diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 91ad0db0f2e2e48c535a01872e300ea4de72d993..908f3902adf72e4117de29acbdc47d0e2f89204f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "revolt"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.5"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-tungstenite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 40d968531a5f2a8f7bcfabba788a9bf7165a4c49..c51af081387e1043983e6b83660ccc3a9f50c0d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "revolt"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.5"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.6"
 authors = ["Paul Makles <paulmakles@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/database/entities/user.rs b/src/database/entities/user.rs
index c3b7b2ce8969a6c8dd3daca3cf2530be030927a3..a89b023b5755db9c9e430e59cd1c6e1d264dafb3 100644
--- a/src/database/entities/user.rs
+++ b/src/database/entities/user.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl User {
 
     /// Utility function for checking claimed usernames.
     pub async fn is_username_taken(username: &str) -> Result<bool> {
-        if username == "revolt" && username == "admin" {
+        if username.to_lowercase() == "revolt" && username.to_lowercase() == "admin" {
             return Ok(true);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/database/permissions/mod.rs b/src/database/permissions/mod.rs
index c29427eef800caef269a2bf7adfb7f14b8196d5c..7fc9b26eb89eda009c677d5c83885cfac40df000 100644
--- a/src/database/permissions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/permissions/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct PermissionCalculator<'a> {
     user: Option<&'a User>,
     channel: Option<&'a Channel>,
 
-    has_mutual_conncetion: bool,
+    has_mutual_connection: bool,
 }
 
 impl<'a> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl<'a> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
             user: None,
             channel: None,
 
-            has_mutual_conncetion: false,
+            has_mutual_connection: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl<'a> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
 
     pub fn with_mutual_connection(self) -> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
         PermissionCalculator {
-            has_mutual_conncetion: true,
+            has_mutual_connection: true,
             ..self
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/database/permissions/user.rs b/src/database/permissions/user.rs
index 4ff42bfce28a15c26e6f689629a58ea50e6b7753..7d516eef7d038f560a8f127e35f8d21c3064ed39 100644
--- a/src/database/permissions/user.rs
+++ b/src/database/permissions/user.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl<'a> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
             _ => {}
         }
 
-        if self.has_mutual_conncetion
+        if self.has_mutual_connection
             || get_collection("channels")
                 .find_one(
                     doc! {
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ impl<'a> PermissionCalculator<'a> {
                 })?
                 .is_some()
         {
-            return Ok(UserPermission::Access as u32);
+            // ! FIXME: add privacy settings
+            return Ok(UserPermission::Access + UserPermission::ViewProfile);
         }
 
         Ok(permissions)
diff --git a/src/routes/root.rs b/src/routes/root.rs
index 719af3d5e769734b22d159f37f6e71a98afd7242..c18ec1e2189590d750ca6aef52991bd48008c19e 100644
--- a/src/routes/root.rs
+++ b/src/routes/root.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
 #[get("/")]
 pub async fn root() -> JsonValue {
     json!({
-        "revolt": "0.4.0-alpha.5",
+        "revolt": "0.4.0-alpha.6",
         "features": {
             "registration": !*DISABLE_REGISTRATION,
             "captcha": {