diff --git a/src/discordbot.ts b/src/discordbot.ts
index 5c1b2352ce6332373f14b81882104da95ac2d717..7fc08b1bb1d736c71e52a02943a63e7792be9cd6 100644
--- a/src/discordbot.ts
+++ b/src/discordbot.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class DiscordBot {
       if (channel) {
         const lookupResult = new ChannelLookupResult();
         lookupResult.channel = channel;
-        lookupResult.botUser = !hasSender;
+        lookupResult.botUser = this.bot.user.id === client.user.id;
         return lookupResult;
       }
       return Promise.reject(`Channel "${room}" not found`);
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export class DiscordBot {
       log.verbose("DiscordBot", `Found channel! Looking up ${event.sender}`);
       chan = result.channel;
       botUser = result.botUser;
+      log.verbose("DiscordBot", botUser);
       if (result.botUser) {
         return mxClient.getProfileInfo(event.sender);
       }