diff --git a/app/controllers/Report.scala b/app/controllers/Report.scala
index 7c09f60f88..562433956f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Report.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Report.scala
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ final class Report(
             env.user.repo named data.username flatMap {
               _ ?? { user =>
                 if (user == me) BadRequest.fuccess
-                else api.commFlag(Reporter(me), Suspect(user), data.resource, data.text) inject Ok
+                else api.commFlag(Reporter(me), Suspect(user), data.resource, data.text) inject jsonOkResult
               }
             }
         )
diff --git a/app/views/report/form.scala b/app/views/report/form.scala
index 31085952e0..0717e01107 100644
--- a/app/views/report/form.scala
+++ b/app/views/report/form.scala
@@ -57,16 +57,4 @@ object form {
         )
       )
     }
-
-  def flag(username: String, resource: String, text: String) =
-    postForm(action := routes.Report.flag, cls := "comm-flag")(
-      form3.hidden("username", username),
-      form3.hidden("resource", resource),
-      form3.hidden("text", text take 140),
-      submitButton(
-        cls := "button button-empty button-red confirm",
-        dataIcon := "",
-        title := "Report spam or offensive language"
-      )
-    )
 }
diff --git a/ui/msg/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/msg/src/ctrl.ts
index 375f4fa169..e3e1f705b0 100644
--- a/ui/msg/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/msg/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -177,11 +177,18 @@ export default class MsgCtrl {
   report = () => {
     const user = this.data.convo?.user;
     if (user) {
-      const text = this.data.convo?.msgs.find(m => m.user != this.data.me.id)?.text.slice(0, 140);
-      if (text) network.report(user.name, text).then(_ => alert('Your report has been sent.'));
+      const text = this.reportableMsg()?.text.slice(0, 140);
+      if (text)
+        network
+          .report(user.name, text)
+          .then(_ => alert('Your report has been sent.'))
+          .catch(err => alert('Failed to send report: ' + err));
     }
   };
 
+  reportableMsg = (): Msg | undefined =>
+    this.data.convo?.msgs.find(m => m.user != this.data.me.id && m.text.length > 2);
+
   block = () => {
     const userId = this.data.convo?.user.id;
     if (userId) network.block(userId).then(() => this.openConvo(userId));
diff --git a/ui/msg/src/view/actions.ts b/ui/msg/src/view/actions.ts
index 3ffec8352c..dbc56d0724 100644
--- a/ui/msg/src/view/actions.ts
+++ b/ui/msg/src/view/actions.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default function renderActions(ctrl: MsgCtrl, convo: Convo): VNode[] {
       hook: bind('click', withConfirm(ctrl.delete)),
     })
   );
-  if (convo.msgs[0])
+  if (ctrl.reportableMsg())
     nodes.push(
       h(`button.${cls}.bad`, {
         key: 'report',