diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c49972..86045a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
   "version": "0.4",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "^7.1.1",
     "altcha": "^1.0.7",
     "altcha-lib": "^1.2.0",
+    "argon2": "^0.44.0",
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
     "bootstrap-icons": "^1.11.3",
     "connect-mongo": "^5.1.0",
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
     "hls.js": "^1.6.2",
     "mongoose": "^8.4.3",
     "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
-    "nodemailer": "^6.9.16",
+    "nodemailer": "^7.0.9",
     "socket.io": "^4.8.1",
     "youtube-dl-exec": "^3.0.20"
   },
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
     "build": "node node_modules/jsdoc/jsdoc.js --verbose -r src/ -R README.md -d www/doc/server/ && node node_modules/jsdoc/jsdoc.js --verbose -r www/js/channel -r README.md -d www/doc/client/"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "nodemon": "^3.1.10",
-    "jsdoc": "^4.0.4"
+    "jsdoc": "^4.0.4",
+    "nodemon": "^3.1.10"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/channel/media/playlistHandler.js b/src/app/channel/media/playlistHandler.js
index 9345590..70b8c2b 100644
--- a/src/app/channel/media/playlistHandler.js
+++ b/src/app/channel/media/playlistHandler.js
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ class playlistHandler{
      */
     async addToPlaylistValidator(socket, url){
         //If we where given a bad URL
-        if(typeof url != 'string' || !validator.isURL(url)){
+        if(typeof url != 'string' || !validator.isURL(url,{require_valid_protocol: true})){
             //Attempt to fix the situation by encoding it
             url = encodeURI(url);
 
             //If it's still bad
-            if(typeof url != 'string' || !validator.isURL(url)){
+            if(typeof url != 'string' || !validator.isURL(url,{require_valid_protocol: true})){
                 //Bitch, moan, complain...
                 loggerUtils.socketErrorHandler(socket, "Bad URL!", "validation");
                 //and ignore it!
diff --git a/src/app/channel/media/queue.js b/src/app/channel/media/queue.js
index 7866783..9f68021 100644
--- a/src/app/channel/media/queue.js
+++ b/src/app/channel/media/queue.js
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ class queue{
                 let url = data.url;
 
                 //If we where given a bad URL
-                if(!validator.isURL(url)){
+                if(!validator.isURL(url,{require_valid_protocol: true})){
                     //Attempt to fix the situation by encoding it
                     url = encodeURI(url);
 
                     //If it's still bad
-                    if(!validator.isURL(url)){
+                    if(!validator.isURL(url,{require_valid_protocol: true})){
                         //Bitch, moan, complain...
                         loggerUtils.socketErrorHandler(socket, "Bad URL!", "validation");
                         //and ignore it!
diff --git a/src/utils/linkUtils.js b/src/utils/linkUtils.js
index 6452db1..9e85870 100644
--- a/src/utils/linkUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/linkUtils.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
 
 //NPM Imports
 const validator = require('validator');//No express here, so regular validator it is!
+const {sanitizeUrl} = require("@braintree/sanitize-url");
 
 //Create link cache
 /**
@@ -25,10 +26,12 @@ module.exports.cache = new Map();
 
 /**
  * Validates links and returns a marked link object that can be returned to the client to format/embed accordingly
- * @param {String} link - URL to Validate
+ * @param {String} dirtyLink - URL to Validate
  * @returns {Object} Marked link object
  */
-module.exports.markLink = async function(link){
+module.exports.markLink = async function(dirtyLink){
+    const link = sanitizeUrl(dirtyLink);
+
     //Check link cache for the requested link
     const cachedLink = module.exports.cache.get(link);
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports.markLink = async function(link){
     var type = "malformedLink"    
 
