diff --git a/board.php b/board.php
index f03bdec..d81a69d 100644
--- a/board.php
+++ b/board.php
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ $config = require 'config.php';
 $boardId = $_GET['board'] ?? 'b';
 $threadId = isset($_GET['thread']) ? urldecode($_GET['thread']) : null;
 
-
-
 try {
     $db = new PDO(
         "mysql:host={$config['db']['host']};dbname={$config['db']['name']}", 
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ if ($threadId) {
         $posts = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
         
         if (empty($posts)) {
-            header('Location: board.php?board=' . urlencode($boardId));
+            header('Location: board.php?board=' . $boardId);
             exit;
         }
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
diff --git a/newthread.php b/newthread.php
index c08fa2f..11b47b8 100644
--- a/newthread.php
+++ b/newthread.php
@@ -96,13 +96,15 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
                 ');
                 $stmt->execute([$threadId, $boardId, $title, $description, $fileName, $fileSize, $fileType, $ip, $anonymousId]);
                 
-                $stmt = $db->prepare('
-                    INSERT INTO posts (post_id, thread_id, board_id, message, file_name, file_size, file_type, ip_address, anonymous_id) 
-                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-                ');
-                $stmt->execute([$postId, $threadId, $boardId, $message, $fileName, $fileSize, $fileType, $ip, $anonymousId]);
+                if ($message) {
+                    $stmt = $db->prepare('
+                        INSERT INTO posts (post_id, thread_id, board_id, message, ip_address, anonymous_id) 
+                        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                    ');
+                    $stmt->execute([$postId, $threadId, $boardId, $message, $ip, $anonymousId]);
+                }
                 
-                header('Location: board.php?board=' . urlencode($boardId) . '&thread=' . urlencode($threadId));
+                header('Location: board.php?board=' . $boardId . '&thread=' . $threadId);
                 exit;
             }
         } else {