diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/aliases_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/aliases_controller.rb
index da0a4a9fa..b7c9a409d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/aliases_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/aliases_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Settings::AliasesController < Settings::BaseController
     @alias = current_account.aliases.build(resource_params)
 
     if @alias.save
+      ActivityPub::UpdateDistributionWorker.perform_async(current_account.id)
       redirect_to settings_aliases_path, notice: I18n.t('aliases.created_msg')
     else
       render :index
diff --git a/app/models/account_alias.rb b/app/models/account_alias.rb
index e9a0dd79e..66f8ce409 100644
--- a/app/models/account_alias.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_alias.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ class AccountAlias < ApplicationRecord
 
   validates :acct, presence: true, domain: { acct: true }
   validates :uri, presence: true
+  validates :uri, uniqueness: { scope: :account_id }
 
   before_validation :set_uri
   after_create :add_to_account
   after_destroy :remove_from_account
 
+  def acct=(val)
+    val = val.to_s.strip
+    super(val.start_with?('@') ? val[1..-1] : val)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_uri