diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
index 041e3edaea9f..b28ddb8535c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Install formatter
-        run: pnpm install -D -w oxfmt
+      - name: Install
+        run: pnpm install --ignore-scripts
 
-      - name: Get changed files
+      - name: Get changed files and write to temp
         id: get-changed-files
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
           script: |
             const changedFiles = await github.paginate(
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ jobs:
                 pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
               }
             );
-            return changedFiles.filter(file=> file.status !== "removed").map(file => file.filename).join(' ');
+            const files = changedFiles.filter(file=> file.status !== "removed").map(file => file.filename);
+            if (files.length > 0) {
+              require('fs').writeFileSync('/tmp/changed-files.txt', files.join('\0'));
+              core.setOutput('has-files', 'true');
+            }
 
       - name: Check formatting (changed files)
+        if: steps.get-changed-files.outputs.has-files == 'true'
         run: |
-          CHANGED_FILES=$(echo ${{ steps.get-changed-files.outputs.result }})
-          if [ -n "$CHANGED_FILES" ]; then
-            pnpm oxfmt $CHANGED_FILES --check --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern
-          fi
+          xargs -0 pnpm oxfmt --check --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern < /tmp/changed-files.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fix-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/fix-formatting.yml
index 7ce7ad702cf2..6aeb8ab3fc8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fix-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fix-formatting.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Install formatter
-        run: pnpm install -D -w oxfmt --ignore-scripts
+      - name: Install
+        run: pnpm install --ignore-scripts
 
-      - name: Get changed files
+      - name: Get changed files and write to temp
         id: get-changed-files
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
           script: |
             const changedFiles = await github.paginate(
@@ -49,15 +49,16 @@ jobs:
                 pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
               }
             );
-            return changedFiles.filter(file=> file.status !== "removed").map(file => file.filename).join(' ');
+            const files = changedFiles.filter(file=> file.status !== "removed").map(file => file.filename);
+            if (files.length > 0) {
+              require('fs').writeFileSync('/tmp/changed-files.txt', files.join('\0'));
+              core.setOutput('has-files', 'true');
+            }
 
       - name: Fix formatting
-        env:
-          CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.get-changed-files.outputs.result }}
+        if: steps.get-changed-files.outputs.has-files == 'true'
         run: |
-          if [ -n "$CHANGED_FILES" ]; then
-            echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs pnpm oxfmt --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern
-          fi
+          xargs -0 pnpm oxfmt --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern < /tmp/changed-files.txt
 
       - name: Commit changes
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/account-settings/BlockedUsersTab.tsx b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/account-settings/BlockedUsersTab.tsx
index 6e8cdd5cb639..71cf573eba1c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/account-settings/BlockedUsersTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/account-settings/BlockedUsersTab.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function BlockedUsersTab() {
   return (
     <Section
       title="blocked users"
-      fa={{ icon: "fa-user-shield" }}
+      fa={{ icon: "fa-ban" }}
       fullWidth
       description=<>Blocked users cannot send you friend requests.</>
     >
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/connections/PendingRequests.tsx b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/connections/PendingRequests.tsx
index 9b1ae72e0c34..213efe1b3586 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/connections/PendingRequests.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/components/pages/connections/PendingRequests.tsx
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ function getColumns(): DataTableColumnDef<Connection>[] {
           />
           <Button
             onClick={() => void blockConnection({ id: info.getValue() })}
-            balloon={{ text: "block" }}
-            fa={{ icon: "fa-shield-alt", fixedWidth: true }}
+            balloon={{ text: "block user" }}
+            fa={{ icon: "fa-ban", fixedWidth: true }}
           />
         </div>
       ),
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/states/account-settings.ts b/frontend/src/ts/states/account-settings.ts
index c367ea77d0c8..ebdba950c812 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/states/account-settings.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/states/account-settings.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const accountSettingsTabs: Record<
 > = {
   account: { text: "account", icon: "fa-user" },
   authentication: { text: "authentication", icon: "fa-key" },
-  blockedUsers: { text: "blocked users", icon: "fa-user-shield" },
+  blockedUsers: { text: "blocked users", icon: "fa-ban" },
   apeKeys: { text: "ape keys", icon: "fa-code" },
   dangerZone: { text: "danger zone", icon: "fa-exclamation-triangle" },
 };