diff --git a/poe.js b/poe.js
index eabbfbca9..3295e12b6 100644
--- a/poe.js
+++ b/poe.js
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class Client {
 
     async purge_conversation(chatbot, count = -1) {
         logger.info(`Purging messages from ${chatbot}`);
-        let last_messages = (await this.get_message_history(chatbot, count = 50)).reverse();
+        let last_messages = (await this.get_message_history(chatbot, 50)).reverse();
         while (last_messages.length) {
             const message_ids = [];
             for (const message of last_messages) {
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class Client {
             if (count === 0) {
                 return;
             }
-            last_messages = (await this.get_message_history(chatbot, count = 50)).reverse();
+            last_messages = (await this.get_message_history(chatbot, 50)).reverse();
         }
         logger.info("No more messages left to delete.");
     }
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index f2acd79db..40c134089 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ app.post('/purge_poe', jsonParser, async (request, response) => {
 
     try {
         const client = await getPoeClient(token);
-        await client.purge_conversation(bot, count)
+        await client.purge_conversation(bot, count);
         client.disconnect_ws();
     
         return response.send({"ok" : true});