diff --git a/Chat/Messaging/ChatMessageReader.cs b/Chat/Messaging/ChatMessageReader.cs
index 4e75472..60885ea 100644
--- a/Chat/Messaging/ChatMessageReader.cs
+++ b/Chat/Messaging/ChatMessageReader.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace TwitchChatTTS.Chat.Messaging
 
             var emoteUsage = GetEmoteUsage(fragments);
             var tasks = new List<Task>();
-            if (_obs.Streaming)
+            if (_obs.Streaming && _configuration.Twitch?.Slave != true)
             {
                 if (emoteUsage.NewEmotes.Any())
                     tasks.Add(_hermes.SendEmoteDetails(emoteUsage.NewEmotes));
diff --git a/Configuration.cs b/Configuration.cs
index fcd8a32..6361794 100644
--- a/Configuration.cs
+++ b/Configuration.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace TwitchChatTTS
         }
 
         public class TwitchConfiguration {
-            public IEnumerable<string>? Channels;
             public bool TtsWhenOffline;
+            public bool Slave;
             public string? WebsocketUrl;
             public string? ApiUrl;
         }
diff --git a/TTS.cs b/TTS.cs
index 1577af2..b82133d 100644
--- a/TTS.cs
+++ b/TTS.cs
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ namespace TwitchChatTTS
             var hermesVersion = await _hermesApiClient.GetLatestTTSVersion();
             if (hermesVersion == null)
             {
-                _logger.Warning("Failed to fetch latest TTS version. Skipping version check.");
+                _logger.Error("Failed to fetch latest TTS version. Something went wrong.");
+                return;
             }
-            else if (hermesVersion.MajorVersion > TTS.MAJOR_VERSION || hermesVersion.MajorVersion == TTS.MAJOR_VERSION && hermesVersion.MinorVersion > TTS.MINOR_VERSION)
+            if (hermesVersion.MajorVersion > TTS.MAJOR_VERSION || hermesVersion.MajorVersion == TTS.MAJOR_VERSION && hermesVersion.MinorVersion > TTS.MINOR_VERSION)
             {
                 _logger.Information($"A new update for TTS is avaiable! Version {hermesVersion.MajorVersion}.{hermesVersion.MinorVersion} is available at {hermesVersion.Download}");
                 var changes = hermesVersion.Changelog.Split("\n");