diff --git a/MareAPI b/MareAPI
index ff262bf..7a48ca9 160000
--- a/MareAPI
+++ b/MareAPI
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ff262bf6905075c20d5c21bd3848809351150fba
+Subproject commit 7a48ca98234d82a46dc291ae030cc1d7f544b903
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
index 58dc171..a43c76e 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ public class JwtController : Controller
         }
 
         var existingIdent = await _redis.GetAsync<string>("UID:" + authResult.Uid);
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(existingIdent)) return Unauthorized("Already logged in to this account. Reconnect in 60 seconds. If you keep seeing this issue, restart your game.");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(existingIdent) && !string.Equals(existingIdent, charaIdent, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            return Unauthorized("Already logged in to this account. Reconnect in 60 seconds. If you keep seeing this issue, restart your game.");
 
         var token = CreateToken(new List<Claim>()
         {
@@ -192,4 +193,4 @@ public class JwtController : Controller
         var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
         return handler.CreateJwtSecurityToken(token);
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
index c59d218..2fecbbe 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public partial class MareHub
     }
 
     [Authorize(Policy = "Identified")]
-    public async Task<GroupPasswordDto> GroupCreate()
+    public async Task<GroupPasswordDto> GroupCreate(string? alias)
     {
         _logger.LogCallInfo();
         var existingGroupsByUser = await DbContext.Groups.CountAsync(u => u.OwnerUID == UserUID).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -223,12 +223,23 @@ public partial class MareHub
         var sha = SHA256.Create();
         var hashedPw = StringUtils.Sha256String(passwd);
 
+        string? sanitizedAlias = null;
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(alias))
+        {
+            sanitizedAlias = alias.Trim();
+            if (sanitizedAlias.Length > 50)
+            {
+                sanitizedAlias = sanitizedAlias[..50];
+            }
+        }
+
         Group newGroup = new()
         {
             GID = gid,
             HashedPassword = hashedPw,
             InvitesEnabled = true,
             OwnerUID = UserUID,
+            Alias = sanitizedAlias,
         };
 
         GroupPair initialPair = new()
@@ -559,4 +570,4 @@ public partial class MareHub
 
         _logger.LogCallInfo(MareHubLogger.Args(dto, "Success"));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}