diff --git a/chat/SettingsView.vue b/chat/SettingsView.vue
index a1718f4..cc4650e 100644
--- a/chat/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/chat/SettingsView.vue
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
             </div>
 
             <h5>Exception List</h5>
-            <div class="form-group">Filters are not applied to these character names. Separate names with a linefeed.</div>
+            <div class="form-group">Filters are not applied to these character names. Separate names with a linefeed. Friends and bookmarked characters bypass filtering automatically.</div>
 
             <div class="form-group">
                 <textarea class="form-control" :value="getExceptionList()" @change="(v) => setExceptionList(v)" placeholder="Enter names"></textarea>
diff --git a/chat/conversations.ts b/chat/conversations.ts
index c3a0197..bc60431 100644
--- a/chat/conversations.ts
+++ b/chat/conversations.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export async function testSmartFilterForPrivateMessage(fromChar: Character.Chara
     ) {
         cachedProfile.match.autoResponded = true;
 
-        void Conversation.conversationThroat(
+        await Conversation.conversationThroat(
           async() => {
                 log.debug('filter.autoresponse', { name: fromChar.name });