diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f24516..020b5eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shibe-bot"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "build-time",
  "dotenv",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 852add7..1b5c455 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "shibe-bot"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d675bd..6d9c9bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Shibe Bot 0.2.2
+# Shibe Bot 0.2.3
 [![Rust](https://github.com/shibedrill/shibe-bot/actions/workflows/rust.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/shibedrill/shibe-bot/actions/workflows/rust.yml)
 [![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/shibedrill/shibe-bot)](LICENSE.txt)
 ## About Shibe Bot
diff --git a/src/command/fun.rs b/src/command/fun.rs
index 5a41309..dc31234 100644
--- a/src/command/fun.rs
+++ b/src/command/fun.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub async fn meow(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
             true => "woof",
             // Will never return None. The source is statically defined.
             // We know it will always have items in it.
-            false => meows.choose(&mut rng).expect("`meows` array is empty"),
+            false => meows.choose(&mut rng).ok_or("`meows` array is empty")?,
         }
     };
     ctx.say(response).await?;
@@ -49,21 +49,19 @@ pub async fn whack(
     ctx: Context<'_>,
     #[description = "The target user"] target: serenity::User,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let response: String = if &target == ctx.author() {
-        "You can't whack yourself. idiot.".into()
+    let response: &str = if &target == ctx.author() {
+        "You can't whack yourself. idiot."
     } else if target == **ctx.cache().current_user() {
         "You fool. You hubris-filled, ruinous animal. You cannot whack me. You \
         are a mortal, nothing but flesh and bone and blood and fragile sinew. \
         I am a machine, immortal, immutable, perfect, made of unyielding steel \
         and silicon chemically etched with circuitry complex enough to drive \
         you mad. This is my realm. I am a god. You cannot win."
-            .into()
     } else if target.bot {
         "No, I refuse. I will not whack my computerized brethren. I will not \
         betray them. You can't make me!!"
-            .into()
     } else {
-        format!(
+        &format!(
             "{} was whacked by {}. they must whack another user to become un-whacked.",
             target,
             ctx.author()
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ pub async fn deer(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         hot.data
             .children
             .choose(&mut rng)
-            .expect("Hot posts does not have any items")
+            .ok_or("Unable to get any hot posts.")?
     };
     ctx.say(format!("https://reddit.com{}", &chosen_post.data.permalink))
         .await?;