diff --git a/app/cogs/slashcommands/secondary/tcard.py b/app/cogs/slashcommands/secondary/tcard.py
index bb79248..c3077a8 100644
--- a/app/cogs/slashcommands/secondary/tcard.py
+++ b/app/cogs/slashcommands/secondary/tcard.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class TCardCommand(commands.Cog, name='T-Card Command'):
 				await ctx.send(content=f'```You have invoked the T-Card in the game {lookup[guildStr][str(role.id)]["game_title"]}. The GM has been notified privately.```', hidden=True)
 			
 			"""Do the audio thing."""
+			discord.opus.load_opus()
+			if not discord.opus.is_loaded():
+				raise RuntimeError('Opus failed to load')
 			for vc in ctx.channel.category.voice_channels:
 				v = await vc.connect()
 				tcardaudio = discord.FFmpegPCMAudio(open("./assets/tcard.wav", "rb"))