diff --git a/src/moderation.ts b/src/moderation.ts
index 02b2540..64291c8 100644
--- a/src/moderation.ts
+++ b/src/moderation.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,39 @@
-import { Collection, Message } from "discord.js";
+import { Collection, InteractionResponse, Message } from "discord.js";
 import { openai } from "./index";
-import { formatMessage } from "./toOpenAIMessages";
+import { formatRequestOrResponse } from "./toOpenAIMessages";
 
 export default class Moderation {
   /** Represents cache of messages that have been checked aganist OpenAI moderation API. */
   private static cache = new Collection<string, boolean>();
 
-  public static async checkMessage(message: Message): Promise<boolean> {
+  public static async checkMessage(message: Message | InteractionResponse): Promise<boolean> {
     if (this.cache.has(message.id)) {
       return this.cache.get(message.id) as boolean;
     }
 
-    const warningReaction = message.reactions.resolve("⚠");
-    // if bot reacted to that message, we already know that it returned true for moderation API
-    if (warningReaction && warningReaction.me) {
-      this.cache.set(message.id, true);
-      return true;
+    if (message instanceof Message) {
+      const warningReaction = message.reactions.resolve("⚠");
+      // if bot reacted to that message, we already know that it returned true for moderation API
+      if (warningReaction && warningReaction.me) {
+        this.cache.set(message.id, true);
+        return true;
+      }
     }
     
-    try{
+    try {
       const answer = await openai.createModeration({
-        input: formatMessage(message),
+        input: await formatRequestOrResponse(message),
       });
 
       const flagged = answer.data.results[0].flagged;
       this.cache.set(message.id, flagged);
-      if (flagged) message.react("⚠");
+      if (flagged) if (message instanceof Message) {
+        message.react("⚠");
+      }
+      else {
+        const channelMessage = await message.fetch();
+        channelMessage.react("⚠");
+      }
 
       return flagged;
     }
diff --git a/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts b/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
index 54e2ba4..f81c32f 100644
--- a/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
+++ b/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 import { ChatCompletionRequestMessage as OpenAIMessage } from "openai";
-import { Collection, Message as DiscordMessage } from "discord.js";
+import { Collection, Message as DiscordMessage, InteractionResponse } from "discord.js";
 import FoldToAscii from "fold-to-ascii";
 
 import config from "./config";
 import countTokens from "./tokenCounter";
+import { request } from "./execution";
+
+/**
+ * formats the request to use as a message contend in OpenAI api
+ * @param request the request to format
+ * @returns the formatted request
+ */
+export async function formatRequestOrResponse(request: request | InteractionResponse): Promise<string> {
+  if (request instanceof DiscordMessage) {
+    return formatMessage(request);
+  }
+  if (request instanceof InteractionResponse) {
+    return formatMessage(await request.fetch());
+  }
+  return formatMessage(await request.fetchReply());
+}
 
 /**
  * Formats the message to use as a message content in OpenAI api