diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 10dc4fde2..ae38d62b4 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def thumbnail_thread(pid):
 			parsed_url = urlparse(post_url)
 			return f"https://{parsed_url.netloc}{fragment_url}"
 		else:
-			return f"{post_url}{'/' if not post_url.endswith('/')}{fragment_url}"
+			return f"{post_url}{'/' if not post_url.endswith('/') else ''}{fragment_url}"
 
 	db = db_session()
 
diff --git a/files/templates/admin/alt_votes.html b/files/templates/admin/alt_votes.html
index 7d819d84e..04de672ca 100644
--- a/files/templates/admin/alt_votes.html
+++ b/files/templates/admin/alt_votes.html
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 <form action="/admin/alt_votes" method="get" class="mb-6">
 	<label for="link-input">Usernames</label>
-	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="u1" value="{{u1.username if u1}}" placeholder="User 1">
-	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="u2" value="{{u2.username if u2}}" placeholder="User 2">
+	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="u1" value="{{u1.username if u1 else ''}}" placeholder="User 1">
+	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="u2" value="{{u2.username if u2 else ''}}" placeholder="User 2">
 	<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary">
 </form>
 
diff --git a/files/templates/login.html b/files/templates/login.html
index e086dde0c..c1dc6cd5f 100644
--- a/files/templates/login.html
+++ b/files/templates/login.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 														<button class="btn btn-primary login w-100 mt-3" id="login_button">Sign in</button>
 
 														<div class="text-center text-muted text-small mt-5 mb-3">
-																Don't have an account? <a href="/signup{{'?redirect='+redirect if redirect}}" class="font-weight-bold toggle-login">Sign up</a>
+																Don't have an account? <a href="/signup{{'?redirect='+redirect if redirect else ''}}" class="font-weight-bold toggle-login">Sign up</a>
 														</div>
 
 												</form>
diff --git a/files/templates/search.html b/files/templates/search.html
index 5e87986e1..dcce70d68 100644
--- a/files/templates/search.html
+++ b/files/templates/search.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% block pagetype %}search{% endblock %}
 
 {% block title %}
-<title>Search for "{{query}}" - {{'SITE_NAME' | app_config}}"</title> <meta name="description" content="{{total}} result{{'s' if total != 1}}">
+<title>Search for "{{query}}" - {{'SITE_NAME' | app_config}}"</title> <meta name="description" content="{{total}} result{{'s' if total != 1 else ''}}">
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block PseudoSubmitForm %}{% endblock %}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 				<div class="pl-md-3">
 					<div class="text-muted text-small mb-1">Advanced search parameters (with examples): "author:quadnarca", "domain:reddit.com", "over18:true"<div>
 					<br>
-					<div class="text-muted text-small mb-1">Showing {% block listinglength %}{{listing | length}}{% endblock %} of {{total}} result{{'s' if total != 1}} for</div>
+					<div class="text-muted text-small mb-1">Showing {% block listinglength %}{{listing | length}}{% endblock %} of {{total}} result{{'s' if total != 1 else ''}} for</div>
 					<h1 class="h4 mb-0">{{query}}</h1>
 
 				</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/settings_filters.html b/files/templates/settings_filters.html
index e14d23535..88d58490f 100644
--- a/files/templates/settings_filters.html
+++ b/files/templates/settings_filters.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 						<div class="input-group mb2">
 							<select id='frontsize' class="form-control" form="profile-settings" name="frontsize" onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?frontsize='+document.getElementById('frontsize').value)">
 							{% for entry in [25, 50, 100] %}
-								<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.frontsize==entry}}>{{entry}}</option>
+								<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.frontsize==entry else ''}}>{{entry}}</option>
 							{% endfor %}
 						</select>
 						</div>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 							<div class="input-group mb2">
 								<select id='defaultsortingcomments' class="form-control" form="profile-settings" name="defaultsortingcomments" onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?defaultsortingcomments='+document.getElementById('defaultsortingcomments').value)">
 								{% for entry in ["new", "old", "top", "bottom", "controversial"] %}
-									<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaultsortingcomments==entry}}>{{entry}}</option>
+									<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaultsortingcomments==entry else ''}}>{{entry}}</option>
 								{% endfor %}
 							</select>
 							</div>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 							<div class="input-group mb2">
 								<select id='defaultsorting' class="form-control" form="profile-settings" name="defaultsorting" onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?defaultsorting='+document.getElementById('defaultsorting').value)">
 								{% for entry in ["hot", "new", "old", "top", "bottom", "controversial", "comments"] %}
-								<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaultsorting==entry}}>{{entry}}</option>
+								<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaultsorting==entry else ''}}>{{entry}}</option>
 								{% endfor %}
 							</select>
 							</div>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 							<div class="input-group mb2">
 								<select id='defaulttime' class="form-control" form="profile-settings" name="defaulttime" onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?defaulttime='+document.getElementById('defaulttime').value)">
 								{% for entry in ["hour", "day", "week", "month", "year", "all"] %}
-									<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaulttime==entry}}>{{entry}}</option>
+									<option value="{{entry}}"{{' selected' if v.defaulttime==entry else ''}}>{{entry}}</option>
 								{% endfor %}
 							</select>
 							</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/settings_profile.html b/files/templates/settings_profile.html
index 0f7752e1c..a7ba80800 100644
--- a/files/templates/settings_profile.html
+++ b/files/templates/settings_profile.html
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 
 							<input type="text" readonly="" class="form-control copy-link" id="referral_code" value="{{request.host_url}}signup?ref={{v.username}}" data-clipboard-text="{{request.host_url}}signup?ref={{v.username}}">
 
