diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index bfe6d12..06c6d2e 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "root": true,
   "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
   "plugins": ["@typescript-eslint"],
-  "extends": ["prettier", "plugin:prettier/recommended"]
+  "extends": ["prettier"]
 }
diff --git a/__tests__/discord-client.test.ts b/__tests__/discord-client.test.ts
index 33783ff..a8eade1 100644
--- a/__tests__/discord-client.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/discord-client.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe("DiscordClient", () => {
 
   describe("isValidChannel", () => {
     test("returns true if the channel is not empty", () => {
-      const input = "channel name";
+      const input = "123456789012345678";
       const output = true;
       expect(discordClient.isValidChannel(input)).toEqual(output);
     });
diff --git a/config/jest.setup.js b/config/jest.setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81b5fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/jest.setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = async () => {
+  const CHANNEL_CHANGELOG = "123456789012345678";
+  const CHANNEL_MAIN = "876543210987654321";
+  process.env = Object.assign(process.env, {
+    CHANGELOG_CHANNEL: CHANNEL_CHANGELOG,
+    CHANNEL: CHANNEL_MAIN,
+  });
+};
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index dc9d869..77005ee 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
   preset: "ts-jest",
   testEnvironment: "node",
-  setupFiles: ["dotenv/config"],
+  globalSetup: "./config/jest.setup.js",
 };
diff --git a/src/DiscordClient.ts b/src/DiscordClient.ts
index 243c0a3..14fc043 100644
--- a/src/DiscordClient.ts
+++ b/src/DiscordClient.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ class DiscordClient extends Client {
   };
 
   isValidChannel = (channelName: string): boolean => {
-    // since they are environment variables, we can only really check that
-    // they are not empty
-    return channelName.length > 0;
+    // channel ids seem to always be 18 length
+    return channelName.length === 18;
   };
 }