diff --git "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/\043message_id/index.ts" "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/\043message_id/index.ts"
index a4abc8b..e69818b 100644
--- "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/\043message_id/index.ts"
+++ "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/\043message_id/index.ts"
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
             author_id: req.user_id,
             id: message_id,
             embeds,
-            channel_id,
+            channel_id: channel_id!,
             attachments,
             edited_timestamp: undefined,
             timestamp: new Date(snowflake.timestamp),
diff --git a/src/schemas/uncategorised/MessageCreateSchema.ts b/src/schemas/uncategorised/MessageCreateSchema.ts
index ae506ec..5afbfe2 100644
--- a/src/schemas/uncategorised/MessageCreateSchema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/uncategorised/MessageCreateSchema.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 */
 
 import { InteractionType, Snowflake } from "@spacebar/util";
-import { ApplicationCommandType, BaseMessageComponents, Embed, PollAnswer, PollMedia, PublicUser } from "@spacebar/schemas";
+import { AllowedMentions, MessageReference, ApplicationCommandType, BaseMessageComponents, Embed, PollAnswer, PollMedia, PublicUser } from "@spacebar/schemas";
 
 export type MessageCreateAttachment = {
     id: string;
@@ -42,19 +42,8 @@
     embeds?: Embed[] | null;
     embed?: Embed | null;
     // TODO: ^ embed is deprecated in favor of embeds (https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#message-object)
-    allowed_mentions?: {
-        parse?: string[] | null;
-        roles?: string[] | null;
-        users?: string[] | null;
-        replied_user?: boolean;
-    } | null;
-    message_reference?: {
-        message_id?: string;
-        channel_id?: string;
-        guild_id?: string;
-        fail_if_not_exists?: boolean;
-        type?: number;
-    } | null;
+    allowed_mentions?: AllowedMentions | null;
+    message_reference?: MessageReference | null;
     payload_json?: string;
     file?: { filename: string };
     // TODO: we should create an interface for attachments