diff --git a/events/client/guildCreate.js b/events/client/guildCreate.js
index af4e06b5..b5b803f5 100644
--- a/events/client/guildCreate.js
+++ b/events/client/guildCreate.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { MessageEmbed } from 'discord.js';
 
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 dotenv.config();
-const { statusChannel } = process.env;
+const { statusChannel, NODE_ENV } = process.env;
 
 export default {
 	name: 'guildCreate',
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default {
 		}
 
 		// If stats channel settings exist, send bot stats to it
-		if (statusChannel) {
+		if (statusChannel && NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
 			const channel = client.channels.resolve(statusChannel);
 			const botCount = guild.members.cache.filter(member => member.user.bot).size;
 			console.log(guild.memberCount);
diff --git a/events/client/guildDelete.js b/events/client/guildDelete.js
index 3998fc21..8084e8ef 100644
--- a/events/client/guildDelete.js
+++ b/events/client/guildDelete.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { MessageEmbed } from 'discord.js';
 
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 dotenv.config();
-const { statusChannel } = process.env;
+const { statusChannel, NODE_ENV } = process.env;
 
 export default {
 	name: 'guildDelete',
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default {
 		const blacklist = await guildBlacklist.findOne({ where: { guildID:guild.id } });
 
 		// If stats channel settings exist, send bot stats to it
-		if (statusChannel) {
+		if (statusChannel && NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
 			const channel = client.channels.resolve(statusChannel);
 			const botCount = guild.members.cache.filter(member => member.user.bot).size;
 			console.log(guild.memberCount);
diff --git a/events/client/ready.js b/events/client/ready.js
index efe299fd..841eb758 100644
--- a/events/client/ready.js
+++ b/events/client/ready.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 dotenv.config();
-const { statusChannel } = process.env;
+const { statusChannel, NODE_ENV } = process.env;
 
 export default {
 	name: 'ready',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default {
 		console.log('===========[ READY ]===========');
 
 		// If stats channel settings exist, send bot stats to it
-		if (statusChannel) {
+		if (statusChannel && NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
 			const channel = client.channels.resolve(statusChannel);
 			channel.send(`Ready to serve in ${channelSize} channels on ${guildSize} servers.\nThere is ${commandSize} command loaded.\nRunning yt-dlp ${ytdlpVersion.replace('\n', '')}\n${client.readyAt}`);
 		}