diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 016872a06ed1e7bd37b6f457d746dd1d619e63da..2b7622cc1c0d03d895d9c89af33ed32b3a5ad07a 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -430,7 +430,10 @@ export class DiscordBot {
   }
 
   private BulkPresenceUpdate() {
-    if (this.config.bridge.disablePresence) return;
+    if (this.config.bridge.disablePresence) {
+      return; // skip if there's nothing to do
+    }
+
     log.verbose("DiscordBot", "Bulk presence update");
     const members = [];
     for (const guild of this.bot.guilds.values()) {
@@ -447,7 +450,10 @@ export class DiscordBot {
 }
 
   private UpdatePresence(guildMember: Discord.GuildMember) {
-    if (this.config.bridge.disablePresence) return;
+    if (this.config.bridge.disablePresence) {
+      return; // skip if there's nothing to do
+    }
+
     const intent = this.bridge.getIntentFromLocalpart(`_discord_${guildMember.id}`);
     try {
       const presence: any = {};