     //Make sure we have an actual, factual URL
-    if(validator.isURL(link)){
+    if(validator.isURL(link,{require_valid_protocol: true, protocols: ['http', 'https']})){
         //The URL is valid, so this is at least a dead link
         type = 'deadLink';
 
diff --git a/src/utils/loggerUtils.js b/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
index b3e30c3..3e9c0aa 100644
--- a/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ module.exports.errorMiddleware = function(err, req, res, next){
  * @param {Error} err - error to dump to file
  * @param {Date} date - Date of error, defaults to now
  */
-module.exports.dumpError = async function(err, date = new Date(), subDir){
+module.exports.dumpError = async function(err, date = new Date(), subDir = ''){
         try{
                 //Crash directory
                 const dir = `./log/crash/${subDir}`
diff --git a/src/utils/media/yanker.js b/src/utils/media/yanker.js
index f16640d..8072712 100644
--- a/src/utils/media/yanker.js
+++ b/src/utils/media/yanker.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
 //NPM Imports
 //const url = require("node:url");
 const validator = require('validator');//No express here, so regular validator it is!
+const {sanitizeUrl} = require("@braintree/sanitize-url");
 
 //local import
 const iaUtil = require('./internetArchiveUtils');
@@ -96,12 +97,15 @@ module.exports.refreshRawLink = async function(mediaObj){
  * Still this has some improvements like url pre-checks and the fact that it's handled serverside, recuing possibility of bad requests.
  * Some of the regex expressions for certain services have also been improved, such as youtube, and the fore.st-unique archive.org
  * 
- * @param {String} url - URL to determine media type of
+ * @param {String} dirtyURL - URL to determine media type of
  * @returns {Object} containing URL type and clipped ID string
  */
-module.exports.getMediaType = async function(url){
+module.exports.getMediaType = async function(dirtyURL){
+    //Sanatize our URL
+    const url = sanitizeUrl(dirtyURL);
+
     //Check if we have a valid url, encode it on the fly in case it's too humie-friendly
-    if(!validator.isURL(encodeURI(url))){
+    if(!validator.isURL(encodeURI(url,{require_valid_protocol: true}))){
         //If not toss the fucker out
         return {
             type: null,
diff --git a/src/validators/accountValidator.js b/src/validators/accountValidator.js
index 38f08b7..aa1d942 100644
--- a/src/validators/accountValidator.js
+++ b/src/validators/accountValidator.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
 
 //NPM Imports
 const { checkSchema } = require('express-validator');
+const {sanitizeUrl} = require("@braintree/sanitize-url");
 
 //local imports
 const {isRank} = require('./permissionsValidator');
@@ -99,11 +100,15 @@ module.exports.img = function(field = 'img'){
             isURL: {
                 options: {
                     require_tld: false,
-                    require_host: false
+                    require_host: false,
+                    require_valid_protocol: true
                 },
                 errorMessage: "Invalid URL."
             },
-            trim: true
+            trim: true,
+            customSanitizer: {
+                options: sanitizeUrl
+            }
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/validators/channelValidator.js b/src/validators/channelValidator.js
index 60c9170..350dd87 100644
--- a/src/validators/channelValidator.js
+++ b/src/validators/channelValidator.js
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ module.exports.settingsMap = function(){
             },
             'settingsMap.streamURL': {
                 optional: true,
-                isURL: true,
+                isURL: {
+                    options:{
+                        require_valid_protocol: true
+                    }
+                },
                 errorMessage: "Invalid Stream URL"
             }
         })
diff --git a/src/validators/emoteValidator.js b/src/validators/emoteValidator.js
index 3c4ee74..6416516 100644
--- a/src/validators/emoteValidator.js
+++ b/src/validators/emoteValidator.js
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ module.exports.link = function(field = 'link'){
             isURL: {
                 options: {
                     require_tld: false,
-                    require_host: false
+                    require_host: false,
+                    require_valid_protocol: true
                 },
                 errorMessage: "Invalid URL."
             },
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports.manualLink = function(input){
     const clean = validator.trim(input)
 
     //If we have a URL return the trimmed input
-    if(validator.isURL(clean)){
+    if(validator.isURL(clean,{require_valid_protocol: true})){
         return clean;
     }