diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index a2aa11f98..d72030a6b 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Exceptions;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
 use Throwable;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\Exception\OAuthServerException;
+use Zttp\ConnectionException;
 
 class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
 {
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	protected $dontReport = [
-		OAuthServerException::class
+		OAuthServerException::class,
+		ConnectionException::class
 	];
 
 	/**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DirectMessageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DirectMessageController.php
index e01a0ef90..21bb26745 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DirectMessageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DirectMessageController.php
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ class DirectMessageController extends Controller
 		$q = $request->input('q');
 		$r = $request->input('remote');
 
+		if(!Str::of($q)->contains('.')) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
 		if($r && Helpers::validateUrl($q)) {
 			Helpers::profileFetch($q);
 		}