diff --git a/app/components/channel-feed.jsx b/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
index 3214dec..656b596 100644
--- a/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
+++ b/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default function ChannelFeed(props) {
                     const idx = messages.length - 1;
                     const prev = messages[idx];
 
-                    if ((!!prev.optimistic && channel.user.handle == update.user.handle && update.files.length == 0) || prev.id == update.id) {
+                    if ((!!prev.optimistic && channel.user.handle == update.user.handle) || prev.id == update.id) {
 
                         let mp = [...messages];
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default function ChannelFeed(props) {
                     });
                 }
             } catch (e) {
-                console.error("encountered an error json decoding")
+                console.error("encountered an error json decoding");
             }
         }
     }, [lastJsonMessage, channel, messages]);
diff --git a/app/wikid.server.js b/app/wikid.server.js
index f486d43..939ec8c 100644
--- a/app/wikid.server.js
+++ b/app/wikid.server.js
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ export const me = async (jwt) => {
     ...standardHeaders,
   }
 
-
   try {
     const { data, status: s } = await axios({
       method: 'get',