diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4244f47..a95b25f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ __pycache__
 #user files
 .env
 .vscode
+*.sqlite
 bot.pid
 usage.txt
 /dalleimages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cogs/gpt_3_commands_and_converser.py b/cogs/gpt_3_commands_and_converser.py
index a3c1086..4f0d3b7 100644
--- a/cogs/gpt_3_commands_and_converser.py
+++ b/cogs/gpt_3_commands_and_converser.py
@@ -790,10 +790,14 @@ class GPT3ComCon(discord.Cog, name="GPT3ComCon"):
 
     async def replace_mention(self, ctx, message):
         if discord.utils.raw_mentions(message):
-            for mention in discord.utils.raw_mentions(message):
-                user = await discord.utils.get_or_fetch(ctx.guild, 'member', mention, default="User")
-                message = message.replace(f"<@{str(mention)}>", user.display_name)
-            return message
+                for mention in discord.utils.raw_mentions(message):
+                    try:
+                        user = await discord.utils.get_or_fetch(ctx.guild, 'member', mention)
+                        username = user.display_name
+                    except:
+                        username = str(mention)
+                    message = message.replace(f"<@{str(mention)}>", username)
+                return message           
         else:
             return message