diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 87a22c41..0a8c310c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e91f58a..9cb5ff48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ node
 
 #### Js & Jsx
 
-We use [prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) to autofromat the
+We use [prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) to autoformat the
 code, with [this configuration](.prettierrc). Run `yarn run fmt` to format
 everything in `src/`, or `yarn exec -- prettier --config .prettierrc
 --write src/whatever/file.js` for a specific file.
@@ -365,6 +365,6 @@ all
 ```
 
 When user is logged in and he is listed in `SDC_LOGGER_ADMINS` (should
-be string with Hive usernames delimited with space), the aplication
+be string with Hive usernames delimited with space), the application
 allows him to see all Logger messages on all log levels, regardless of
 anything else, so also on production.
diff --git a/src/server/api/general.js b/src/server/api/general.js
index 86de194f..21c9618b 100644
--- a/src/server/api/general.js
+++ b/src/server/api/general.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export default function useGeneralApi(app) {
             ctx.status = 200;
         } catch (error) {
             console.error('Error in /search api call', ctx.session.uid, error);
-            ctx.body = JSON.stringify({ error: error.message });
+            ctx.body = JSON.stringify({ error: "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later." });
             ctx.status = 500;
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/server/server.js b/src/server/server.js
index d250d867..0bb5cb3b 100644
--- a/src/server/server.js
+++ b/src/server/server.js
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
     // redirect to home page/feed if known account
     if (ctx.method === 'GET' && ctx.url === '/' && ctx.session.a) {
         ctx.status = 302;
-        //this.redirect(`/@${this.session.a}/feed`);
         ctx.redirect(`/trending/my`);
         return;
     }
@@ -185,35 +184,7 @@ app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
         }
     }
 
-    // this.url is a relative URL, it does not include the scheme
-    const [pathString, queryString] = ctx.url.split('?');
-    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
-
-    let paramFound = false;
-    if (ctx.url.indexOf('?') !== -1) {
-        const paramsToProcess = ['ch', 'cn', 'r'];
-
-        paramsToProcess.forEach((paramToProcess) => {
-            if (urlParams.has(paramToProcess)) {
-                const paramValue = urlParams.get(paramToProcess);
-                if (paramValue) {
-                    paramFound = true;
-                    ctx.session[paramToProcess] = paramValue;
-                    urlParams.delete(paramToProcess);
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    if (paramFound) {
-        const newQueryString = urlParams.toString();
-        const redir = `${pathString.replace(/\/\//g, '/')}${newQueryString ? `?${newQueryString}` : ''}`;
-
-        ctx.status = 302;
-        ctx.redirect(redir);
-    } else {
-        await next();
-    }
+    await next(); // Proceed with the next middleware if no conditions were met
 });
 
 // load production middleware