diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 748c2f1a..a5ab05d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 - Updated InstanceActorController, fix content-type header. ([21792246](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/21792246))
 - Updated Exception handler to report validation message bag errors. ([74905ba1](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/74905ba1))
 - Updated ApiV1Controller, add validation messages to update_credentials endpoint. ([cd785601](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/cd785601))
+- Updated ComposeController, improve location search results ordering by use frequency. ([29c4bd25](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/29c4bd25))
 -  ([](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/))
 
 ## [v0.11.2 (2022-01-09)](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/compare/v0.11.1...v0.11.2)
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ComposeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ComposeController.php
index 22fbd3b3..dee58b3d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ComposeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ComposeController.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Auth, Cache, Storage, URL;
+use Auth, Cache, DB, Storage, URL;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use App\{
 	Avatar,
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ use App\Services\MediaBlocklistService;
 use App\Services\MediaStorageService;
 use App\Services\MediaTagService;
 use App\Services\StatusService;
+use App\Services\SnowflakeService;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use App\Util\Lexer\Autolink;
 use App\Util\Lexer\Extractor;
 use App\Util\Media\License;
+use Image;
 
 class ComposeController extends Controller
 {
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class ComposeController extends Controller
 			'file.*' => function() {
 				return [
 					'required',
-					'mimes:' . config_cache('pixelfed.media_types'),
+					'mimetypes:' . config_cache('pixelfed.media_types'),
 					'max:' . config_cache('pixelfed.max_photo_size'),
 				];
 			},
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ class ComposeController extends Controller
 			'file' => function() {
 				return [
 					'required',
-					'mimes:' . config_cache('pixelfed.media_types'),
+					'mimetypes:' . config_cache('pixelfed.media_types'),
 					'max:' . config_cache('pixelfed.max_photo_size'),
 				];
 			},
@@ -313,22 +315,56 @@ class ComposeController extends Controller
 		$this->validate($request, [
 			'q' => 'required|string|max:100'
 		]);
+		$pid = $request->user()->profile_id;
+		abort_if(!$pid, 400);
 		$q = filter_var($request->input('q'), FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
 		$hash = hash('sha256', $q);
-		$key = 'search:location:id:' . $hash;
-		$places = Cache::remember($key, now()->addMinutes(15), function() use($q) {
+		$key = 'pf:search:location:v1:id:' . $hash;
+		$popular = Cache::remember('pf:search:location:v1:popular', 86400, function() {
+			if(config('database.default') != 'mysql') {
+				return [];
+			}
+			$minId = SnowflakeService::byDate(now()->subDays(290));
+			return Status::selectRaw('id, place_id, count(place_id) as pc')
+				->whereNotNull('place_id')
+				->where('id', '>', $minId)
+				->groupBy('place_id')
+				->orderByDesc('pc')
+				->limit(400)
+				->get()
+				->filter(function($post) {
+					return $post;
+				})
+				->map(function($place) {
+					return [
+						'id' => $place->place_id,
+						'count' => $place->pc
+					];
+				});
+		});
+		$places = Cache::remember($key, 900, function() use($q, $popular) {
 			$q = '%' . $q . '%';
-			return Place::where('name', 'like', $q)
-			->take(80)
+			return DB::table('places')
+			->where('name', 'like', $q)
+			->limit((strlen($q) > 5 ? 360 : 180))
 			->get()
+			->sortByDesc(function($place, $key) use($popular) {
+				return $popular->filter(function($p) use($place) {
+					return $p['id'] == $place->id;
+				})->map(function($p) use($place) {
+					return in_array($place->country, ['Canada', 'USA', 'France', 'Germany', 'United Kingdom']) ? $p['count'] : 1;
+				})->values();
+			})
 			->map(function($r) {
 				return [
 					'id' => $r->id,
 					'name' => $r->name,
 					'country' => $r->country,
-					'url'   => $r->url()
+					'url'   => url('/discover/places/' . $r->id . '/' . $r->slug)
 				];
-			});
+			})
+			->values()
+			->all();
 		});
 		return $places;
 	}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
index bb767737..318b7591 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 	public function mediaSettings(Request $request)
 	{
 		$setting = UserSetting::whereUserId($request->user()->id)->firstOrFail();
-		$compose = $setting->compose_settings ? json_decode($setting->compose_settings, true) : [
+		$compose = $setting->compose_settings ? (
+			is_string($setting->compose_settings) ? json_decode($setting->compose_settings, true) : $setting->compose_settings
+			) : [
 			'default_license' => null,
 			'media_descriptions' => false
 		];
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 		$uid = $request->user()->id;
 
 		$setting = UserSetting::whereUserId($uid)->firstOrFail();
-		$compose = json_decode($setting->compose_settings, true);
+		$compose = is_string($setting->compose_settings) ? json_decode($setting->compose_settings, true) : $setting->compose_settings;
 		$changed = false;
 
 		if($sync) {