diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/manyvids/MVLiveClient.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/manyvids/MVLiveClient.java
index 4b0180a5..370c00b0 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/manyvids/MVLiveClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/manyvids/MVLiveClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package ctbrec.sites.manyvids;
 
+import static ctbrec.StringUtil.*;
 import static ctbrec.io.HttpConstants.*;
 import static ctbrec.sites.manyvids.MVLive.*;
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public class MVLiveClient {
                         String respJson = jsonArray.getString(i);
                         JSONObject response = new JSONObject(respJson);
                         String address = response.optString("address");
-                        if (!address.isBlank()) {
+                        if (isNotBlank(address)) {
                             Message message = futureResponses.get(address);
                             if (message != null) {
                                 message.handleResponse(response);
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/showup/Showup.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/showup/Showup.java
index 3272c4e6..812a17a0 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/showup/Showup.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/showup/Showup.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static ctbrec.Model.State.*;
 import static ctbrec.io.HttpConstants.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -52,23 +53,21 @@ public class Showup extends AbstractSite {
 
     @Override
     public Model createModel(String name) {
-        //        try {
-        //            for (Model m : getModelList()) {
-        //                if (Objects.equal(m.getName(), name)) {
-        //                    return m;
-        //                }
-        //            }
-        //        } catch (IOException e) {
-        //            throw new ModelNotFoundException(name, e);
-        //        }
-        //        throw new ModelNotFoundException(name);
         ShowupModel model = new ShowupModel();
         model.setSite(this);
         model.setName(name);
-        model.setUrl(BASE_URL + '/' + URLEncoder.encode(name, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        model.setUrl(BASE_URL + '/' + safeUrlEncode(name));
         return model;
     }
 
+    private String safeUrlEncode(String s) {
+        try {
+            return URLEncoder.encode(s, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return s;
+        }
+    }
+
     public List<Model> getModelList() throws IOException {
         if(Duration.between(lastModelListUpdate, Instant.now()).getSeconds() > 10) {
             lastModelListUpdate = Instant.now();
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/ctbrec/sites/mfc/MyFreeCamsClientTest.java b/common/src/test/java/ctbrec/sites/mfc/MyFreeCamsClientTest.java
index 7e171ffa..76633e43 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/ctbrec/sites/mfc/MyFreeCamsClientTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/ctbrec/sites/mfc/MyFreeCamsClientTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import ctbrec.ReflectionUtil;
+import ctbrec.StringUtil;
 
 public class MyFreeCamsClientTest {
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class MyFreeCamsClientTest {
         assertEquals(439895060, msg.getReceiver());
         assertEquals(1, msg.getArg1());
         assertEquals(0, msg.getArg2());
-        assertTrue(msg.getMessage().isBlank());
+        assertTrue(StringUtil.isBlank(msg.getMessage()));
 
         input = new StringBuilder("00207820 439461784 439895060 12 507930 %7B%22lv%22%3A4%2C%22nm%22%3A%22Nivea%22%2C%22pid%22%3A1%2C%22sid%22%3A439461784%2C%22uid%22%3A507930%2C%22vs%22%3A12%2C%22u%22%3A%7B%22age%22%3A33%2C%22avatar%22%3A1%2C%22blurb%22%3A%22I%20love%20when%20my%20nose%20touch%20your%20belly%20when%20I%20do%20you%20a%20blowjob!%20When%20I%20look%20into%20your%20horny%20eyes%20when%22%2C%22camserv%22%3A1367%2C%22chat_color%22%3A%22FF0000%22%2C%22chat_font%22%3A0%2C%22chat_opt%22%3A1%2C%22ethnic%22%3A%22Caucasian%22%2C%22photos%22%3A74%2C%22profile%22%3A1%2C%22status%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22m%22%3A%7B%22camscore%22%3A7505.700%2C%22continent%22%3A%22EU%22%2C%22flags%22%3A605224%2C%22hidecs%22%3Atrue%2C%22kbit%22%3A0%2C%22lastnews%22%3A0%2C%22mg%22%3A0%2C%22missmfc%22%3A2%2C%22new_model%22%3A0%2C%22rank%22%3A0%2C%22rc%22%3A20%2C%22sfw%22%3A0%2C%22topic%22%3A%22hi%253A)%255Bnone%255D-Topless%252C500-snap4life%252C50-spanks%252C180-flash%252C700-10%2520mins%2520of%2520Nora%2520fun%252C666-shot%252C27%252C270%2520%253C3%22%7D%2C%22x%22%3A%7B%22fcext%22%3A%7B%22sm%22%3A%22%22%2C%22sfw%22%3A0%7D%2C%22share%22%3A%7B%22follows%22%3A11%2C%22albums%22%3A0%2C%22clubs%22%3A0%2C%22tm_album%22%3A0%2C%22collections%22%3A0%2C%22stores%22%3A0%2C%22goals%22%3A0%2C%22polls%22%3A0%2C%22things%22%3A0%2C%22recent_album_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_club_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_collection_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_goal_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_item_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_poll_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_story_tm%22%3A0%2C%22recent_album_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_club_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_collection_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_goal_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_item_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_poll_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_story_thumb%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_album_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_club_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_collection_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_goal_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_item_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_poll_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_story_title%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_album_slug%22%3A%22%22%2C%22recent_collection_slug%22%3A%22%22%2C%22tipmenus%22%3A0%7D%7D%7D");
         msg = ReflectionUtil.call(client, "parseMessage", input);