diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index b599a55..2c5d1b9 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export class ArtemisClient extends Client {
     Promise.all([this.loadCommands(), this.registerEvents()]);
   }
 
+  async getOwner() {
+    return this.users.fetch(this.ownerId);
+  }
+
   async loadCommands() {
     const commandsDir = path.join(import.meta.dir, "commands");
     const categories = await fs
diff --git a/src/commands/language/translate.ts b/src/commands/language/translate.ts
index caa1d84..7f2b97b 100644
--- a/src/commands/language/translate.ts
+++ b/src/commands/language/translate.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   isTargetLanguage,
   translate as translateDeepl,
 } from "../../utils/deepl";
-import { abort, notifyError } from "../../utils/error";
+import { abort, sendErrorAlert } from "../../utils/error";
 import type { OCRResult } from "../../types/ocr";
 import { capitalize, languageCodeToName } from "../../utils/functions";
 import { translate as translateGoogle } from "../../utils/gtrans";
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export async function translateImpl(
     target
   ).catch(err => {
     logger.error(err, "DeepL error, falling back to Google Translate");
-    notifyError(err);
+    sendErrorAlert(err);
     return translateGoogle(text, "auto", "en");
   });
 
diff --git a/src/commands/ocr/ocr.ts b/src/commands/ocr/ocr.ts
index 306e99e..453275a 100644
--- a/src/commands/ocr/ocr.ts
+++ b/src/commands/ocr/ocr.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "discord.js";
 import { defineCommand } from "..";
 import { downloadFile } from "../../utils/http";
-import { abort, notifyError } from "../../utils/error";
+import { abort, sendErrorAlert } from "../../utils/error";
 import { yandexOcr } from "../../utils/yandex";
 import sharp from "sharp";
 import {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function ocrImpl(url: string) {
   const result = await lensOcr(compressed)
     .catch(err => {
       logger.error(err, "Google Lens error, falling back to Yandex");
-      notifyError(err);
+      sendErrorAlert(err);
       return yandexOcr(compressed, type.mime);
     })
     .catch(() => abort("Failed to OCR the image"));
diff --git a/src/events/interactionCreate.ts b/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
index e918c3d..cb3e74b 100644
--- a/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
+++ b/src/events/interactionCreate.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { client } from "../client";
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
 import { defineEvent } from ".";
-import { isExplicitCommandError, notifyError } from "../utils/error";
+import { isExplicitCommandError, sendErrorAlert } from "../utils/error";
 import { nanoid } from "../utils/functions";
 import type { Command } from "../types/command";
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function handleChatInputCommand(
       const trace = nanoid();
       content += `\ntrace: ${inlineCode(trace)}`;
       logger.error({ trace, err });
-      notifyError(err, trace);
+      sendErrorAlert(err, trace);
     }
 
     await interaction[
diff --git a/src/utils/error.ts b/src/utils/error.ts
index 39bdc26..ba68e72 100644
--- a/src/utils/error.ts
+++ b/src/utils/error.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { codeBlock, type TextChannel } from "discord.js";
+import { codeBlock } from "discord.js";
 import { client } from "../client";
-import { env } from "../env";
 
 export class ExplicitCommandError extends Error {}
 
@@ -14,15 +13,17 @@ export function isExplicitCommandError(
   return error instanceof ExplicitCommandError;
 }
 
-export async function notifyError(error: any, trace?: string) {
-  return (client.channels.cache.get(env.DEV_CHANNEL_ID) as TextChannel).send({
-    content: trace,
-    embeds: [
-      {
-        title: "Unhandled Error",
-        description: codeBlock("js", error.stack ?? error.message),
-        color: 0xff0000,
-      },
-    ],
-  });
+export async function sendErrorAlert(error: any, trace?: string) {
+  return client.getOwner().then(owner =>
+    owner.send({
+      content: trace,
+      embeds: [
+        {
+          title: "Unhandled Error",
+          description: codeBlock("js", error.stack ?? error.message),
+          color: 0xff0000,
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+  );
 }