diff --git a/files/routes/comments.py b/files/routes/comments.py
index eae28e7edd..ce57540e5a 100755
--- a/files/routes/comments.py
+++ b/files/routes/comments.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def api_comment(v):
 	body = body.strip()
 
 	if v.marseyawarded:
-		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?mar\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
 		if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
 
 	if not body and not request.files.get('file'): return {"error":"You need to actually write something!"}, 400
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def edit_comment(cid, v):
 	body = request.values.get("body", "").strip()[:10000]
 
 	if v.marseyawarded:
-		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?mar\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
 		if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
 
 	for i in re.finditer('^(https:\/\/.*\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|PNG|JPG|JPEG|GIF|WEBP|9999))', body, re.MULTILINE):
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index b3ed5a6f09..ec3e73f82b 100755
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -215,8 +215,11 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 	body = request.values.get("body", "").strip()
 
 	if v.marseyawarded:
-		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?mar\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+		title = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
 		if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
+		if body:
+			marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+			if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
 
 	if title != p.title:
 		p.title = title
@@ -567,8 +570,11 @@ def submit_post(v):
 	body = request.values.get("body", "").strip()
 
 	if v.marseyawarded:
-		marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?mar\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+		title = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
 		if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
+		if body:
+			marregex = list(re.finditer("^(:!?m\w+:\s*)+$", body))
+			if len(marregex) == 0: return {"error":"You need to only type marseys!"}, 403
 
 	dup = g.db.query(Submission).options(lazyload('*')).filter(
 		Submission.author_id == v.id,