diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index 6f52776..8fe299e 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ func sendMealsForDate(s *discordgo.Session, t time.Time, channel string) {
 	meals, err := canteen.GetMeals(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.ChannelMessageSend(channel, ":angry: an error occured")
+		fmt.Println("an error occured while getting the meals: ", err)
 		return
 	}
 	var messages = make([]*discordgo.MessageEmbedField, len(meals))
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func sendMealsForDate(s *discordgo.Session, t time.Time, channel string) {
 			footer += fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %s\n", i+1, strings.Join(meal.Notes, ", "))
 		}
 	}
-	s.ChannelMessageSendComplex(channel, &discordgo.MessageSend{
+	_, err = s.ChannelMessageSendComplex(channel, &discordgo.MessageSend{
 		Embed: &discordgo.MessageEmbed{
 			Title:  fmt.Sprintf("**Menü vom %s**", t.Format("02.01.2006")),
 			Fields: messages,
@@ -134,4 +135,7 @@ func sendMealsForDate(s *discordgo.Session, t time.Time, channel string) {
 			},
 		},
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("an error occured while sending the meals: ", err)
+	}
 }