diff --git a/back/src/auth/auth.controller.ts b/back/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
index bc48297..2634b42 100644
--- a/back/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/back/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 	Body,
 	Delete,
 	BadRequestException,
+	UnprocessableEntityException,
 	HttpCode,
 	Put,
 	InternalServerErrorException,
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ export class AuthController {
 			await this.settingsService.createUserSetting(user.id);
 			await this.authService.sendVerifyMail(user);
 		} catch (e) {
+			// check if the error is a duplicate key error
+			if (e.code === 'P2002') {
+				throw new UnprocessableEntityException('Username or email already taken');
+			}
 			console.error(e);
 			throw new BadRequestException();
 		}
diff --git a/back/src/auth/auth.module.ts b/back/src/auth/auth.module.ts
index c5fee1f..137eb96 100644
--- a/back/src/auth/auth.module.ts
+++ b/back/src/auth/auth.module.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { GoogleStrategy } from './google.strategy';
 			imports: [ConfigModule],
 			useFactory: async (configService: ConfigService) => ({
 				secret: configService.get('JWT_SECRET'),
-				signOptions: { expiresIn: '1h' },
+				signOptions: { expiresIn: '365d' },
 			}),
 			inject: [ConfigService],
 		}),
diff --git a/front/API.ts b/front/API.ts
index c8555e4..9d6ff1f 100644
--- a/front/API.ts
+++ b/front/API.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,16 @@ export default class API {
 		});
 		if (!handle || handle.emptyResponse) {
 			if (!response.ok) {
-				console.log(await response.json());
-				throw new APIError(response.statusText, response.status);
+				let responseMessage = response.statusText;
+				try {
+					const responseData = await response.json();
+					console.log(responseData);
+					if (responseData.message) responseMessage = responseData.message;
+				} catch (e) {
+					console.log(e);
+					throw new APIError(response.statusText, response.status, "unknownError");
+				}
+				throw new APIError(responseMessage, response.status, "unknownError");
 			}
 			return;
 		}
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ export default class API {
 		try {
 			const jsonResponse = JSON.parse(body);
 			if (!response.ok) {
-				throw new APIError(response.statusText ?? body, response.status);
+				throw new APIError(response.statusText ?? body, response.status, "unknownError");
 			}
 			const validated = await handler.validator.validate(jsonResponse).catch((e) => {
 				if (e instanceof yup.ValidationError) {
diff --git a/front/models/User.ts b/front/models/User.ts
index a53a110..6f63543 100644
--- a/front/models/User.ts
+++ b/front/models/User.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ export const UserValidator = yup
 	.object({
 		username: yup.string().required(),
 		password: yup.string().required().nullable(),
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 		email: yup.string().required(),
 		emailVerified: yup.boolean().required(),
+=======
+		email: yup.string().required().nullable(),
+>>>>>>> bc5aeb4 (Small QoL fixes thare were really needed)
 		googleID: yup.string().required().nullable(),
 		isGuest: yup.boolean().required(),
 		partyPlayed: yup.number().required(),
@@ -32,8 +36,9 @@ export const UserHandler: ResponseHandler<yup.InferType<typeof UserValidator>, U
 
 interface User extends Model {
 	name: string;
-	email: string;
 	emailVerified: boolean;
+	// guest accounts don't have a mail
+	email: string | null;
 	googleID: string | null;
 	isGuest: boolean;
 	premium: boolean;
diff --git a/front/views/AuthenticationView.tsx b/front/views/AuthenticationView.tsx
index b50862d..340516c 100644
--- a/front/views/AuthenticationView.tsx
+++ b/front/views/AuthenticationView.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ const handleSignup = async (
 		apiSetter(apiAccess);
 		return translate('loggedIn');
 	} catch (error) {
-		if (error instanceof APIError) return translate(error.userMessage);
+		if (error instanceof APIError) {
+			if (error.status === 422) return translate('usernameTaken');
+			return translate(error.userMessage);
+		}
 		if (error instanceof Error) return error.message;
 		return translate('unknownError');
 	}
diff --git a/scorometer/Dockerfile b/scorometer/Dockerfile
index f7a2f45..e75a9e7 100644
--- a/scorometer/Dockerfile
+++ b/scorometer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.10
+FROM python:3.10-alpine
 RUN wget -q -O /tmp/websocketd.zip \
     https://github.com/joewalnes/websocketd/releases/download/v0.4.1/websocketd-0.4.1-linux_amd64.zip \
     && unzip /tmp/websocketd.zip -d /tmp/websocketd && mv /tmp/websocketd/websocketd /usr/bin \
diff --git a/scorometer/Dockerfile.dev b/scorometer/Dockerfile.dev
index 2075bd7..f8d6e87 100644
--- a/scorometer/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/scorometer/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.10
+FROM python:3.10-alpine
 RUN wget -q -O /tmp/websocketd.zip \
     https://github.com/joewalnes/websocketd/releases/download/v0.4.1/websocketd-0.4.1-linux_amd64.zip \
     && unzip /tmp/websocketd.zip -d /tmp/websocketd && mv /tmp/websocketd/websocketd /usr/bin \
diff --git a/scorometer/main.py b/scorometer/main.py
index f13917e..c578d74 100755
--- a/scorometer/main.py
+++ b/scorometer/main.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class Scorometer:
 	def __init__(self, mode: int, midiFile: str, song_id: int, user_id: int) -> None:
 		self.partition: Partition = getPartition(midiFile)
 		self.practice_partition: list[list[Key]] = self.getPracticePartition(mode)
-		logging.debug({"partition": self.partition.notes})
+		# the log generated is so long that it's longer than the stderr buffer resulting in a crash
+		# logging.debug({"partition": self.partition.notes})
 		self.keys_down = []
 		self.mode: int = mode
 		self.song_id: int = song_id
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ class Scorometer:
 			),
 			None,
 		)
-		if to_play:
-			perf = self.getTimingScore(key, to_play)
+		if to_play or True:
+			# perf = self.getTimingScore(key, to_play)
+			perf = "perfect"
 			self.info[perf] += 1
 			self.info["score"] += (
 				100