diff --git a/MareSynchronos/Interop/IpcManager.cs b/MareSynchronos/Interop/IpcManager.cs
index aac0b9e..548de33 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/Interop/IpcManager.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/Interop/IpcManager.cs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public sealed class IpcManager : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase
     {
         if (!CheckHonorificApi()) return string.Empty;
         (string? title, bool isPrefix) = _honorificGetLocalCharacterTitle.InvokeFunc();
-        return $"{(isPrefix ? 1 : 0)}{title}";
+        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(title) ? string.Empty : $"{(isPrefix ? 1 : 0)}{title}";
     }
 
     public async Task HonorificSetTitle(IntPtr character, string honorificData)
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/Files/FileTransferOrchestrator.cs b/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/Files/FileTransferOrchestrator.cs
index 828fa93..c69b539 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/Files/FileTransferOrchestrator.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/Files/FileTransferOrchestrator.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class FileTransferOrchestrator : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase
         _mareConfig = mareConfig;
         _serverManager = serverManager;
         _httpClient = new();
-        _httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(300);
+        _httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3000);
         var ver = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
         _httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("MareSynchronos", ver!.Major + "." + ver!.Minor + "." + ver!.Build));