diff --git a/src/reminders.py b/src/reminders.py
index fa99559..59cb7be 100644
--- a/src/reminders.py
+++ b/src/reminders.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def setup(bot):
             "original_time_spec": time
         }
         try:
-            time = util.parse_time(time)
             now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+            time = util.parse_time(time)
         except:
             await ctx.send(embed=util.error_embed("Invalid time (wrong format/too large/non-integer months or years)"))
             return
diff --git a/src/telephone.py b/src/telephone.py
index db78c0f..e9d2adb 100644
--- a/src/telephone.py
+++ b/src/telephone.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def setup(bot):
             if other_webhook:
                 await discord.Webhook.from_url(other_webhook, adapter=discord.AsyncWebhookAdapter(bot.http._HTTPClient__session)).send(
                     content=message.content, username=message.author.name, avatar_url=message.author.avatar_url,
-                    allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions(everyone=False))
+                    allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions(everyone=False, roles=False, users=False))
             else:
                 m = f"**{message.author.name}**: "
                 m += message.content[:2000 - len(m)]
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ def setup(bot):
     @telephone.command()
     @commands.check(server_mod_check)
     async def setup(ctx):
-        await ctx.send("Configuring...")
         num = generate_address(ctx)
         await ctx.send(f"Your address is {num}.")
         info = await get_addr_config(num)