diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index d9a3a23..7140d56 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ class bot(bare.bot):
                     pass
                 if action in handlers.handles:
                     res, chan = handlers.handles[action](self, ircmsg)
-                    if res == "reload":
+                    if res == "reload" and type(chan) == str:
                         reload(conf)
                         reload(cmds)
                         reload(handlers)
-                        self.msg("Reloaded successfully", chan)  # type: ignore
+                        self.msg("Reloaded successfully", chan)
                 else:
                     if ircmsg.startswith("PING "):
                         self.ping(ircmsg)
diff --git a/handlers.py b/handlers.py
index 940720a..ac66783 100644
--- a/handlers.py
+++ b/handlers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import random as r
 import config as conf
 import re
 import commands as cmds
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Union, Callable
 from overrides import bytes, bbytes
 from importlib import reload
 import bare
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def CTCP(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
-def PRIVMSG(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
+def PRIVMSG(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> Union[tuple[None, None], tuple[str, str]]:
     # Format of ":[Nick]![ident]@[host|vhost] PRIVMSG [channel] :[message]”
     name = msg.split("!", 1)[0][1:]
     host = msg.split("@", 1)[1].split(" ", 1)[0]
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ def PRIVMSG(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]
     return None, None
 
 
-def NICK(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
+def NICK(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[None, None]:
     name = msg.split("!", 1)[0][1:]
     if name == bot.nick:
         bot.nick = msg.split("NICK", 1)[1].split(":", 1)[1].strip()
     return None, None
 
 
-def KICK(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
+def KICK(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[None, None]:
     important = msg.split("KICK", 1)[1].split(":", 1)[0].strip().split(" ")
     channel = important[0]
     kicked = important[1]
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def KICK(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
     return None, None
 
 
-def PART(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
+def PART(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[None, None]:
     parted = msg.split("!", 1)[0][1:]
     channel = msg.split("PART", 1)[1].split(":", 1)[0].strip()
     if parted == bot.nick:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def PART(bot: bare.bot, msg: str) -> tuple[Union[None, str], Union[None, str]]:
     return None, None
 
 
-handles = {
+handles: dict[str, Callable[[bare.bot, str], Union[tuple[None, None], tuple[str, str]]]] = {
     "PRIVMSG": PRIVMSG,
     "NICK": NICK,
     "KICK": KICK,
diff --git a/logs.py b/logs.py
index 5b16435..7a39402 100644
--- a/logs.py
+++ b/logs.py
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ def log(
         dtime = dt.now()
     elif type(time) == str:
         raise ValueError('Only "now" is an accepted string argument for time')
+    elif type(time) == dt:
+        dtime = time
     else:
-        dtime = time  # type: dt #type: ignore
+        raise ValueError("time must either be a string or a dt object")
     time = dtime.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
     if not "\n" in message:
         print(f"[{level}][{origin}][{time}] {message}", file=stream)
diff --git a/overrides.py b/overrides.py
index b463c01..2f8c810 100644
--- a/overrides.py
+++ b/overrides.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
 bbytes = bbytes
 
-
 class bytes(bbytes):
     """Local override of builtin bytes class to add "lazy_decode"