diff --git a/modules/ClearChannelMessages/cog.py b/modules/ClearChannelMessages/cog.py
index a178033..5dfabe3 100644
--- a/modules/ClearChannelMessages/cog.py
+++ b/modules/ClearChannelMessages/cog.py
@@ -14,29 +14,33 @@ class ClearMessages(commands.Cog):
                                "\t@ clear\n"
                                "\t@ clear 10",
                           breif="Clear x messages in the channel it's called in")
-    async def clear(self, ctx, amount=2):
+    async def clear(self, ctx, amount: int = 2):
         member = ctx.author.display_name
         member_id = ctx.author.id
-
         mtn_member = f"<@{member_id}>"
-        LOGGER.info(f"Clear {amount} messages requested by {member}")
 
-        authors = {}
-        async for message in ctx.channel.history(limit=amount):
-            if message.author not in authors:
-                authors[message.author] = 1
-            else:
-                authors[message.author] += 1
-            await message.delete()
+        if amount < 0:
+            ctx.send(f"{member}, the number needs to be positive...")
 
-        msg = f"{mtn_member}, I deleted {sum(authors.values())} messages from {len(authors.keys())} users:\n"
-        LOGGER.debug(f"Deleted {sum(authors.values())} messages from {ctx.message.channel}")
+        else:
+            LOGGER.info(f"Clear {amount} messages requested by {member}")
 
-        for author in authors.keys():
-            msg += f"\t{str(author).split('#', 1)[0]}: {authors[author]}\n"
-            LOGGER.debug(f"Deleted {authors[author]} messages from {author}")
+            authors = {}
+            async for message in ctx.channel.history(limit=amount):
+                if message.author not in authors:
+                    authors[message.author] = 1
+                else:
+                    authors[message.author] += 1
+                await message.delete()
 
-        await ctx.channel.send(msg)
+            msg = f"{mtn_member}, I deleted {sum(authors.values())} messages from {len(authors.keys())} users:\n"
+            LOGGER.debug(f"Deleted {sum(authors.values())} messages from {ctx.message.channel}")
+
+            for author in authors.keys():
+                msg += f"\t{str(author).split('#', 1)[0]}: {authors[author]}\n"
+                LOGGER.debug(f"Deleted {authors[author]} messages from {author}")
+
+            await ctx.send(msg)
 
 
 def setup(bot: commands.Bot):