diff --git a/combineImg/__init__.py b/combineImg/__init__.py
index 82dfb2e..f836831 100644
--- a/combineImg/__init__.py
+++ b/combineImg/__init__.py
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ def scaleImageIterable(args):
     targetWidth = args[1]
     targetHeight = args[2]
     pad=args[3]
-    image = image.convert('RGBA')
-    image = ImageOps.expand(image,20)
     if pad:
-        newImg = ImageOps.contain(image, (targetWidth, targetHeight))
+        image = image.convert('RGBA')
+        newImg = ImageOps.pad(image, (targetWidth, targetHeight),color=(0, 0, 0, 0))
     else:
         newImg = ImageOps.fit(image, (targetWidth, targetHeight)) # scale + crop
     return newImg
@@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ def combineImages(imageArray, totalWidth, totalHeight,pad=True):
             x += image.size[0]
         y += imageArray[0].size[1]
         x = 0
-        # paste the final image so that it's centered
-        newImage.paste(imageArray[2], (int((totalWidth - imageArray[2].size[0]) / 2), y))
+        newImage.paste(imageArray[2], (x, y))
     elif (len(imageArray) == 4): # if there are four images, combine the first two horizontally, then combine the last two vertically
         for image in imageArray[0:2]:
             newImage.paste(image, (x, y))
@@ -93,16 +91,20 @@ def saveImage(image, name):
 def genImage(imageArray):
     totalSize=getTotalImgSize(imageArray)
     combined = combineImages(imageArray, *totalSize)
-
-    finalImg = combined.convert('RGB')
-
-    bbox = finalImg.getbbox()
-    finalImg = finalImg.crop(bbox)
-
+    combinedBG = combineImages(imageArray, *totalSize,False)
+    combinedBG = blurImage(combinedBG,50)
+    finalImg = Image.alpha_composite(combinedBG,combined)
+    #finalImg = ImageOps.pad(finalImg, findImageWithMostPixels(imageArray).size,color=(0, 0, 0, 0))
+    finalImg = finalImg.convert('RGB')
     return finalImg
 
 def downloadImage(url):
-    return Image.open(BytesIO(get(url).content))
+    for i in range(3):
+        try:
+            return Image.open(BytesIO(get(url).content))
+        except:
+            pass
+    return None
 
 def genImageFromURL(urlArray):
     # this method avoids storing the images in disk, instead they're stored in memory
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ def genImageFromURL(urlArray):
         imageArray = [executor.submit(downloadImage, url) for url in urlArray]
         imageArray = [future.result() for future in imageArray]
     print(f"Images downloaded in: {timer() - start}s")
+    if (None in imageArray): # return none if any of the images failed to download
+        return None
     start = timer()
     finalImg = genImage(imageArray)
     print(f"Image generated in: {timer() - start}s")
@@ -129,6 +133,8 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
         if not img.startswith("https://pbs.twimg.com"):
             return {'statusCode':400,'body':'Invalid image URL'}
     combined = genImageFromURL(images)
+    if (combined == None):
+        return {'statusCode':500,'body':'Failed to download image(s)'}
     buffered = BytesIO()
     combined.save(buffered,format="JPEG",quality=60)
     combined_str=base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode('ascii')
@@ -136,7 +142,8 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
         'statusCode': 200,
         "headers": 
         {
-            "Content-Type": "image/jpeg"
+            "Content-Type": "image/jpeg",
+            "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=86400"
         },
         'body': combined_str,
         'isBase64Encoded': True
diff --git a/msgs.py b/msgs.py
index f860d08..a01c04a 100644
--- a/msgs.py
+++ b/msgs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-failedToScan="Failed to scan your link! This may be due to an incorrect link, private/suspended account, deleted tweet, or Twitter itself might be having issues (Check here: https://api.twitterstat.us/)"
+failedToScan="Failed to scan your link! This may be due to an incorrect link, private/suspended account, deleted tweet, or recent changes to Twitter's API (Thanks, Elon!)."
 failedToScanExtra = "\n\nTwitter gave me this error: "
 tweetNotFound="Tweet not found."
 tweetSuspended="This Tweet is from a suspended account." 
diff --git a/twitfix.py b/twitfix.py
index 38d3ce1..544b613 100644
--- a/twitfix.py
+++ b/twitfix.py
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ generate_embed_user_agents = [
     "Synapse (bot; +https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse)",
     "test"]
 
+def isValidUserAgent(user_agent):
+    return user_agent in generate_embed_user_agents
+
 @app.route('/') # If the useragent is discord, return the embed, if not, redirect to configured repo directly
 def default():
     user_agent = request.headers.get('user-agent')
-    if user_agent in generate_embed_user_agents:
+    if isValidUserAgent(user_agent):
         return message("TwitFix is an attempt to fix twitter video embeds in discord! created by Robin Universe :)\n\n💖\n\nClick me to be redirected to the repo!")
     else:
         return redirect(config['config']['repo'], 301)
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ def twitfix(sub_path):
             return message(msgs.failedToScan)
         return make_cached_vnf_response(vnf,getTemplate("rawvideo.html",vnf,"","",clean,"","","",""))
     elif request.url.startswith("https://d.vx"): # Matches d.fx? Try to give the user a direct link
-        if user_agent in generate_embed_user_agents:
+        if isValidUserAgent(user_agent):
             twitter_url = config['config']['url'] + "/"+sub_path
             log.debug( "d.vx link shown to discord user-agent!")
             if request.url.endswith(".mp4") and "?" not in request.url:
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ def twitfix(sub_path):
         if match.start() == 0:
             twitter_url = "https://twitter.com/" + sub_path
 
-        if user_agent in generate_embed_user_agents:
+        if isValidUserAgent(user_agent):
             res = embedCombined(twitter_url)
             return res
 
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ def dir(sub_path):
         if match.start() == 0:
             twitter_url = "https://twitter.com/" + url
 
-        if user_agent in generate_embed_user_agents:
+        if isValidUserAgent(user_agent):
             res = embed_video(twitter_url)
             return res