diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 0d2836006..d2b0890b8 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -8135,7 +8135,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                         if '?modaction=' in nickname:
                             moderationActionStr = \
                                 nickname.split('?modaction=')[1]
-                            nickname = nickname.split('?')[0]
+                            nickname = nickname.split('?modaction=')[0]
                         msg = \
                             htmlModeration(self.server.cssCache,
                                            self.server.defaultTimeline,
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index aa82ea054..54b1a8649 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1148,7 +1148,8 @@ def validNickname(domain: str, nickname: str) -> bool:
                      'channel', 'calendar',
                      'tlreplies', 'tlmedia', 'tlblogs',
                      'tlevents', 'tlblogs', 'tlfeatures',
-                     'moderation', 'activity', 'undo',
+                     'moderation', 'moderationaction',
+                     'activity', 'undo',
                      'reply', 'replies', 'question', 'like',
                      'likes', 'users', 'statuses', 'tags',
                      'accounts', 'channels', 'profile',