diff --git a/app/Services/HashidService.php b/app/Services/HashidService.php
index aa1211af2..914d24321 100644
--- a/app/Services/HashidService.php
+++ b/app/Services/HashidService.php
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ class HashidService {
 	public const MIN_LIMIT = 15;
 	public const CMAP = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_';
 
-	public static function encode($id)
+	public static function encode($id, $minLimit = true)
 	{
-		if(!is_numeric($id) || $id > PHP_INT_MAX || strlen($id) < self::MIN_LIMIT) {
+		if(!is_numeric($id) || $id > PHP_INT_MAX) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
+		if($minLimit && strlen($id) < self::MIN_LIMIT) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		$key = "hashids:{$id}";
 		return Cache::remember($key, now()->hours(48), function() use($id) {
 			$cmap = self::CMAP;
diff --git a/app/Services/MediaPathService.php b/app/Services/MediaPathService.php
index 09727f578..791b8998f 100644
--- a/app/Services/MediaPathService.php
+++ b/app/Services/MediaPathService.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class MediaPathService {
 	public static function story($account, $version = 1)
 	{
 		$mh = hash('sha256', date('Y').'-.-'.date('m'));
-		$monthHash = HashidService::encode(date('Y').date('m'));
+		$monthHash = HashidService::encode(date('Y').date('m'), false);
 		$random = date('d').Str::random(32);
 
 		if($account instanceOf User) {