diff --git a/bot/exts/fun/uwu.py b/bot/exts/fun/uwu.py
index f548d24b77..e782e79512 100644
--- a/bot/exts/fun/uwu.py
+++ b/bot/exts/fun/uwu.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ async def uwu_command(self, ctx: Context, *, text: str | None = None) -> None:
             # If we weren't able to get the content of a replied message
             raise commands.UserInputError("Your message must have content or you must reply to a message.")
 
-        await clean_content(fix_channel_mentions=True).convert(ctx, text)
+        text = await clean_content(fix_channel_mentions=True).convert(ctx, text)
 
         # Grabs the text from the embed for uwuification
         if embeds: