diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index 491a59893..3c08973c3 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 .hover\:bg-alt:hover,
 .bg-alt .bg-alt .hover\:bg-alt:hover,
 .bg-alt .bg-alt.hover\:bg-alt:hover {
-  @apply bg-base-100 transition-colors;
+  @apply bg-base-100 transition-colors text-base-content;
 }
 
 .bg-alt .bg-alt,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 .bg-alt .bg-alt .bg-alt .hover\:bg-alt:hover,
 .bg-alt.hover\:bg-alt:hover,
 .bg-alt .bg-alt .bg-alt.hover\:bg-alt:hover {
-  @apply bg-base-300 transition-colors;
+  @apply bg-base-300 transition-colors text-base-content;
 }
 
 .card2 {
diff --git a/src/routes/home/[chat]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/home/[chat]/+page.svelte
index ce4f87128..0ed76446e 100644
--- a/src/routes/home/[chat]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/home/[chat]/+page.svelte
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   const assertEvent = (e: any) => e as TrustedEvent
 
   const onSubmit = async ({content, ...params}: EventContent) => {
-    const tags = [...params.tags, ...pubkeys.map(pubkey => tagPubkey(pubkey))]
+    const tags = [...params.tags, ...remove($pubkey!, pubkeys).map(tagPubkey)]
     const template = createEvent(DIRECT_MESSAGE, {content, tags})
 
     await sendWrapped({template, pubkeys})