diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index a5f9061..3e3a7e4 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         "reportAttributeAccessIssue": "warning"
     },
     "cSpell.words": [
+        "cakeday",
         "cakedays"
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cogs/loops/daily_loop.py b/cogs/loops/daily_loop.py
index 1ff3b67..ab878f8 100644
--- a/cogs/loops/daily_loop.py
+++ b/cogs/loops/daily_loop.py
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-"""Defines the daily loop that runs the Dakiny bot functions."""
+"""Defines the daily loop that runs the Off Cooldown bot functions."""
 
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import nextcord
 from nextcord.ext import commands, tasks
 from pytz import timezone
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from sqlmodel import col
 
+from database.db import engine
+from database.models import UserBirthday
 from logger import ocd_logger
 from main import birthday_list
 from settings import settings
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import nextcord
-
 
 class DailyLoop(commands.Cog, name="Daily Loop"):
     """Class for performing daily functions."""
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ class DailyLoop(commands.Cog, name="Daily Loop"):
         self.bot = bot
         self.current_election = None
         self.update_birthdays()
-
-        # pylint doesn't recognize that daily_loop is subclassed from tasks.loop.
-        self.daily_loop.start()  # pylint: disable=no-member
+        self.daily_loop.start()
 
     @tasks.loop(time=time(hour=0, tzinfo=timezone("UTC")))
     async def daily_loop(self) -> None:
@@ -44,9 +42,12 @@ class DailyLoop(commands.Cog, name="Daily Loop"):
         birthday_list.clear()
 
         today = datetime.now(tz=UTC).date()
-        birthday = f"{today.month}/{today.day}"
 
-        stmt = select(UserBirthday.UserId).where(UserBirthday.Birthday == birthday)
+        stmt = (
+            select(col(UserBirthday.user_id))
+            .where(col(UserBirthday.month) == today.month)
+            .where(col(UserBirthday.day) == today.day)
+        )
         with Session(engine) as session:
             to_add = session.scalars(stmt)
             birthday_list.extend(to_add.all())
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class DailyLoop(commands.Cog, name="Daily Loop"):
         ]
 
         for member in cakedays:
-            years = today.year - member.joined_at.year
+            years = today.year - member.joined_at.year  # type: ignore reportOptionalMemberAccess
             year_str = "years" if years > 1 else "year"
             msg = f"Happy Cake day! <@{member.id}> joined the discord {years} {year_str} ago!"
             await announce_channel.send(msg)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 10b31cc..0c554a5 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Main file for bot."""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
 import pathlib
 
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ nextcord_handler = logging.FileHandler(filename="nextcord.log", encoding="utf-8"
 nextcord_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s: %(message)s"))
 nextcord_logger.addHandler(nextcord_handler)
 
+birthday_list: list[int] = []
+
 
 def main() -> None:
     """Set config, intents, then connects the bot to discord."""