diff --git a/app/templates_src/profile.lisp b/app/templates_src/profile.lisp
index f26bd28..15480a0 100644
--- a/app/templates_src/profile.lisp
+++ b/app/templates_src/profile.lisp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         (div
             ("class" "card banner")
             (img
-                ("src" "{{ config.service_hosts.buckets }}/banners/{{ profile.id }}")))
+                ("src" "{{ config.service_hosts.buckets|safe }}/banners/{{ profile.id }}")))
         (div
             ("class" "card flex flex_col gap_ch")
             (text "{{ components::avatar(id=profile.id, size=\"160px\") }}")
diff --git a/src/routes/api/chats.rs b/src/routes/api/chats.rs
index 29e8932..c3e8489 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/chats.rs
+++ b/src/routes/api/chats.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ pub async fn create_request(
     };
     req.members.dedup();
 
+    if req.members.contains(&user.username) {
+        return Json(Error::MiscError("Cannot create a chat with yourself".to_string()).into());
+    }
+
     if (req.members.len() > 2 && req.style == ChatStyle::Direct)
         | (req.members.len() >= GC_MAXIMUM_MEMBERS && req.style != ChatStyle::Direct)
     {