diff --git a/components/pages/inspector/UserActions.tsx b/components/pages/inspector/UserActions.tsx
index 9c923bb..cee89ca 100644
--- a/components/pages/inspector/UserActions.tsx
+++ b/components/pages/inspector/UserActions.tsx
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@ export function UserActions({ user, bot }: { user: User; bot?: Bot }) {
                     const badges =
                       (decodeTime(user._id) < 1629638578431 ? 256 : 0) |
                       ((userDraft.badges ?? 0) ^ badge);
-                    await updateUserBadges(user._id, badges);
+                    const result = await updateUserBadges(user._id, badges);
                     setUserDraft((user) => ({ ...user!, badges }));
                     toast({
                       title: "Updated user badges",
+                      description: result.updatePublished
+                        ? undefined
+                        : "Failed to publish event, users will need to reload to see the change",
                     });
                   } catch (err) {
                     toast({
diff --git a/lib/actions.ts b/lib/actions.ts
index b754364..664207a 100644
--- a/lib/actions.ts
+++ b/lib/actions.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export async function suspendUser(userId: string) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function updateUserBadges(userId: string, badges: number) {
+export async function updateUserBadges(userId: string, badges: number): Promise<{ updatePublished: boolean }> {
   await checkPermission("users/update/badges", userId, { badges });
   await mongo().db("revolt").collection<User>("users").updateOne(
     {
@@ -238,17 +238,23 @@ export async function updateUserBadges(userId: string, badges: number) {
     }
   );
 
-  const memberships = await fetchMembershipsByUser(userId);
-  for (const topic of [userId, ...memberships.map((x) => x._id.server)]) {
-    await publishMessage(topic, {
-      type: "UserUpdate",
-      id: userId,
-      data: {
-        badges,
-      },
-      clear: [],
-    });
+  try {
+    const memberships = await fetchMembershipsByUser(userId);
+    for (const topic of [userId, ...memberships.map((x) => x._id.server)]) {
+      await publishMessage(topic, {
+        type: "UserUpdate",
+        id: userId,
+        data: {
+          badges,
+        },
+        clear: [],
+      });
+    }
+  } catch(e) {
+    return { updatePublished: false };
   }
+
+  return { updatePublished: true };
 }
 
 export async function wipeUser(userId: string, flags = 4) {