diff --git a/commands/ticket/add.js b/commands/ticket/add.js
index d46338e..61746de 100644
--- a/commands/ticket/add.js
+++ b/commands/ticket/add.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { SlashCommandBuilder, EmbedBuilder } from 'discord.js';
 import ticketState from '../../states/TicketState.js';
 import Logger from '../../utils/logger.js';
 import { apiFetch } from '../../utils/apiFetch.js';
+import { replyError } from '../../utils/replyError.js';
 
 export const data = new SlashCommandBuilder()
   .setName('ticket-add')
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
   }
   const ticketId = ticketState.getChannelIds()[interaction.channelId];
   try {
+    await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });
     const response = await apiFetch('/ticket', {
       method: 'GET',
       query: {
@@ -42,10 +44,10 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
       ticketTeamRoleIds.includes(role.id)
     );
     if (!hasRole) {
-      await interaction.reply({
-        content: 'You dont have the permission to add a user to this ticket.',
-        ephemeral: true,
-      });
+      await replyError(
+        interaction,
+        'You dont have the permission to add a user to this ticket.'
+      );
       return;
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
     const message = await interaction.channel.send(`${user}`);
     await message.delete();
 
-    await interaction.reply({
+    await interaction.editReply({
       embeds: [
         new EmbedBuilder()
           .setColor('#f0833a')
@@ -66,11 +68,9 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
     });
   } catch (error) {
     Logger.error(`Could not add user to ticket: ${error}`);
-
-    await interaction.reply({
-      content:
-        'Could not add the user to this ticket. Please try again later. If this error persists, please report to the staff team.',
-      ephemeral: true,
-    });
+    await replyError(
+      interaction,
+      'Could not add the user to this ticket. Please try again later. If this error persists, please report to the staff team.'
+    );
   }
 };
diff --git a/commands/ticket/remove.js b/commands/ticket/remove.js
index 6dbc2f5..a77ff95 100644
--- a/commands/ticket/remove.js
+++ b/commands/ticket/remove.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { SlashCommandBuilder, EmbedBuilder } from 'discord.js';
 import ticketState from '../../states/TicketState.js';
 import Logger from '../../utils/logger.js';
 import { apiFetch } from '../../utils/apiFetch.js';
+import { replyError } from '../../utils/replyError.js';
 
 export const data = new SlashCommandBuilder()
   .setName('ticket-remove')
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
   }
   const ticketId = ticketState.getChannelIds()[interaction.channelId];
   try {
+    await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });
     const response = await apiFetch('/ticket', {
       method: 'GET',
       query: {
@@ -42,17 +44,16 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
       ticketTeamRoleIds.includes(role.id)
     );
     if (!hasRole) {
-      await interaction.reply({
-        content:
-          'You dont have the permission to remove a user from this ticket.',
-        ephemeral: true,
-      });
+      await replyError(
+        interaction,
+        'You dont have the permission to remove a user from this ticket.'
+      );
       return;
     }
 
     await interaction.channel.permissionOverwrites.delete(user);
 
-    await interaction.reply({
+    await interaction.editReply({
       embeds: [
         new EmbedBuilder()
           .setColor('#f0833a')
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ export const execute = async (interaction) => {
   } catch (error) {
     Logger.error(`Could not remove user from ticket: ${error}`);
 
-    await interaction.reply({
-      content:
-        'Could not remove user from this ticket. Please try again later. If this error persists, please report to the staff team.',
-      ephemeral: true,
-    });
+    await replyError(
+      interaction,
+      'Could not remove user from this ticket. Please try again later. If this error persists, please report to the staff team.'
+    );
   }
 };
diff --git a/events/ticket.js b/events/ticket.js
index 86a7946..e1d091e 100644
--- a/events/ticket.js
+++ b/events/ticket.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const ticketHandler = async (interaction) => {
 
     if (action === 'create') {
       try {
+        await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });
         const response = await apiFetch('/ticket', {
           method: 'POST',
           body: {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export const ticketHandler = async (interaction) => {
         const ticket = await response.json();
         if (response.ok) {
           ticketState.addChannelId(`${ticket.data.id}`, ticket.data.channel_id);
-          await interaction.reply({
+          await interaction.editReply({
             content: `Your ticket has been created: <#${ticket.data.channel_id}>.`,
             ephemeral: true,
           });
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ export const ticketHandler = async (interaction) => {
     if (action === 'close') {
       // close existing ticket
       try {
+        await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });
         const confirm = new ButtonBuilder()
           .setCustomId(`ticket-closeConfirm-${id}`)
           .setLabel('Confirm')
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ export const ticketHandler = async (interaction) => {
           .setColor('#f0833a')
           .setTitle('Close ticket')
           .setDescription('Do you want to close this ticket?');
-        await interaction.reply({
+        await interaction.editReply({
           embeds: [embed],
           components: [row],
         });
@@ -132,7 +134,8 @@ export const ticketHandler = async (interaction) => {
     if (action === 'closeConfirm') {
       // confirm close existing ticket
       try {
-        await interaction.reply({
+        await interaction.deferReply({ ephemeral: true });
+        await interaction.editReply({
           content: 'This ticket will be closed.',
           ephemeral: true,
         });
diff --git a/tests/commands/ticket/add.test.js b/tests/commands/ticket/add.test.js
index 25c4b4c..9892a91 100644
--- a/tests/commands/ticket/add.test.js
+++ b/tests/commands/ticket/add.test.js
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ const interaction = {
       edit: vi.fn(),
     },
   },
+  deferReply: vi.fn(),
   reply: vi.fn(),
+  editReply: vi.fn(),
   member: {
     roles: {
       cache: {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ it('can execute', async () => {
     ViewChannel: true,
   });
 
-  expect(interaction.reply).toBeCalledWith({
+  expect(interaction.editReply).toBeCalledWith({
     embeds: [
       {
         data: {
diff --git a/tests/commands/ticket/remove.test.js b/tests/commands/ticket/remove.test.js
index dadb7a1..9b23c3f 100644
--- a/tests/commands/ticket/remove.test.js
+++ b/tests/commands/ticket/remove.test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ const interaction = {
       delete: vi.fn(),
     },
   },
+  deferReply: vi.fn(),
   reply: vi.fn(),
+  editReply: vi.fn(),
   member: {
     roles: {
       cache: {
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ it('can execute', async () => {
 
   expect(interaction.channel.permissionOverwrites.delete).toBeCalledWith(user);
 
-  expect(interaction.reply).toBeCalledWith({
+  expect(interaction.editReply).toBeCalledWith({
     embeds: [
       {
         data: {