diff --git a/files/routes/admin.py b/files/routes/admin.py
index 273bf203d..d10bcbe63 100644
--- a/files/routes/admin.py
+++ b/files/routes/admin.py
@@ -1075,6 +1075,8 @@ def unshadowban(user_id, v):
 @limiter.limit("1/second;30/minute;200/hour;1000/day")
 @admin_level_required(2)
 def admin_title_change(user_id, v):
+	if CARP_ID > 0 and user_id == CARP_ID:
+		abort(403)
 
 	user = g.db.query(User).filter_by(id=user_id).one_or_none()
 
diff --git a/files/routes/awards.py b/files/routes/awards.py
index bd04392e0..cfb015260 100644
--- a/files/routes/awards.py
+++ b/files/routes/awards.py
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ def award_thing(v, thing_type, id):
 			send_notification(author.id, f"@AutoJanny has given you the following profile badge:\n\n![]({badge.path})\n\n{badge.name}")
 	elif kind == "flairlock":
 		new_name = note[:100].replace("𒐪","")
-		if not new_name and author.flairchanged:
+		if CARP_ID > 0 and author.id == CARP_ID:
+			send_repeatable_notification(v.id, "Carp's title is sacred and inviolable. You just wasted a flairlock!")
+		elif not new_name and author.flairchanged:
 			author.flairchanged += 86400
 		else:
 			author.customtitleplain = new_name