diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index e096c42..f8f661d 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (fallbackAPIServer *FallbackAPIServer) PlayerNamesToIDs(remainingLowerNames
 	return responses
 }
 
-func (fallbackAPIServer *FallbackAPIServer) PlayerNamesToIDsWorker() {
+func (app *App) PlayerNamesToIDsWorker(fallbackAPIServer *FallbackAPIServer) {
 	// All communication with the POST /profiles/minecraft (a.k.a. POST
 	// /minecraft/profile/lookup/bulk/byname) route on a fallback API server is
 	// done by a single goroutine running this function. It buffers a queue of
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ func (fallbackAPIServer *FallbackAPIServer) PlayerNamesToIDsWorker() {
 					}
 				}
 
+				// Double-check for validity, invalid player names will spoil
+				// the entire batch. We will assume that if a player name is
+				// valid to Drasl, it is valid on all fallback API servers (if
+				// this becomes a problem in the future, we may need a
+				// FallbackAPIServer.ValidPlayerNameRegex.
+				if app.ValidatePlayerName(job.LowerName) != nil {
+					job.ReturnCh <- mo.None[PlayerNameToIDResponse]()
+					continue
+				}
+
 				if _, ok := lowerNameToResponseChs[job.LowerName]; !ok {
 					lowerNameQueue = append(lowerNameQueue, &job.LowerName)
 				}
@@ -197,6 +207,17 @@ func AccountPlayerNameToID(app *App) func(c echo.Context) error {
 		}
 
 		lowerName := strings.ToLower(playerName)
+		if app.ValidatePlayerName(lowerName) != nil {
+			// This error message is consistent with POST
+			// https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/:playerName as
+			// of 2025-04-03
+			errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("getProfileName.name: Invalid profile name")
+			return &YggdrasilError{
+				Code:         http.StatusBadRequest,
+				Error_:       mo.Some("CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION"),
+				ErrorMessage: mo.Some(errorMessage),
+			}
+		}
 
 		var player Player
 		result := app.DB.First(&player, "name = ?", lowerName)
@@ -246,7 +267,8 @@ func AccountPlayerNamesToIDs(app *App) func(c echo.Context) error {
 				Error_:       mo.Some("CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION"),
 				ErrorMessage: mo.Some(errorMessage),
 			}
-		} else if len(playerNames) > MAX_PLAYER_NAMES_TO_IDS {
+		}
+		if len(playerNames) > MAX_PLAYER_NAMES_TO_IDS {
 			// This error message is consistent with POST
 			// https://api.mojang.com/profiles/minecraft as of 2025-04-02
 			errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("getProfileName.profileNames: size must be between 0 and %d", MAX_PLAYER_NAMES_TO_IDS)
@@ -271,7 +293,20 @@ func AccountPlayerNamesToIDs(app *App) func(c echo.Context) error {
 					ErrorMessage: mo.Some(errorMessage),
 				}
 			}
-			remainingLowerNames.Add(strings.ToLower(playerName))
+
+			lowerName := strings.ToLower(playerName)
+			if app.ValidatePlayerName(lowerName) != nil {
+				// This error message is consistent with POST
+				// https://api.mojang.com/profiles/minecraft as of 2025-04-03
+				errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("getProfileName.profileNames[%d].<list element>: Invalid profile name", i)
+				return &YggdrasilError{
+					Code:         http.StatusBadRequest,
+					Error_:       mo.Some("CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION"),
+					ErrorMessage: mo.Some(errorMessage),
+				}
+			}
+
+			remainingLowerNames.Add(lowerName)
 		}
 
 		for _, lowerName := range remainingLowerNames.ToSlice() {
diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 56faef6..fb93ac6 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	mapset "github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@ func (app *App) GetFallbackSkinTexturesProperty(player *Player) (*SessionProfile
 		fallbackPlayer = player.FallbackPlayer
 	}
 
-	for _, fallbackAPIServer := range app.Config.FallbackAPIServers {
+	for _, fallbackAPIServer := range app.FallbackAPIServers {
 		var id string
 		if fallbackPlayerIsUUID {
 			// If we have the UUID already, use it
@@ -695,38 +696,17 @@ func (app *App) GetFallbackSkinTexturesProperty(player *Player) (*SessionProfile
 		} else {
 			// Otherwise, we only know the player name. Query the fallback API
 			// server to get the fallback player's UUID
-			// TODO this should POST /profiles/minecraft instead to be authlib-injector-compatible
-			reqURL, err := url.JoinPath(fallbackAPIServer.AccountURL, "/users/profiles/minecraft/", fallbackPlayer)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(err)
+			lowerName := strings.ToLower(fallbackPlayer)
+			fallbackResponses := fallbackAPIServer.PlayerNamesToIDs(mapset.NewSet(lowerName))
+			if len(fallbackResponses) == 1 && strings.EqualFold(lowerName, fallbackResponses[0].Name) {
+				id = fallbackResponses[0].ID
+			} else {
 				continue
 			}
-			res, err := app.CachedGet(reqURL, fallbackAPIServer.CacheTTLSeconds)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Couldn't access fallback API server at %s: %s\n", reqURL, err)
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-				// Be silent, 404s will be common here
-				continue
-			}
-
-			var playerResponse PlayerNameToIDResponse
-			err = json.Unmarshal(res.BodyBytes, &playerResponse)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Received invalid response from fallback API server at %s\n", reqURL)
-				continue
-			}
-			id = playerResponse.ID
-		}
-		reqURL, err := url.JoinPath(fallbackAPIServer.SessionURL, "session/minecraft/profile", id)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println(err)
-			continue
 		}
 
-		res, err := app.CachedGet(reqURL+"?unsigned=false", fallbackAPIServer.CacheTTLSeconds)
+		reqURL := fallbackAPIServer.Config.SessionURL + "/session/minecraft/profile/" + url.PathEscape(id)
+		res, err := app.CachedGet(reqURL+"?unsigned=false", fallbackAPIServer.Config.CacheTTLSeconds)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Couldn't access fallback API server at %s: %s\n", reqURL, err)
 			continue
@@ -806,11 +786,7 @@ func (app *App) GetDefaultSkinTexture(player *Player) *texture {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	defaultSkinURL, err := url.JoinPath(app.FrontEndURL, "web/texture/default-skin/"+filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error generating default skin URL for file %s\n", *defaultSkinPath)
-		return nil
-	}
+	defaultSkinURL := app.FrontEndURL + "/web/texture/default-skin/" + url.PathEscape(filename)
 
 	skinModel := SkinModelClassic
 	if slimSkinRegex.MatchString(*defaultSkinPath) {
@@ -844,11 +820,7 @@ func (app *App) GetDefaultCapeTexture(player *Player) *texture {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	defaultCapeURL, err := url.JoinPath(app.FrontEndURL, "web/texture/default-cape/"+filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error generating default cape URL for file %s\n", *defaultCapePath)
-		return nil
-	}
+	defaultCapeURL := app.FrontEndURL + "/web/texture/default-cape/" + url.PathEscape(filename)
 
 	return &texture{
 		URL: defaultCapeURL,
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fe042df..c88da73 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ func setup(config *Config) *App {
 
 func (app *App) Run() {
 	for _, fallbackAPIServer := range PtrSlice(app.FallbackAPIServers) {
-		go (*fallbackAPIServer).PlayerNamesToIDsWorker()
+		go app.PlayerNamesToIDsWorker(fallbackAPIServer)
 	}
 }