diff --git "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/index.ts" "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/index.ts"
index ca3db01..20b3ab2 100644
--- "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/index.ts"
+++ "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/messages/index.ts"
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
                 channel_id: channel_id,
                 data: message.toJSON(),
             } satisfies MessageCreateEvent),
-            message.guild_id ? Member.update({ id: req.user_id, guild_id: message.guild_id }, { last_message_id: message.id }) : null,
+            message.guild_id ? Member.update({ id: req.user_id, guild_id: message.guild_id }, { last_message_id: message.id }) : undefined,
         ]);
 
         // no await as it shouldnt block the message send function and silently catch error
diff --git "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/typing.ts" "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/typing.ts"
index 0db9dae..3633164 100644
--- "a/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/typing.ts"
+++ "b/src/api/routes/channels/\043channel_id/typing.ts"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 channel_id,
                 timestamp,
                 user_id,
-                guild_id: channel.guild_id,
+                guild_id: channel.guild_id ?? undefined,
             },
         } satisfies TypingStartEvent);
 
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Channel.ts b/src/util/entities/Channel.ts
index 611351a..451500c 100644
--- a/src/util/entities/Channel.ts
+++ b/src/util/entities/Channel.ts
@@ -704,15 +704,10 @@
     }
 
     toJSON(): PublicChannel {
-        // needed as some CHANNEL_UPDATE event doesn't call the calculatePosition function and doesn't populate
-        // the position field. Needs to be looked into more
-        // TODO: Look into when this can be undefined during CHANNEL_UPDATE
-        if (this.position === undefined) {
-            this.position = 0;
-        }
         return {
             ...this,
             last_pin_timestamp: this.last_pin_timestamp?.toISOString(),
+            guild_id: this.guild_id ?? undefined,
             recipients: undefined, //this.recipients?.map(x=>x.user.toPublicUser()), // TODO: fix me
             owner: undefined, // TODO: fix me - this is thread owner
 
diff --git a/src/util/entities/Message.ts b/src/util/entities/Message.ts
index 419be00..cfac909 100644
--- a/src/util/entities/Message.ts
+++ b/src/util/entities/Message.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
     ApplicationCommandType,
     BaseMessageComponents,
     Embed,
-    MessageComponentType, MessageSnapshot, MessageType, PartialMessage, Poll, PublicMessage, Reaction,
+    MessageComponentType,
+    MessageSnapshot,
+    MessageType,
+    PartialMessage,
+    Poll,
+    PublicMessage,
+    Reaction,
     UnfurledMediaItem,
 } from "@spacebar/schemas";
 import { PartialUser } from "@spacebar/schemas";
@@ -78,56 +84,46 @@
     @ManyToOne(() => Guild, {
         onDelete: "CASCADE",
     })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     guild?: Guild;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true })
     @RelationId((message: Message) => message.author)
     @Index()
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     author_id?: string;
 
     @JoinColumn({ name: "author_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
     @ManyToOne(() => User, {
         onDelete: "CASCADE",
     })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     author?: User;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true })
     @RelationId((message: Message) => message.member)
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     member_id?: string;
 
     @JoinColumn({ name: "member_id", referencedColumnName: "id" })
     @ManyToOne(() => User, {
         onDelete: "CASCADE",
     })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     member?: Member;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true })
     @RelationId((message: Message) => message.webhook)
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     webhook_id?: string;
 
     @JoinColumn({ name: "webhook_id" })
     @ManyToOne(() => Webhook)
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     webhook?: Webhook;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true })
     @RelationId((message: Message) => message.application)
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     application_id?: string;
 
     @JoinColumn({ name: "application_id" })
     @ManyToOne(() => Application)
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     application?: Application;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     content?: string;
 
     @Column()
@@ -172,15 +168,12 @@
     embeds: Embed[];
 
     @Column({ type: "simple-json" })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     reactions: Reaction[];
 
     @Column({ type: "text", nullable: true })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     nonce?: string;
 
     @Column({ nullable: true, type: Date })
-    @JsonRemoveEmpty
     pinned_at?: Date | null;
 
     get pinned(): boolean {
@@ -272,6 +265,7 @@
     }
 
     toJSON(shallow = false): PublicMessage {
+        this.clean_data();
         return {
             ...this,
             channel_id: this.channel_id ?? this.channel.id,