diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 98ea152..8a6ca57 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ require (
 	maunium.net/go/mauflag v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo => github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230215201850-32771907474d
+replace github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo => github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230223130830-7848603fe535
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ed26a08..2f9bd2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0 h1:Shsta01QNfFxHCfpW6YH2STWB0MudeXXEWMr20OEh60=
-github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230215201850-32771907474d h1:PndQKe7wiuQuVIWepQksfaRWUxZcoh6GWLXfWbdAN3g=
-github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230215201850-32771907474d/go.mod h1:NJZpH+1AfhIcyQsPeuBKsUtYrRnjkyu0kIVMCHkZtRY=
+github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230223130830-7848603fe535 h1:xBf8EQ7gMd01Gk9/e5dSrVyJsVkYgqk0Bih5RcRKCUs=
+github.com/beeper/discordgo v0.0.0-20230223130830-7848603fe535/go.mod h1:NJZpH+1AfhIcyQsPeuBKsUtYrRnjkyu0kIVMCHkZtRY=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.3-0.20220203105225-a9a7ef127534/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/portal.go b/portal.go
index 5eaa3ec..a7b4762 100644
--- a/portal.go
+++ b/portal.go
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ func (portal *Portal) handleDiscordMessages(msg portalDiscordMessage) {
 	case *discordgo.MessageDelete:
 		portal.handleDiscordMessageDelete(msg.user, convertedMsg.Message)
 	case *discordgo.MessageReactionAdd:
-		portal.handleDiscordReaction(msg.user, convertedMsg.MessageReaction, true, msg.thread)
+		portal.handleDiscordReaction(msg.user, convertedMsg.MessageReaction, true, msg.thread, convertedMsg.Member)
 	case *discordgo.MessageReactionRemove:
-		portal.handleDiscordReaction(msg.user, convertedMsg.MessageReaction, false, msg.thread)
+		portal.handleDiscordReaction(msg.user, convertedMsg.MessageReaction, false, msg.thread, nil)
 	default:
 		portal.log.Warnln("unknown message type")
 	}
@@ -1929,10 +1929,10 @@ func (portal *Portal) handleMatrixReaction(sender *User, evt *event.Event) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (portal *Portal) handleDiscordReaction(user *User, reaction *discordgo.MessageReaction, add bool, thread *Thread) {
+func (portal *Portal) handleDiscordReaction(user *User, reaction *discordgo.MessageReaction, add bool, thread *Thread, member *discordgo.Member) {
 	puppet := portal.bridge.GetPuppetByID(reaction.UserID)
-	if reaction.Member != nil && reaction.Member.User != nil {
-		puppet.UpdateInfo(nil, reaction.Member.User)
+	if member != nil {
+		puppet.UpdateInfo(user, member.User)
 	}
 	intent := puppet.IntentFor(portal)