diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
index 4d3cd2cf9..82a6bce21 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
@@ -598,13 +598,13 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
 
         public async Task<RequestEngineResult> ApproveMovieById(int requestId, bool is4K)
         {
-            var request = await MovieRepository.Find(requestId);
+            var request = await MovieRepository.GetWithUser().FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == requestId);
             return await ApproveMovie(request, is4K);
         }
 
         public async Task<RequestEngineResult> DenyMovieById(int modelId, string denyReason, bool is4K)
         {
-            var request = await MovieRepository.Find(modelId);
+            var request = await MovieRepository.GetWithUser().FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == modelId);
             if (request == null)
             {
                 return new RequestEngineResult
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
 
         public async Task<RequestEngineResult> ReProcessRequest(int requestId, bool is4K, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var request = await MovieRepository.Find(requestId);
+            var request = await MovieRepository.GetWithUser().FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == requestId);
             if (request == null)
             {
                 return new RequestEngineResult
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
 
         public async Task<RequestEngineResult> MarkUnavailable(int modelId, bool is4K)
         {
-            var request = await MovieRepository.Find(modelId);
+            var request = await MovieRepository.GetWithUser().FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == modelId);
             if (request == null)
             {
                 return new RequestEngineResult
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
 
         public async Task<RequestEngineResult> MarkAvailable(int modelId, bool is4K)
         {
-            var request = await MovieRepository.Find(modelId);
+            var request = await MovieRepository.GetWithUser().FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == modelId);
             if (request == null)
             {
                 return new RequestEngineResult
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core/Senders/MovieSender.cs b/src/Ombi.Core/Senders/MovieSender.cs
index 26da3465c..3b0017492 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Core/Senders/MovieSender.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core/Senders/MovieSender.cs
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Senders
             if (settings.SendUserTags)
             {
                 var userTag = await GetOrCreateTag(model, settings);
-                tags.Add(userTag.id);
+                if (userTag != null)
+                {
+                    tags.Add(userTag.id);
+                }
             }
 
             // Overrides on the request take priority
@@ -246,6 +249,12 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Senders
 
         private async Task<Tag> GetOrCreateTag(MovieRequests model, RadarrSettings s)
         {
+            if (model.RequestedUser == null)
+            {
+                _log.LogWarning("Cannot create tag - RequestedUser is null for movie request {MovieTitle}", model.Title);
+                return null;
+            }
+            
             var tagName = model.RequestedUser.UserName;
             // Does tag exist?