-							<span class="input-group-append" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="You have referred {{v.referral_count}} user{{'s' if v.referral_count != 1}} so far. {% if v.referral_count==0 %}¯\_(ツ)_/¯{% elif v.referral_count>10%}Wow!{% endif %}">
+							<span class="input-group-append" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="You have referred {{v.referral_count}} user{{'s' if v.referral_count != 1 else ''}} so far. {% if v.referral_count==0 %}¯\_(ツ)_/¯{% elif v.referral_count>10%}Wow!{% endif %}">
 								<span class="input-group-text text-primary border-0">
 									<i class="far fa-user mr-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>{{v.referral_count}}</span>
 								</span>
diff --git a/files/templates/sign_up.html b/files/templates/sign_up.html
index a7edb1d59..d24db39df 100644
--- a/files/templates/sign_up.html
+++ b/files/templates/sign_up.html
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 														<button class="btn btn-primary login w-100 mt-3" id="register_button">Register</button>
 
 														<div class="text-center text-muted text-small mt-2 mb-0">
-																		Already have an account? <a href="/login{{'?redirect='+redirect if redirect}}" class="font-weight-bold toggle-login">Log in</a>
+																		Already have an account? <a href="/login{{'?redirect='+redirect if redirect else ''}}" class="font-weight-bold toggle-login">Log in</a>
 														</div>
 
 												</form>
diff --git a/files/templates/submission_banned.html b/files/templates/submission_banned.html
index b0cf807e5..509e39aa9 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission_banned.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission_banned.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 												<div class="post-actions d-none d-md-block">
 														<ul class="list-inline text-left mb-2">
 																<li class="list-inline-item"><a {% if v %}href="{{p.permalink}}"{% else %}href="/logged_out{{p.permalink}}"{% endif %}><i
-																						class="fas fa-comment-dots"></i>{{p.comment_count}} Comment{{'s' if p.comment_count != 1}}</a>
+																						class="fas fa-comment-dots"></i>{{p.comment_count}} Comment{{'s' if p.comment_count != 1 else ''}}</a>
 																</li>
 
 														</ul>
diff --git a/files/templates/userpage.html b/files/templates/userpage.html
index c3f13d933..6054d5358 100644
--- a/files/templates/userpage.html
+++ b/files/templates/userpage.html
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 					<span id="profile-coins-amount">{{u.coins}}</span>
 					&nbsp;<img data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="{{'COINS_NAME' | app_config}}" height="20" src="https://rdrama.net/assets/images/emojis/marseybux.webp">&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
-					{% if u.stored_subscriber_count >=1 and not u.is_nofollow %}<a href="/@{{u.username}}/followers">{{u.stored_subscriber_count}} follower{{'s' if u.stored_subscriber_count != 1}}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; {% endif %}
+					{% if u.stored_subscriber_count >=1 and not u.is_nofollow %}<a href="/@{{u.username}}/followers">{{u.stored_subscriber_count}} follower{{'s' if u.stored_subscriber_count != 1 else ''}}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; {% endif %}
 					joined <span data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="{{u.created_datetime}}">{{u.created_date}}</span>
 				</div>
 				{% if "pcm" in request.host %}<p class="text-muted">Based Count: {{u.basedcount}}</p>{% endif %}
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 					<span id="profile-coins-amount-mobile" class="font-weight-bold">{{u.coins}}</span>
 
 					&nbsp;<img data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="{{'COINS_NAME' | app_config}}" height="15" src="https://rdrama.net/assets/images/emojis/marseybux.webp">&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					{% if u.stored_subscriber_count >=1 and not u.is_nofollow %}<a href="/@{{u.username}}/followers" class="font-weight-bold">{{u.stored_subscriber_count}} follower{{'s' if u.stored_subscriber_count != 1}}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; {% endif %}
+					{% if u.stored_subscriber_count >=1 and not u.is_nofollow %}<a href="/@{{u.username}}/followers" class="font-weight-bold">{{u.stored_subscriber_count}} follower{{'s' if u.stored_subscriber_count != 1 else ''}}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; {% endif %}
 					{% if "pcm" in request.host %}
 						<br>Based count: {{u.basedcount}}
 					{% endif %}
diff --git a/files/templates/votes.html b/files/templates/votes.html
index 8906b97fb..b5652ba08 100644
--- a/files/templates/votes.html
+++ b/files/templates/votes.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 <form action="votes" method="get" class="mb-6">
 	<label for="link-input">Paste permalink</label>
-	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="link" value="{{thing.permalink if thing}}">
+	<input id="link-input" type="text" class="form-control mb-2" name="link" value="{{thing.permalink if thing else ''}}">
 	<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary">
 </form>