diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 89303c8..3c38249 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pre-commit==4.5.1
 ruff==0.15.6
+pytest==9.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/slack.py b/src/core/slack.py
index 707fcd5..be1a5f5 100644
--- a/src/core/slack.py
+++ b/src/core/slack.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def get_event_retry_amount(event_id: str) -> int:
 
 	event_id_cache[event_id] = 0
 	taskmanager.create_background_task(reset_event_from_cache(event_id))
+	return event_id_cache[event_id]
 
 
 async def gather_emojis() -> dict: