diff --git a/Sources/Integration/Session/Session+Contacts.swift b/Sources/Integration/Session/Session+Contacts.swift
index 3a462dbeaffc3ac675bb685f960d4b62736dd52b..d30f78c24e014cb411b0608638904d5664f626aa 100644
--- a/Sources/Integration/Session/Session+Contacts.swift
+++ b/Sources/Integration/Session/Session+Contacts.swift
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ extension Session {
         ///
         //try dbManager.deleteContact(contact)
 
-        _ = try? dbManager.deleteMessages(Message.Query(chat: .direct(myId, contact.id)))
         var contact = contact
         contact.email = nil
         contact.phone = nil
@@ -254,6 +253,6 @@ extension Session {
         contact.isBlocked = true
         contact.authStatus = .stranger
         contact.nickname = contact.username
-        _ = try? dbManager.saveContact(contact)
+        _ = try! dbManager.saveContact(contact)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/ReportingFeature/FetchBannedList.swift b/Sources/ReportingFeature/FetchBannedList.swift
index 55617df4518aad1e432173e03f791a99bd77af27..4ab2b3ee06b95358b7c690f1dfe42a9a37821bf8 100644
--- a/Sources/ReportingFeature/FetchBannedList.swift
+++ b/Sources/ReportingFeature/FetchBannedList.swift
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ extension FetchBannedList {
     public static let live = FetchBannedList { completion in
         let url = URL(string: "https://elixxir-bins.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/client/bannedUsers/bannedTesting.csv")!
         let session = URLSession.shared
-        let task = session.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
+        let request = URLRequest(url: url, cachePolicy: .reloadIgnoringLocalAndRemoteCacheData)
+        let task = session.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
             if let error = error {
                 completion(.failure(.network(error as! URLError)))
                 return
diff --git a/Sources/SearchFeature/ViewModels/SearchLeftViewModel.swift b/Sources/SearchFeature/ViewModels/SearchLeftViewModel.swift
index 4f7aa6efd70a98d40c38048559d424faae39575d..d5ea157daa163ad4380bea16df04c72195e9b075 100644
--- a/Sources/SearchFeature/ViewModels/SearchLeftViewModel.swift
+++ b/Sources/SearchFeature/ViewModels/SearchLeftViewModel.swift
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ final class SearchLeftViewModel {
         var snapshot = SearchSnapshot()
 
         if var user = user {
-            if let contact = try? session.dbManager.fetchContacts(.init(id: [user.id])).first {
+            if let contact = try! session.dbManager.fetchContacts(.init(id: [user.id])).first {
+                user.isBanned = contact.isBanned
+                user.isBlocked = contact.isBlocked
                 user.authStatus = contact.authStatus
             }