diff --git a/files/routes/chat.py b/files/routes/chat.py
index d5c32ee7c..57892b816 100644
--- a/files/routes/chat.py
+++ b/files/routes/chat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from files.helpers.const import SITE
 
-if SITE=='pcmemes.net':
+if SITE in ('pcmemes.net', 'localhost'):
+	count = 0
+
 	import time
 	from files.helpers.wrappers import auth_required
 	from files.helpers.sanitize import sanitize
@@ -10,15 +12,14 @@ if SITE=='pcmemes.net':
 	from flask import render_template
 	import sys
 
+	socketio = SocketIO(app, async_mode='gevent')
+
 	@app.get("/chat")
 	@auth_required
 	def chat( v):
 		return render_template("chat.html", v=v)
 
-
-	sex = SocketIO(app, async_mode='gevent')
-
-	@sex.on('speak')
+	@socketio.on('speak')
 	@auth_required
 	def speak(data, v):
 
@@ -27,9 +28,20 @@ if SITE=='pcmemes.net':
 			"username":v.username,
 			"namecolor":v.namecolor,
 			"text":sanitize(data[:1000].strip()),
-			"time": time.strftime("%d %b %Y at %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(int(time.time()))),
-			"userlink":v.url
+			"time": time.strftime("%d %b %Y at %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(int(time.time())))
 		}
 
 		emit('speak', data, broadcast=True)
-		return '', 204
\ No newline at end of file
+		return '', 204
+
+	@socketio.on('connect')
+	def connect():
+		global count
+		count += 1
+		emit("count", count)
+
+	@socketio.on('disconnect')
+	def disconnect():
+		global count
+		count -= 1
+		emit("count", count)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/routes/users.py b/files/routes/users.py
index c0405b7b0..b5a9fc523 100644
--- a/files/routes/users.py
+++ b/files/routes/users.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def upvoters_posts(v, username, uid):
 
 	page = max(1, int(request.values.get("page", 1)))
 
-	listing = g.db.query(Submission).join(Vote, Vote.submission_id==Submission.id).filter(Vote.vote_type==1, Submission.author_id==id, Vote.user_id==uid).order_by(Submission.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
+	listing = g.db.query(Submission).join(Vote, Vote.submission_id==Submission.id).filter(Submission.ghost==False, Vote.vote_type==1, Submission.author_id==id, Vote.user_id==uid).order_by(Submission.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
 
 	listing = [p.id for p in listing]
 	next_exists = len(listing) > 25
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def upvoters_comments(v, username, uid):
 
 	page = max(1, int(request.values.get("page", 1)))
 
-	listing = g.db.query(Comment).join(CommentVote, CommentVote.comment_id==Comment.id).filter(CommentVote.vote_type==1, Comment.author_id==id, CommentVote.user_id==uid).order_by(Comment.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
+	listing = g.db.query(Comment).join(CommentVote, CommentVote.comment_id==Comment.id).filter(Comment.ghost==False, CommentVote.vote_type==1, Comment.author_id==id, CommentVote.user_id==uid).order_by(Comment.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
 
 	listing = [c.id for c in listing]
 	next_exists = len(listing) > 25
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def downvoters_posts(v, username, uid):
 	uid = int(uid)
 	page = max(1, int(request.values.get("page", 1)))
 
-	listing = g.db.query(Submission).join(Vote, Vote.submission_id==Submission.id).filter(Vote.vote_type==-1, Submission.author_id==id, Vote.user_id==uid).order_by(Submission.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
+	listing = g.db.query(Submission).join(Vote, Vote.submission_id==Submission.id).filter(Submission.ghost==False, Vote.vote_type==-1, Submission.author_id==id, Vote.user_id==uid).order_by(Submission.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
 
 	listing = [p.id for p in listing]
 	next_exists = len(listing) > 25
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def downvoters_comments(v, username, uid):
 	uid = int(uid)
 	page = max(1, int(request.values.get("page", 1)))
 
-	listing = g.db.query(Comment).join(CommentVote, CommentVote.comment_id==Comment.id).filter(CommentVote.vote_type==-1, Comment.author_id==id, CommentVote.user_id==uid).order_by(Comment.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
+	listing = g.db.query(Comment).join(CommentVote, CommentVote.comment_id==Comment.id).filter(Comment.ghost==False, CommentVote.vote_type==-1, Comment.author_id==id, CommentVote.user_id==uid).order_by(Comment.created_utc.desc()).offset(25 * (page - 1)).limit(26).all()
 
 	listing = [c.id for c in listing]
 	next_exists = len(listing) > 25
diff --git a/files/templates/chat.html b/files/templates/chat.html
index c9afe85d7..d8284de51 100644
--- a/files/templates/chat.html
+++ b/files/templates/chat.html
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
+<div class="border-right py-3 px-3">
+  <span data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="people online right now" class="text-muted">
+    <i class="far fa-user fa-sm mr-1"></i>
+    <span class="board-chat-count">0</span>
+  </span>
+</div>
+
 <div id="chat-line-template" class="d-none">
   <div class="chat-line my-2">
     <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
@@ -42,12 +49,12 @@
       <span id="loading-indicator" class="d-none"></span>
     </div>
     <input id="input-text" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Message" autocomplete="off" autofocus />
-    <button id="chatsend" class="btn btn-primary ml-3" type="submit">Send</button>
+    <button id="chatsend" onclick="send()" class="btn btn-primary ml-3" type="submit">Send</button>
   </div>
 </div>
 
 <script src="/assets/js/socketio.js"></script>
-<script src="/assets/js/chat.js?v=12"></script>
+<script src="/assets/js/chat.js?v=13"></script>
 
 <style>
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17a01ccb4..a0093943e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Flask-Caching
 Flask-Compress
 Flask-Limiter
 Flask-Mail
+Flask-Socketio
 gevent
+gevent-websocket
 greenlet
 gunicorn
 lxml
diff --git a/supervisord.conf b/supervisord.conf
index 7e2992d02..64b74eb6a 100644
--- a/supervisord.conf
+++ b/supervisord.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ logfile=/tmp/supervisord.log
 
 [program:service]
 directory=/service
-command=gunicorn files.__main__:app -k gevent -w 1 --reload -b 0.0.0.0:80 --max-requests 1000 --max-requests-jitter 500
+command=gunicorn files.__main__:app -k geventwebsocket.gunicorn.workers.GeventWebSocketWorker -w 1 --reload -b 0.0.0.0:80 --max-requests 1000 --max-requests-jitter 500
 stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr