diff --git a/gsuid_core/bot.py b/gsuid_core/bot.py
index 044143d..4f65288 100644
--- a/gsuid_core/bot.py
+++ b/gsuid_core/bot.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class _Bot:
         elif isinstance(message, List):
             if all(isinstance(x, str) for x in message):
                 message = [MessageSegment.node(message)]
+        else:
+            message = [message]
 
         _message: List[Message] = message  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 059553f..50465c5 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -941,13 +941,13 @@ reference = "mirrors"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitpython"
-version = "3.1.34"
+version = "3.1.35"
 description = "GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "GitPython-3.1.34-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5d3802b98a3bae1c2b8ae0e1ff2e4aa16bcdf02c145da34d092324f599f01395"},
-    {file = "GitPython-3.1.34.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:85f7d365d1f6bf677ae51039c1ef67ca59091c7ebd5a3509aa399d4eda02d6dd"},
+    {file = "GitPython-3.1.35-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c19b4292d7a1d3c0f653858db273ff8a6614100d1eb1528b014ec97286193c09"},
+    {file = "GitPython-3.1.35.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9cbefbd1789a5fe9bcf621bb34d3f441f3a90c8461d377f84eda73e721d9b06b"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2193,18 +2193,17 @@ reference = "mirrors"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlalchemy-database"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "SQLAlchemy-Database provides shortcut functions to common database operations for SQLAlchemy ORM."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "sqlalchemy_database-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f12b06f7d4ff6bfbb4272f7f271b7f63ccdc3e6a5c1709ea297de5d54d9aca67"},
-    {file = "sqlalchemy_database-0.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:629d1f0d04979a147075b8136854e50a15a83aad754bdd8ad61b320da13f3f7a"},
+    {file = "sqlalchemy_database-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e6e801af5affa9a0f5e6fdd4fc9626b9f78a040105107fd12588dee21fbe5574"},
+    {file = "sqlalchemy_database-0.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c4a6bdc9812a42e9a246dfd7c336e2685969f1163cf2777c88127615b65c6539"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 sqlalchemy = "*"
-sqlalchemy2-stubs = ">=0.0.2a29"
 
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["mkdocs-material (>=8.3.8)", "mkdocstrings[python] (>=0.19.0)"]
@@ -2505,13 +2504,13 @@ reference = "mirrors"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.24.4"
+version = "20.24.5"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.24.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:29c70bb9b88510f6414ac3e55c8b413a1f96239b6b789ca123437d5e892190cb"},
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.24.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:772b05bfda7ed3b8ecd16021ca9716273ad9f4467c801f27e83ac73430246dca"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.24.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b80039f280f4919c77b30f1c23294ae357c4c8701042086e3fc005963e4e537b"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.24.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e8361967f6da6fbdf1426483bfe9fca8287c242ac0bc30429905721cefbff752"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 539d1da..84f8b09 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fastapi-user-auth==0.5.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_versio
 fastapi==0.97.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 frozenlist==1.4.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 gitdb==4.0.10 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
-gitpython==3.1.34 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
+gitpython==3.1.35 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 greenlet==2.0.2 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and (platform_machine == "win32" or platform_machine == "WIN32" or platform_machine == "AMD64" or platform_machine == "amd64" or platform_machine == "x86_64" or platform_machine == "ppc64le" or platform_machine == "aarch64") and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 h11==0.14.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 httpcore==0.17.3 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ smmap==5.0.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 sniffio==1.3.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 soupsieve==2.5 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
-sqlalchemy-database==0.1.0 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
+sqlalchemy-database==0.1.1 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 sqlalchemy2-stubs==0.0.2a35 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 sqlalchemy==1.4.41 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"
 sqlmodel==0.0.8 ; python_full_version >= "3.8.1" and python_full_version < "4.0.0"