diff --git a/include/dpp/message.h b/include/dpp/message.h
index d6def6a0d0..2d11b527e2 100644
--- a/include/dpp/message.h
+++ b/include/dpp/message.h
@@ -2023,13 +2023,20 @@ struct DPP_EXPORT message : public managed, json_interface<message> {
 	 */
 	message(snowflake channel_id, const std::string &content, message_type type = mt_default);
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Construct a new message object with content
+	 *
+	 * @param _embed An embed to send
+	 */
+	message(const embed& _embed);
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Construct a new message object with a channel and content
 	 *
 	 * @param channel_id The channel to send the message to
 	 * @param _embed An embed to send
 	 */
-	message(snowflake channel_id, const embed & _embed);
+	message(snowflake channel_id, const embed& _embed);
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Construct a new message object with content
diff --git a/src/dpp/message.cpp b/src/dpp/message.cpp
index b7da4fc5af..850a6c67ed 100644
--- a/src/dpp/message.cpp
+++ b/src/dpp/message.cpp
@@ -622,11 +622,14 @@ message::message(const std::string &_content, message_type t) : message() {
 	type = t;
 }
 
-message::message(snowflake _channel_id, const embed& _embed) : message() {
-	channel_id = _channel_id;
+message::message(const embed& _embed) : message() {
 	embeds.emplace_back(_embed);
 }
 
+message::message(snowflake _channel_id, const embed& _embed) : message(_embed) {
+	channel_id = _channel_id;
+}
+
 embed::embed(json* j) : embed() {
 	title = string_not_null(j, "title");
 	type = string_not_null(j, "type");