diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
index ee82dde..d87ca9c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use App\Models\Actor;
 use App\Models\Note;
 use App\Models\Hashtag;
 
+use App\Helpers\PaginationHelper;
+
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -127,6 +129,9 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
             $sent_requests[] = $actor;
         }
 
+        $received_requests = PaginationHelper::paginate (collect ($received_requests), 20, "received");
+        $sent_requests = PaginationHelper::paginate (collect ($sent_requests), 20, "sent");
+
         return view ("users.requests", compact ("user", "received_requests", "sent_requests"));
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Types/TypeActor.php b/app/Types/TypeActor.php
index e0828dd..8c612db 100644
--- a/app/Types/TypeActor.php
+++ b/app/Types/TypeActor.php
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ class TypeActor {
             $instance->save ();
         }
 
+        // we need to save the model first
+        $actor->save ();
+
         ProfileAttachment::where ("actor_id", $actor->id)->delete ();
         foreach ($request ["attachment"] as $attachment)
         {
@@ -245,7 +248,6 @@ class TypeActor {
         $actor = new Actor ();
         TypeActor::update_from_request ($actor, $request);
 
-        $actor->save ();
         return $actor;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Types/TypeNote.php b/app/Types/TypeNote.php
index 05cc9ab..fe01061 100644
--- a/app/Types/TypeNote.php
+++ b/app/Types/TypeNote.php
@@ -182,20 +182,26 @@ class TypeNote
 
                     case "Mention":
                         $mention_name = $tag["name"];
+                        $exploded_name = explode ("@", $mention_name);
                         $mention_actor = null;
 
-                        $actor_exists = Actor::where ("local_actor_id", $mention_name)->first ();
-                        if (!$actor_exists)
+                        $actor_exists = null;
+                        Log::info (json_encode ($exploded_name));
+
+                        if (count ($exploded_name) == 2)
                         {
                             // let's check if maybe it's local
-                            $processed_name = explode ("@", $mention_name);
-                            if (count ($processed_name) < 2)
-                                continue;
-
-                            $actor_exists = Actor::where ("preferredUsername", $processed_name [1])->first ();
+                            $actor_exists = Actor::where ("preferredUsername", $exploded_name [1])->first ();
                             if (!$actor_exists)
                                 continue;
                         }
+                        else if (count ($exploded_name) == 3)
+                        {
+                            // maybe it's remote
+                            $actor_exists = TypeActor::actor_exists_or_obtain_from_handle($exploded_name [1], $exploded_name [2]);
+                        }
+                        else
+                            continue;
 
                         $mention = NoteMention::create ([
                             "note_id" => $note->id,
diff --git a/resources/views/posts/show.blade.php b/resources/views/posts/show.blade.php
index 0756f0c..d7bdcfe 100644
--- a/resources/views/posts/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/posts/show.blade.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             {!! $note->content !!}
 
             @foreach ($note->attachments as $attachment)
-                <img loading="lazy" src="{{ $attachment->url }}" width="250">
+                <img loading="lazy" src="{{ $attachment->url }}" width="250" class="expandable">
             @endforeach
         </div>
 
diff --git a/resources/views/users/requests.blade.php b/resources/views/users/requests.blade.php
index 98de8ea..06788e7 100644
--- a/resources/views/users/requests.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/users/requests.blade.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                 <br>
                 <p>
                     <b>
-                        <span class="count">{{ count ($user->received_requests ()) }}</span>
+                        <span class="count">{{ $received_requests->total () }}</span>
                         Open Friend Requests
                     </b>
 
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@
                             @endforeach
                         </tbody>
                     </table>
+
+                    {{ $received_requests->withQueryString ()->links("pagination::default") }}
                 </p>
 
                 <br>
                 <p>
                     <b>
-                        <span class="count">{{ count ($user->sent_requests ()) }}</span>
+                        <span class="count">{{ $sent_requests->total () }}</span>
                         Pending Friend Requests
                     </b>
                     <br>
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@
                             @endforeach
                         </tbody>
                     </table>
+
+                    {{ $sent_requests->withQueryString ()->links("pagination::default") }}
                 </p>
             </div>
         </div>