diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6cf868..eda3552 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -377,4 +377,5 @@ site/
 ## AI
 
 .aider.*
-PROMPT.md
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+PROMPT.md
+.aider*
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diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Db/Extensions/DbExtensions.cs b/src/EllieBot/Db/Extensions/DbExtensions.cs
index ae95155..51a37ae 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Db/Extensions/DbExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Db/Extensions/DbExtensions.cs
@@ -10,28 +10,22 @@ public static class DbExtensions
         where T : DbEntity
         => set.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == id);
 
-    public static GuildConfig GuildConfigsForId(this DbContext ctx, ulong guildId)
-    {
-        var query = ctx.Set<GuildConfig>().Where(gc => gc.GuildId == guildId);
-        return query.FirstOrDefault();
-    }
-
     public static GuildFilterConfig FilterConfigForId(
         this DbContext ctx,
         ulong guildId,
         Func<IQueryable<GuildFilterConfig>, IQueryable<GuildFilterConfig>> includes = default)
     {
         includes ??= static set => set;
-        
+
         var gfc = includes(ctx.Set<GuildFilterConfig>()
-                         .Where(gc => gc.GuildId == guildId))
+                              .Where(gc => gc.GuildId == guildId))
             .FirstOrDefault();
 
         if (gfc is null)
         {
-            ctx.Add(gfc = new GuildFilterConfig()
+            ctx.Add(gfc = new()
             {
-                GuildId = guildId
+                GuildId = guildId,
             });
         }
 
@@ -46,15 +40,14 @@ public static class DbExtensions
         includes ??= static set => set;
 
         var gc = includes(ctx.Set<GuildConfig>()
-                    .Where(gc => gc.GuildId == guildId))
+                             .Where(gc => gc.GuildId == guildId))
             .FirstOrDefault();
 
         if (gc is null)
         {
-            ctx.Add(gc = new GuildConfig()
+            ctx.Add(gc = new()
             {
                 GuildId = guildId,
-                Permissions = []
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Db/Models/GuildConfig.cs b/src/EllieBot/Db/Models/GuildConfig.cs
index 72fcf7b..7d1f152 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Db/Models/GuildConfig.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Db/Models/GuildConfig.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ public class GuildConfig : DbEntity
     
     public string TimeZoneId { get; set; }
     public string Locale { get; set; }
-    
-    public List<Permissionv2> Permissions { get; set; }
+
+    public List<Permissionv2> Permissions { get; set; } = [];
 }
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