diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Dependencies/DependencyMap.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Dependencies/DependencyMap.cs
index f5adf1a8c..7fb8d33c9 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Dependencies/DependencyMap.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Dependencies/DependencyMap.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
         public void AddFactory<T>(Func<T> factory) where T : class
         {
             var t = typeof(T);
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(IDependencyMap))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("IDependencyMap is used internally and cannot be added as a dependency");
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(CommandService))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("CommandService is used internally and cannot be added as a dependency");
             if (map.ContainsKey(t))
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"The dependency map already contains \"{t.FullName}\"");
             map.Add(t, factory);
@@ -48,6 +52,10 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             var t = typeof(T);
             if (map.ContainsKey(t))
                 return false;
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(IDependencyMap))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("IDependencyMap is used internally and cannot be added as a dependency");
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(CommandService))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("CommandService is used internally and cannot be added as a dependency");
             map.Add(t, factory);
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
index 1333b9640..2eaa6a882 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             };
         }
 
+        private static readonly TypeInfo _dependencyTypeInfo = typeof(IDependencyMap).GetTypeInfo();
+
         internal static object GetMember(Type targetType, IDependencyMap map, CommandService service, TypeInfo baseType)
         {
             object arg;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             {
                 if (targetType == typeof(CommandService))
                     arg = service;
-                else if (targetType == typeof(IDependencyMap))
+                else if (targetType == typeof(IDependencyMap) || targetType == map.GetType())
                     arg = map;
                 else
                     throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to create \"{baseType.FullName}\", dependency \"{targetType.Name}\" was not found.");