diff --git a/set_version.sh b/set_version.sh
index 5cc542c5..df2f4415 100755
--- a/set_version.sh
+++ b/set_version.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-export version=0.5.3-alpha.15
+export version=0.5.3-alpha.16
 echo "pub const VERSION: &str = \"${version}\";" > src/version.rs
diff --git a/src/routes/channels/message_edit.rs b/src/routes/channels/message_edit.rs
index f0799f8f..f84687fa 100644
--- a/src/routes/channels/message_edit.rs
+++ b/src/routes/channels/message_edit.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ pub async fn req(user: User, target: Ref, msg: Ref, edit: Json<Data>) -> Result<
         set.insert("embeds", embed_docs);
         message.embeds = Some(new_embeds)
     } else if edit.embeds.is_some() {
+        let obj = update.as_object_mut().unwrap();
+        obj.insert("embeds".to_string(), json!([]));
         unset.insert("embeds", 1 as u32);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
index d71b5b9a..842167f1 100644
--- a/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pub const VERSION: &str = "0.5.3-alpha.15";
+pub const VERSION: &str = "0.5.3-alpha.16";