diff --git a/src/app/api/submit/route.ts b/src/app/api/submit/route.ts
index 1bd95aa..1737cd8 100644
--- a/src/app/api/submit/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/submit/route.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 	const description = uncensoredDescription && profanity.censor(uncensoredDescription);
 
 	// Validate image files
+	let wasImagesModerated = false;
 	const customImages: File[] = [];
 
 	for (const img of [image1, image2, image3]) {
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 		if (imageValidation.valid) {
 			customImages.push(img);
 		} else {
-			return rateLimit.sendResponse({ error: `Failed to verify custom image: ${imageValidation.error}` }, imageValidation.status ?? 400);
+			wasImagesModerated = true;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -170,10 +171,8 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 	if (platform === "SWITCH") {
 		const portraitValidation = await validateImage(miiPortraitImage);
 		const featuresValidation = await validateImage(miiFeaturesImage);
-		if (!portraitValidation.valid)
-			return rateLimit.sendResponse({ error: `Failed to verify portrait: ${portraitValidation.error}` }, portraitValidation.status ?? 400);
-		if (!featuresValidation.valid)
-			return rateLimit.sendResponse({ error: `Failed to verify features: ${featuresValidation.error}` }, featuresValidation.status ?? 400);
+		if (!portraitValidation.valid) wasImagesModerated = true;
+		if (!featuresValidation.valid) wasImagesModerated = true;
 	}
 
 	const qrBytes = new Uint8Array(qrBytesRaw ?? []);
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 			tags,
 			description,
 			gender: gender ?? "MALE",
-			in_queue: settings.queueEnabled,
+			in_queue: wasImagesModerated || settings.queueEnabled,
 
 			// Automatically detect certain information if on 3DS
 			...(platform === "THREE_DS"
@@ -335,5 +334,5 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 		return rateLimit.sendResponse({ error: "Failed to store user images" }, 500);
 	}
 
-	return rateLimit.sendResponse({ success: true, id: miiRecord.id });
+	return rateLimit.sendResponse({ success: true, id: miiRecord.id, inQueue: wasImagesModerated });
 }
diff --git a/src/app/mii/[id]/page.tsx b/src/app/mii/[id]/page.tsx
index 491944b..1f45b45 100644
--- a/src/app/mii/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/mii/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import Description from "@/components/description";
 import MiiInstructions from "@/components/mii/instructions";
 
 import { SwitchMiiInstructions } from "@/types";
+import { settings } from "@/lib/settings";
 
 interface Props {
 	params: Promise<{ id: string }>;
@@ -128,6 +129,15 @@ export default async function MiiPage({ params }: Props) {
 						<p className="font-medium">This Mii is flagged as controversial and only appears when the filter is enabled</p>
 					</div>
 				)}
+				{mii.in_queue && (
+					<div className="bg-zinc-50 border-2 border-zinc-400 rounded-2xl shadow-lg p-4 flex items-center gap-3 text-zinc-700">
+						<Icon icon="material-symbols:timer" className="text-2xl shrink-0" />
+						<p className="font-medium">
+							This Mii is waiting to be manually reviewed {!settings.queueEnabled && "due to inappropriate images "}
+							and is hidden from the main page.
+						</p>
+					</div>
+				)}
 				<div className="relative grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 max-md:grid-cols-1">
 					<div className="bg-amber-50 rounded-3xl border-2 border-amber-500 shadow-lg p-4 h-min flex flex-col items-center max-w-md w-full max-md:place-self-center max-md:row-start-2">
 						{/* Mii Image */}
@@ -335,7 +345,7 @@ export default async function MiiPage({ params }: Props) {
 
 							{/* Author and Created date */}
 							<div className="mt-2">
-								<Link href={`/profile/${mii.userId}`} className="text-lg">
+								<Link href={`/profile/${mii.userId}`} className="text-lg wrap-break-word">
 									By <span className="font-bold">{mii.user.name}</span>
 								</Link>
 								<h4 className="text-sm">
diff --git a/src/lib/images.tsx b/src/lib/images.tsx
index 949425d..8f351a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/images.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/images.tsx
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ export async function validateImage(file: File): Promise<{ valid: boolean; error
 			formData.append("image", blob);
 
 			const moderationResponse = await fetch("https://api.trafficlunar.net/moderate/image", { method: "POST", body: formData });
-
-			if (!moderationResponse.ok) {
-				console.error("Moderation API error");
-				Sentry.captureException("Moderation API error", { extra: { stage: "moderation-api-response", status: moderationResponse.status } });
-				return { valid: false, error: "Content moderation check failed", status: 500 };
-			}
-
 			const result = await moderationResponse.json();
 			if (result.error) {
 				return { valid: false, error: result.error };