diff --git a/src/flags.js b/src/flags.js
index 00bce1d9bd..ade04d16b9 100644
--- a/src/flags.js
+++ b/src/flags.js
@@ -273,23 +273,25 @@ Flags.sort = async function (flagIds, sort) {
 	return flagIds;
 };
 
+// Chatgpt Assisted Code
 Flags.validate = async function (payload) {
+	console.log('Salman Al-Saigh');
 	const [target, reporter] = await Promise.all([
 		Flags.getTarget(payload.type, payload.id, payload.uid),
 		user.getUserData(payload.uid),
 	]);
-
 	if (!target) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
-	} else if (target.deleted) {
+	}
+	if (target.deleted) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:post-deleted]]');
-	} else if (!reporter || !reporter.userslug) {
+	}
+	if (!reporter || !reporter.userslug) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
-	} else if (reporter.banned) {
+	}
+	if (reporter.banned) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:user-banned]]');
 	}
-
-	// Disallow flagging of profiles/content of privileged users
 	const [targetPrivileged, reporterPrivileged] = await Promise.all([
 		user.isPrivileged(target.uid),
 		user.isPrivileged(reporter.uid),
@@ -297,13 +299,14 @@ Flags.validate = async function (payload) {
 	if (targetPrivileged && !reporterPrivileged) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:cant-flag-privileged]]');
 	}
-
 	if (payload.type === 'post') {
 		const editable = await privileges.posts.canEdit(payload.id, payload.uid);
 		if (!editable.flag && !meta.config['reputation:disabled'] && reporter.reputation < meta.config['min:rep:flag']) {
 			throw new Error(`[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag, ${meta.config['min:rep:flag']}]]`);
 		}
-	} else if (payload.type === 'user') {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (payload.type === 'user') {
 		if (parseInt(payload.id, 10) === parseInt(payload.uid, 10)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:cant-flag-self]]');
 		}
@@ -311,11 +314,13 @@ Flags.validate = async function (payload) {
 		if (!editable && !meta.config['reputation:disabled'] && reporter.reputation < meta.config['min:rep:flag']) {
 			throw new Error(`[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag, ${meta.config['min:rep:flag']}]]`);
 		}
-	} else {
-		throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
+		return;
 	}
+	throw new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 };
 
+
+
 Flags.getNotes = async function (flagId) {
 	let notes = await db.getSortedSetRevRangeWithScores(`flag:${flagId}:notes`, 0, -1);
 	notes = await modifyNotes(notes);
diff --git a/test/flags.js b/test/flags.js
index ee150a10c4..555d3bc4ae 100644
--- a/test/flags.js
+++ b/test/flags.js
@@ -754,6 +754,26 @@ describe('Flags', () => {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		// ChatGPT Assisted from below this comment
+
+		it('should error out if a user tries to flag themselves', (done) => {
+			Flags.validate({
+				type: 'user',
+				id: 1,
+				uid: 1,
+			}, (err) => {
+				assert.ok(err);
+				assert.strictEqual('[[error:cant-flag-self]]', err.message);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+
+
+
+
+
+		// Above is chatgpt assisted code above
 	});
 
 	describe('.appendNote()', () => {