From e990cf4a62bf20a944ed7f1d2f0bb70d36a08f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aevann <randomname42029@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 21:39:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix 500 error

---
 files/routes/search.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/routes/search.py b/files/routes/search.py
index 0a22b4d2a..7c8481409 100644
--- a/files/routes/search.py
+++ b/files/routes/search.py
@@ -338,9 +338,11 @@ def searchmessages(v:User):
 
 	if 'sentto' in criteria:
 		sentto = criteria['sentto']
-		try: sentto = get_user(sentto, graceful=True)
-		except:
+		sentto = get_user(sentto, graceful=True)
+
+		if not sentto:
 			abort(400, "The `sentto` field must contain a user's username!")
+
 		comments = comments.filter(Comment.sentto == sentto.id)
 
 	total = comments.count()