diff --git a/src/server/backend/$base/server/user.ts b/src/server/backend/$base/server/user.ts
index 4367cc4a..7edcbc9d 100644
--- a/src/server/backend/$base/server/user.ts
+++ b/src/server/backend/$base/server/user.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export abstract class UserProvider<Id, ScoreId> extends IdTransformable {
     hashedPassword: string,
   ): Promise<[boolean, UserCompact<Id> | undefined]>
 
-  abstract getCompactById(id: Id /** , opt?: { scope: Scope } */): Promise<UserCompact<Id>>
+  abstract getCompactById(id: Id): Promise<UserCompact<Id>>
 
   abstract getByEmail(email: MailTokenProvider.Email, opt?: { scope: Scope }): Promise<UserCompact<Id>>
 
diff --git a/src/server/backend/bancho.py/server/user.ts b/src/server/backend/bancho.py/server/user.ts
index 275888be..8ff10bd2 100644
--- a/src/server/backend/bancho.py/server/user.ts
+++ b/src/server/backend/bancho.py/server/user.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DBUserProvider extends Base<Id, ScoreId> implements Base<Id, ScoreId> {
     return !!res
   }
 
-  async getCompactById(id: Id, _opt?: { scope: Scope }) {
+  async getCompactById(id: Id) {
     const user = await this.drizzle.query.users.findFirst({
       where: eq(schema.users.id, id),
       columns: userCompactFields,
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ class DBUserProvider extends Base<Id, ScoreId> implements Base<Id, ScoreId> {
     return toUserCompact(user, this.config)
   }
 
-  async getByEmail(email: MailTokenProvider.Email, opt?: { scope: Scope }): Promise<UserCompact<number>> {
+  async getByEmail(email: MailTokenProvider.Email, opt: { scope: Scope }): Promise<UserCompact<number>> {
     return this.getCompact({ handle: email, scope: opt?.scope, keys: ['email'] })
   }
 
-  async getCompact(opt: Base.OptType & { scope?: Scope }) {
+  async getCompact(opt: Base.OptType & { scope: Scope }) {
     const { handle, scope, keys = ['id', 'name', 'safeName', 'email'] } = opt
 
     let handleNum = +handle
diff --git a/src/server/trpc/routers/me.ts b/src/server/trpc/routers/me.ts
index eee2d00e..6da1c96b 100644
--- a/src/server/trpc/routers/me.ts
+++ b/src/server/trpc/routers/me.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const router = _router({
     )
     .query(async ({ input: { target }, ctx }) => {
       const fromUser = ctx.user
-      const targetUser = await users.getCompact({ handle: target })
+      const targetUser = await users.getCompact({ handle: target, scope: Scope.Self })
 
       if (!fromUser || targetUser == null) {
         return
diff --git a/src/server/trpc/routers/user.ts b/src/server/trpc/routers/user.ts
index 89e8b8a7..401deeb5 100644
--- a/src/server/trpc/routers/user.ts
+++ b/src/server/trpc/routers/user.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const router = _router({
       }),
     )
     .query(async ({ input }) => {
-      const user = await users.getCompact({ handle: input.handle })
+      const user = await users.getCompact({ handle: input.handle, scope: Scope.Public })
 
       return mapId(user, UserProvider.idToString)
     }),
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export const router = _router({
       .mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
         const variant = Mail.Variant.AccountRecovery
 
-        const user = await users.getByEmail(input as MailTokenProvider.Email)
+        const user = await users.getByEmail(input as MailTokenProvider.Email, { scope: Scope.Self })
 
         const { otp, token } = await mailToken.getOrCreate(input as MailTokenProvider.Email)
         const t = await useTranslation(ctx.h3Event)