diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35c0657..c63d6fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ node_modules/
 .DS_Store
 test.sh
 .vscode
+tmp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/colorroles.js b/src/colorroles.js
index 8249a5e..fc9388d 100755
--- a/src/colorroles.js
+++ b/src/colorroles.js
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ commands.color = {
 				role = colorRoles.findColorRole(message.member);
 			}
 		}
+		/*if (!role) { // somehow this happened
+			let a = 0;
+			while (!(role = colorRoles.findColorRole(message.member)) && a++ < 10) {}
+		}*/
 		role.setColor(str.toUpperCase());
 		message.react("🆗");
 	}