diff --git a/code/datums/entities/player.dm b/code/datums/entities/player.dm
index c4e5669fd808..5f9bc88d12e8 100644
--- a/code/datums/entities/player.dm
+++ b/code/datums/entities/player.dm
@@ -319,9 +319,7 @@ BSQL_PROTECT_DATUM(/datum/entity/player)
 		message_admins("[key_name_admin(banner.owning_client)] has permanently banned [ckey] for '[reason]'.")
 		var/datum/tgs_chat_embed/field/reason_embed
 		if(internal_reason)
-			reason_embed = new()
-			reason_embed.name = "Permaban Reason"
-			reason_embed.value = internal_reason
+			reason_embed = new("Permaban Reason", internal_reason)
 		important_message_external("[banner.owning_client] has permanently banned [ckey] for '[reason]'.", "Permaban Placed", reason ? list(reason_embed) : null)
 
 		add_note("Permanently banned | [reason]", FALSE, NOTE_ADMIN, TRUE)
diff --git a/code/defines/procs/admin.dm b/code/defines/procs/admin.dm
index 289d62e9314c..d48c02127ea9 100644
--- a/code/defines/procs/admin.dm
+++ b/code/defines/procs/admin.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 		embed.description = message
 		embed.timestamp = time2text(world.timeofday, "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss")
 		embed.colour = "#ED2939"
-		embed.fields = fields
+		if(length(fields))
+			embed.fields = fields
 
 		to_send.embed = embed
 
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/NewBan.dm b/code/modules/admin/NewBan.dm
index b231fad0ceb0..847f75b1d358 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/NewBan.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/NewBan.dm
@@ -323,7 +323,5 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM(Banlist, /savefile)
 
 	log_admin("STICKYBAN: Identifier: [identifier] Reason: [reason] Message: [message] CKEYs: [english_list(impacted_ckeys)] IPs: [english_list(impacted_ips)] CIDs: [english_list(impacted_cids)]")
 	message_admins("[key_name_admin(src)] has added a new stickyban with the identifier '[identifier]'.")
-	var/datum/tgs_chat_embed/field/reason_embed = new()
-	reason_embed.name = "Stickyban Reason"
-	reason_embed.value = reason
+	var/datum/tgs_chat_embed/field/reason_embed = new("Stickyban Reason", reason)
 	important_message_external("[src] has added a new stickyban with the identifier '[identifier]'.", "Stickyban Placed", list(reason))