diff --git a/Xiao.js b/Xiao.js
index a9b0df86..3bbf9c64 100644
--- a/Xiao.js
+++ b/Xiao.js
@@ -158,10 +158,9 @@ client.on('message', async msg => {
 	// Cleverbot handler
 	const cleverbot = client.cleverbots.get(msg.channel.id);
 	if (cleverbot && cleverbot.active) {
-		if (!hasText) return;
 		if (!cleverbot.shouldRespond(msg)) return;
 		const response = await cleverbot.respond(msg.cleanContent);
-		await msg.reply(response);
+		await msg.channel.send(response);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/structures/Cleverbot.js b/structures/Cleverbot.js
index f8a7c414..8ae9e591 100644
--- a/structures/Cleverbot.js
+++ b/structures/Cleverbot.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ module.exports = class Cleverbot {
 	}
 
 	async respond(input) {
+		if (!input) {
+			clearTimeout(this.timeout);
+			this.timeout = this.setTimeout();
+			return blankResponses[Math.floor(Math.random() * blankResponses.length)];
+		}
 		const { body } = await request
 			.get('https://www.cleverbot.com/getreply')
 			.query({