diff --git a/BetterSecondbot/DiscordSupervisor/Inbound.cs b/BetterSecondbot/DiscordSupervisor/Inbound.cs
index 05ebe7d..84c6201 100644
--- a/BetterSecondbot/DiscordSupervisor/Inbound.cs
+++ b/BetterSecondbot/DiscordSupervisor/Inbound.cs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace BetterSecondBot.DiscordSupervisor
                         {
                             target = bits[2];
                         }
-                        string args = null;
+                        string args = "";
                         if (bits.Length >= 2)
                         {
                             args = bits[1];
diff --git a/Core/bottypes/CommandsBot.cs b/Core/bottypes/CommandsBot.cs
index b6a360a..f5e5d2e 100644
--- a/Core/bottypes/CommandsBot.cs
+++ b/Core/bottypes/CommandsBot.cs
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ namespace BetterSecondBot.bottypes
                     }
                     CallAPI(command_args_split[0], args_passed.Split("~#~"),"None",true);
                 }
-                return "{ status: \"true\", message: \"mixed reply cuistom command\" }";
+                return "{ status: \"true\", message: \"mixed reply custom command\" }";
             }
             KeyValuePair<bool, string> statusreply = callAPIcommand(command, args);
             SmartCommandReply(statusreply.Key, replyvia, statusreply.Value, command);