diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 98a9f841c..7220f82c9 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+#  Lemmy v0.16.6 Release : bug fixes (2022-07-19)
+
+A few bug fixes:
+
+- Fix problem where actors can have empty public key (fixes [#2347](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2347)) ([#2348](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2348))
+- Be more explicit about returning deleted actors or not ([#2335](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2335))
+- Dont allow blocking admin ([#2340](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2340))
+- Increase RSS fetch limit to 20. Fixes [#2319](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2319) ([#2327](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2327))
+- Fix length of post_report.original_post_name db field (fixes [#2311](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2311)) ([#2315](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2315))
+- Add pub use for db crates in api_common ([#2305](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2305))
+- Accept private like ([#1968](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1968)) ([#2301](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2301))
+
 #  Lemmy v0.16.4 Release : Peertube federation, Rust API and other improvements (2022-05-27)
 
 ## What is Lemmy?
diff --git a/api_tests/src/follow.spec.ts b/api_tests/src/follow.spec.ts
index b5588572f..65b750122 100644
--- a/api_tests/src/follow.spec.ts
+++ b/api_tests/src/follow.spec.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ test('Follow federated community', async () => {
     betaCommunity.community.id
   );
 
-  // Wait for it to accept on the alpha side ( follows are async )
-  await delay();
-
   // Make sure the follow response went through
   expect(follow.community_view.community.local).toBe(false);
   expect(follow.community_view.community.name).toBe('main');
-  expect(follow.community_view.subscribed).toBe(SubscribedType.Pending);
+  expect(follow.community_view.subscribed).toBe(SubscribedType.Subscribed);
 
   // Check it from local
   let site = await getSite(alpha);
diff --git a/config/defaults.hjson b/config/defaults.hjson
index c85658567..9e405407a 100644
--- a/config/defaults.hjson
+++ b/config/defaults.hjson
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     debug: false
   }
   # Pictrs image server configuration.
-  pictrs_config: {
+  pictrs: {
     # Address where pictrs is available (for image hosting)
     url: "http://pictrs:8080/"
     # Set a custom pictrs API key. ( Required for deleting images )
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs
index 1622e451d..00fbf67fe 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ pub async fn search_by_apub_id(
         .await
     }
     Err(_) => {
-      let (kind, identifier) = query.split_at(1);
+      let mut chars = query.chars();
+      let kind = chars.next();
+      let identifier = chars.as_str();
       match kind {
-        "@" => {
+        Some('@') => {
           let id =
             webfinger_resolve_actor::<ApubPerson>(identifier, context, request_counter).await?;
           Ok(SearchableObjects::Person(
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ pub async fn search_by_apub_id(
               .await?,
           ))
         }
-        "!" => {
+        Some('!') => {
           let id =
             webfinger_resolve_actor::<ApubCommunity>(identifier, context, request_counter).await?;
           Ok(SearchableObjects::Community(
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
index 8dda8ae1b..80dd3bc6e 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ where
   let (_, domain) = identifier
     .splitn(2, '@')
     .collect_tuple()
-    .expect("invalid query");
+    .ok_or_else(|| LemmyError::from_message("Invalid webfinger query, missing domain"))?;
   let fetch_url = format!(
     "{}://{}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:{}",
     protocol, domain, identifier
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/community.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/community.rs
index 45675aa36..eb92d7a0b 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/community.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/community.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl Followable for CommunityFollower {
         .filter(community_id.eq(community_id_))
         .filter(person_id.eq(person_id_)),
     )
-    .set(pending.eq(true))
+    .set(pending.eq(false))
     .get_result::<Self>(conn)
   }
   fn unfollow(
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/settings/mod.rs b/crates/utils/src/settings/mod.rs
index f095baf12..50d3fc583 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/settings/mod.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl Settings {
 
   pub fn pictrs_config(&self) -> Result<PictrsConfig, LemmyError> {
     self
-      .pictrs_config
+      .pictrs
       .to_owned()
       .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("images_disabled").into())
   }
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
index 7ee8cf18b..ecf19aaff 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
   pub federation: FederationConfig,
   /// Pictrs image server configuration.
   #[default(Some(Default::default()))]
-  pub(crate) pictrs_config: Option<PictrsConfig>,
+  pub(crate) pictrs: Option<PictrsConfig>,
   #[default(Default::default())]
   pub captcha: CaptchaConfig,
   /// Email sending configuration. All options except login/password are mandatory
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
 pub struct PictrsConfig {
   /// Address where pictrs is available (for image hosting)
   #[default(Url::parse("http://pictrs:8080").expect("parse pictrs url"))]
-  #[doku(example = "Url::parse(\"http://pictrs:8080\").unwrap()")]
+  #[doku(example = "http://pictrs:8080")]
   pub url: Url,
 
   /// Set a custom pictrs API key. ( Required for deleting images )