`.';
+                    }
+                    return true;
+                },
+                parse: (str) => {
+                    str.toLowerCase();
+                }
             }]
         });
     }
@@ -23,8 +32,7 @@ module.exports = class MathGameCommand extends commando.Command {
             if (!message.channel.permissionsFor(this.client.user).hasPermission(['SEND_MESSAGES', 'READ_MESSAGES', 'EMBED_LINKS'])) return;
         }
         console.log(`[Command] ${message.content}`);
-        let level = args.difficulty.toLowerCase();
-        if (level !== 'easy' || level !== 'medium' || level !== 'hard' || level !== 'extreme') return message.channel.send(':x: Error! Please set the difficulty to either easy, medium, hard, or extreme!');
+        let level = args.difficulty;
         let randomType = ['+', '-', '*'];
         randomType = randomType[Math.floor(Math.random() * randomType.length)];
         let randomValue;
diff --git a/commands/response/motivate.js b/commands/response/motivate.js
index 2b4c9315..16c33266 100644
--- a/commands/response/motivate.js
+++ b/commands/response/motivate.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ module.exports = class MotivateCommand extends commando.Command {
             args: [{
                 key: 'thing',
                 prompt: 'What do you want to motivate?',
-                type: 'string'
+                type: 'string',
+                default: ''
             }]
         });
     }
diff --git a/commands/response/name.js b/commands/response/name.js
index 8347ec08..fbfee313 100644
--- a/commands/response/name.js
+++ b/commands/response/name.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = class RandomNameGen extends commando.Command {
         randomFirstFemale = randomFirstFemale[Math.floor(Math.random() * randomFirstFemale.length)];
         let randomLast = ["Walker", "Tworni", "Ross", "Smith", "Odendahl", "Deere", "Brown", "Williams", "Jones", "Miles", "Moss", "Roberto", "McFly", "McDonald", "Lewis", "Armstrong", "Stevenson", "Schwarzenegger", "Robinson", "Parker", "Piper", "Johnson", "Brantley", "Stewart", "Ree", "Talbot", "Seville", "Peace", "Spielberg", "Baggins", "Wilborn", "Vankirk", "Shireman", "Jimerson", "Masters", "Hack", "Satcher", "Younkin", "Aguila", "Duffey", "Burgin", "Highfall", "Wee", "Solari", "Tomaselli", "Basler", "Difranco", "Latch", "Rives", "Dolan", "Abraham", "Holter", "Portugal", "Lininger", "Holst", "Mccroy", "Follmer", "Hotchkiss", "Gassaway", "Wang", "Agron", "Raasch", "Gourd", "Czaja", "Marquart", "Papadopoulos", "Ringer", "Lax", "Sperling", "Galusha", "Alston"];
         randomLast = randomLast[Math.floor(Math.random() * randomLast.length)];
-        let gender = args.gender;
+        let gender = args.gender.toLowerCase();
         if (gender === "male") {
             return message.channel.send(`${randomFirstMale} ${randomLast}`);
         }