diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs b/crates/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
index 76643965..92acdeaa 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
@@ -175,13 +175,15 @@ pub async fn runner(
         .increment(1);
 
         // update shard state and discord cache
-        if let Err(error) = tx_state.try_send((
-            shard.id(),
-            ShardStateEvent::Other,
-            Some(event.clone()),
-            None,
-        )) {
-            tracing::error!(?error, "error updating shard state");
+        if matches!(event, Event::Ready(_)) || matches!(event, Event::Resumed) {
+            if let Err(error) = tx_state.try_send((
+                shard.id(),
+                ShardStateEvent::Other,
+                Some(event.clone()),
+                None,
+            )) {
+                tracing::error!(?error, "error updating shard state");
+            }
         }
         // need to do heartbeat separately, to get the latency
         let latency_num = shard
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/discord/shard_state.rs b/crates/gateway/src/discord/shard_state.rs
index 437560be..c85e02c8 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/discord/shard_state.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/discord/shard_state.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub fn new(redis: RedisPool) -> ShardStateManager {
 impl ShardStateManager {
     pub async fn handle_event(&self, shard_id: u32, event: Event) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         match event {
+            // also update gateway.rs with event types
             Event::Ready(_) => self.ready_or_resumed(shard_id, false).await,
             Event::Resumed => self.ready_or_resumed(shard_id, true).await,
             _ => Ok(()),