diff --git a/database/message.go b/database/message.go
index bf2ca4e..d4a375a 100644
--- a/database/message.go
+++ b/database/message.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ type MessagePart struct {
 }
 
 func (m *Message) MassInsert(msgs []MessagePart) {
+	if len(msgs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
 	valueStringFormat := "($1, $%d, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $%d)"
 	if m.db.Dialect == dbutil.SQLite {
 		valueStringFormat = strings.ReplaceAll(valueStringFormat, "$", "?")
diff --git a/portal.go b/portal.go
index 1190be6..e50f5fd 100644
--- a/portal.go
+++ b/portal.go
@@ -645,7 +645,11 @@ func (portal *Portal) handleDiscordMessageCreate(user *User, msg *discordgo.Mess
 			parts = append(parts, *part)
 		}
 	}
-	portal.markMessageHandled(msg.ID, 0, msg.Author.ID, ts, threadID, parts)
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		portal.log.Warnfln("Unhandled message %q", msg.ID)
+	} else {
+		portal.markMessageHandled(msg.ID, 0, msg.Author.ID, ts, threadID, parts)
+	}
 }
 
 func (portal *Portal) handleDiscordMessageUpdate(user *User, msg *discordgo.Message) {