diff --git a/src/events/message/messageCreate.ts b/src/events/message/messageCreate.ts
index 13892ef..2afe9fb 100644
--- a/src/events/message/messageCreate.ts
+++ b/src/events/message/messageCreate.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,19 @@ export default async (message: Message, client: Client) => {
           [],
         )
         .map(async ({ message_id, channel }) => {
-          const quoted_message = await channel.messages.fetch(message_id).catch(() => undefined);
+          let quoted_message = await channel.messages.fetch(message_id).catch(() => undefined);
+
+          // If it's a reference, we only check for reference once
+          const message_reference = quoted_message?.reference;
+          if (message_reference && message_reference.messageId) {
+            const channel_reference = client.channels.cache.get(
+              message_reference.channelId,
+            ) as TextBasedChannel;
+
+            quoted_message = await channel_reference.messages
+              .fetch(message_reference.messageId)
+              .catch(() => undefined);
+          }
 
           // If message doesn't exist or empty
           if (