diff --git a/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscourse.ts b/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscourse.ts
index 95114d2..868269e 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscourse.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/announceOnDiscourse.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ export const announceOnDiscourse = async(
   }
 
   const chunks = chunkContent(content, discourseLimit);
+  const firstChunk = chunks[0] ?? "";
+  const remainingChunks = chunks.slice(1);
 
   const response = await fetch("https://support.nhcarrigan.com/posts.json", {
     body: JSON.stringify({
       category: announcementCategoryId,
-      raw:      chunks[0],
+      raw:      firstChunk,
       tags:     [ tags[type] ],
       title:    title,
     }),
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ export const announceOnDiscourse = async(
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions -- Fetch does not accept generic.
   const data = (await response.json()) as { topic_id?: number };
 
-  for (const chunk of chunks.slice(1)) {
+  for (const chunk of remainingChunks) {
     if (data.topic_id === undefined) {
       return "Failed to retrieve Discourse topic ID for continuation posts.";
     }
diff --git a/server/src/modules/announceOnReddit.ts b/server/src/modules/announceOnReddit.ts
index f94ed76..b2721b5 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/announceOnReddit.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/announceOnReddit.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export const announceOnReddit = async(
   }
 
   const chunks = chunkContent(content, redditLimit);
+  const firstChunk = chunks[0] ?? "";
+  const remainingChunks = chunks.slice(1);
 
   const tokenResponse = await fetch(
     "https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token",
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ export const announceOnReddit = async(
       flair_text: type,
       kind:       "self",
       sr:         "nhcarrigan",
-      text:       chunks[0],
+      text:       firstChunk,
       title:      title,
     }),
     headers: {
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ export const announceOnReddit = async(
 
   let parentName = redditData.json.data?.name;
 
-  for (const chunk of chunks.slice(1)) {
+  for (const chunk of remainingChunks) {
     if (parentName === undefined) {
       return "Failed to get Reddit post fullname for chaining replies.";
     }