diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedText.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedText.cs
index 448c2fd17..f117fb734 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedText.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedText.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+#nullable disable warnings
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 
-#nullable disable
 namespace NadekoBot;
 
 public sealed record SmartEmbedArrayElementText : SmartEmbedTextBase
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ public sealed record SmartEmbedText : SmartEmbedTextBase
     {
     }
 
-    private SmartEmbedText(IEmbed eb, string plainText = null)
+    private SmartEmbedText(IEmbed eb, string? plainText = null)
         : base(eb)
         => (PlainText, Color) = (plainText, eb.Color?.RawValue ?? 0);
 
-    public static SmartEmbedText FromEmbed(IEmbed eb, string plainText = null)
+    public static SmartEmbedText FromEmbed(IEmbed eb, string? plainText = null)
         => new(eb, plainText);
 
     protected override EmbedBuilder GetEmbedInternal()
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedTextArray.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedTextArray.cs
index f12e96483..90e9f6696 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedTextArray.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedTextArray.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ public sealed record SmartEmbedTextArray : SmartText
         if (Embeds is null)
             return Array.Empty<EmbedBuilder>();
 
-        return Embeds.Map(em => em.GetEmbed());
+        return Embeds
+            .Where(x => x.IsValid)
+            .Select(em => em.GetEmbed())
+            .ToArray();
     }
 
     public void NormalizeFields()
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartText.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartText.cs
index 0c4c9d6ed..2fb9f5ac0 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartText.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartText.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract record SmartText
 
                 var obj = root.ToObject<SmartEmbedText>();
 
-                if (obj is null)
+                if (obj is null || !(obj.IsValid || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(obj.PlainText)))
                     return new SmartPlainText(input);
 
                 obj.NormalizeFields();
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/Extensions.cs b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
index fb929b58b..1d533fa3e 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public static class Extensions
         {
             SmartEmbedText set => msg.ModifyAsync(x =>
             {
-                x.Embed = set.GetEmbed().Build();
+                x.Embed = set.IsValid ? set.GetEmbed().Build() : null;
                 x.Content = set.PlainText?.SanitizeMentions() ?? "";
             }),
             SmartEmbedTextArray set => msg.ModifyAsync(x =>
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/IMessageChannelExtensions.cs b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/IMessageChannelExtensions.cs
index 6da88ba21..5d8cd12ae 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/IMessageChannelExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/IMessageChannelExtensions.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static class MessageChannelExtensions
         => text switch
         {
             SmartEmbedText set => channel.SendAsync(set.PlainText,
-                set.GetEmbed().Build(),
+                set.IsValid ? set.GetEmbed().Build() : null,
                 sanitizeAll: sanitizeAll),
             SmartPlainText st => channel.SendAsync(st.Text,
                 default(Embed),
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/SocketMessageComponentExtensions.cs b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/SocketMessageComponentExtensions.cs
index 481cde3a9..11c1274f9 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/SocketMessageComponentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/SocketMessageComponentExtensions.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public static class SocketMessageComponentExtensions
         => text switch
         {
             SmartEmbedText set => smc.RespondAsync(set.PlainText,
-                set.GetEmbed().Build(),
+                set.IsValid ? set.GetEmbed().Build() : null,
                 sanitizeAll: sanitizeAll,
                 ephemeral: ephemeral),
             SmartPlainText st => smc.RespondAsync(st.Text,