diff --git a/commands/drawTriangle.ts b/commands/drawTriangle.ts
index 9bc2252..bcb1f7f 100644
--- a/commands/drawTriangle.ts
+++ b/commands/drawTriangle.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		var design = parseInt(interaction.options.getString('design'));
 		if (design < 1 || design > 3) {
 			await interaction.reply('Invalid design choice.');
+			return;
 		}
 		var output;
 		switch (design) {
@@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ module.exports = {
 		}
 		console.log(codeBlock("", output));
 		if (output.length > 2000) {
-			await interaction.reply('String is too big. Resultant output would be too big to send to Discord.')
+			await interaction.reply('Error: String is too big. Resultant output would be too big to send to Discord. (the output length was ' + output.length + " characters.");
+			return;
 		}
 		await interaction.reply(codeBlock("", output));
+		await interaction.reply('output length was ' + output.length + " characters.");
 		console.log("User " + interaction.user.tag + " ran /drawtriangle");
 	},
 };