fixing emoji wait/defer logic

app/cogs/server_utils.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ServerUtils(commands.Cog):
     async def emoji(self, ctx: commands.Context, url, emoji_name):
         import core_utils
 
+        await ctx.defer()
         if "webp" in url:
             url = url.replace("webp", "png").split("?")[0]
 
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ class ServerUtils(commands.Cog):
                 name=emoji_name,
                 image=open(emoji_staging, "rb").read(),
             )
-            await ctx.respond(
+
+            await ctx.send_followup(
                 embed=core_utils.generate_embed(
                     embed_title="New emoji: %s" % emoji_name,
                     embed_description=emoji_id,