diff --git a/profiles/src/lib.rs b/profiles/src/lib.rs
index 9a38b79..7fecb00 100644
--- a/profiles/src/lib.rs
+++ b/profiles/src/lib.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pub struct ContentConfig {
     pub max_display_name_length: usize,
     pub max_handle_length: usize,
     pub max_domain_length: usize,
-    pub max_subission_title_length: usize,
+    pub max_submission_title_length: usize,
     pub max_submission_body_length: usize,
     pub max_post_title_length: usize,
     pub max_post_body_length: usize,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl State {
         db: Db,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Self>, sled::Error> {
         Ok(Arc::new(State {
-            store: store::Store::build(&db)?,
+            store: store::Store::build(content_config.max_handle_length, &db)?,
             apub: apub::Store::build(apub_info, &db)?,
             pictrs: pictrs::State::new(pictrs_upstream, image_info),
             spawner: Arc::new(spawner),
diff --git a/profiles/src/store/mod.rs b/profiles/src/store/mod.rs
index e6510f2..eaa2b93 100644
--- a/profiles/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/profiles/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ pub struct Store {
 }
 
 impl Store {
-    pub fn build(db: &Db) -> Result<Store, sled::Error> {
+    pub fn build(max_handle_length: usize, db: &Db) -> Result<Store, sled::Error> {
         Ok(Store {
-            profiles: profile::Store::build(db)?,
+            profiles: profile::Store::build(max_handle_length, db)?,
             files: file::Store::build(db)?,
             submissions: submission::Store::build(db)?,
             comments: comment::Store::build(db)?,
diff --git a/profiles/src/store/profile.rs b/profiles/src/store/profile.rs
index eb4b335..7dbf25a 100644
--- a/profiles/src/store/profile.rs
+++ b/profiles/src/store/profile.rs
@@ -379,14 +379,14 @@ impl Profile {
 }
 
 impl Store {
-    pub(super) fn build(db: &Db) -> Result<Self, sled::Error> {
+    pub(super) fn build(max_handle_length: usize, db: &Db) -> Result<Self, sled::Error> {
         Ok(Store {
             profile_tree: db.open_tree("profiles/profiles")?,
             handle_tree: db.open_tree("profiles/profiles/handles")?,
             owner_created_tree: db.open_tree("/profiles/profiles/owner/created")?,
             created_tree: db.open_tree("/profiles/profiles/created")?,
             count_tree: db.open_tree("/profiles/profiles/count")?,
-            handle_index: TermSearch::build("handle", 20, db)?,
+            handle_index: TermSearch::build("handle", max_handle_length, db)?,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/profiles/src/store/submission.rs b/profiles/src/store/submission.rs
index c55e777..437fa7d 100644
--- a/profiles/src/store/submission.rs
+++ b/profiles/src/store/submission.rs
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ impl<'a> SubmissionChanges<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn title(&mut self, title: &str) -> &mut Self {
         let title = strip(title.trim());
 
-        if title.len() > self.state.content_config.max_subission_title_length {
+        if title.len() > self.state.content_config.max_submission_title_length {
             self.errors.push(ValidationError {
                 field: String::from("title"),
                 kind: ValidationErrorKind::TooLong {
-                    maximum: self.state.content_config.max_subission_title_length,
+                    maximum: self.state.content_config.max_submission_title_length,
                     proposed: title.len(),
                 },
             });
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl<'a> SubmissionChanges<'a> {
             self.errors.push(ValidationError {
                 field: String::from("description"),
                 kind: ValidationErrorKind::TooLong {
-                    maximum: self.state.content_config.max_subission_title_length,
+                    maximum: self.state.content_config.max_submission_body_length,
                     proposed: description.len(),
                 },
             });