diff --git a/server/client.ts b/server/client.ts
index cac35532..1af16751 100644
--- a/server/client.ts
+++ b/server/client.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Client {
 			}
 
 			if (Config.values.messageStorage.includes("text")) {
-				client.messageStorage.push(new TextFileMessageStorage(client));
+				client.messageStorage.push(new TextFileMessageStorage(client.name));
 			}
 
 			for (const messageStorage of client.messageStorage) {
diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/text.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/text.ts
index 3190890c..51214347 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/text.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/text.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@ import filenamify from "filenamify";
 
 import Config from "../../config";
 import {MessageStorage} from "./types";
-import Client from "../../client";
 import Channel from "../../models/chan";
 import {Message, MessageType} from "../../models/msg";
 import Network from "../../models/network";
 
 class TextFileMessageStorage implements MessageStorage {
-	client: Client;
 	isEnabled: boolean;
+	username: string;
 
-	constructor(client: Client) {
-		this.client = client;
+	constructor(username: string) {
+		this.username = username;
 		this.isEnabled = false;
 	}
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class TextFileMessageStorage implements MessageStorage {
 
 		const logPath = path.join(
 			Config.getUserLogsPath(),
-			this.client.name,
+			this.username,
 			TextFileMessageStorage.getNetworkFolderName(network)
 		);