diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 781409e0..7e09c97f 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -697,7 +697,11 @@ export default {
         status: 'ACTIVE',
         deletedAt: null,
         outlawed: false,
-        parentId: null
+        parentId: null,
+        OR: [
+          { invoiceActionState: 'PAID' },
+          { invoiceActionState: { is: null } }
+        ]
       }
       if (id) {
         where.id = { not: Number(id) }
diff --git a/components/adv-post-form.js b/components/adv-post-form.js
index af40d3f8..d1dd53cd 100644
--- a/components/adv-post-form.js
+++ b/components/adv-post-form.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react'
 import AccordianItem from './accordian-item'
 import { Input, InputUserSuggest, VariableInput, Checkbox } from './form'
 import InputGroup from 'react-bootstrap/InputGroup'
-import { BOOST_MIN, BOOST_MULT, MAX_FORWARDS, SSR } from '@/lib/constants'
+import { BOOST_MIN, BOOST_MAX, BOOST_MULT, MAX_FORWARDS, SSR } from '@/lib/constants'
 import { DEFAULT_CROSSPOSTING_RELAYS } from '@/lib/nostr'
 import Info from './info'
 import { abbrNum, numWithUnits } from '@/lib/format'
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function BoostHelp () {
       <li>The highest boost in a territory over the last 30 days is pinned to the top of the territory</li>
       <li>The highest boost across all territories over the last 30 days is pinned to the top of the homepage</li>
       <li>The minimum boost is {numWithUnits(BOOST_MIN, { abbreviate: false })}</li>
+      <li>The maximum boost is {numWithUnits(BOOST_MAX, { abbreviate: false })}</li>
       <li>Each {numWithUnits(BOOST_MULT, { abbreviate: false })} of boost is equivalent to a zap-vote from a maximally trusted stacker (very rare)
         <ul>
           <li>e.g. {numWithUnits(BOOST_MULT * 5, { abbreviate: false })} is like five zap-votes from a maximally trusted stacker</li>
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index a2feb4df..10ba34f8 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const UPLOAD_SIZE_MAX = 50 * 1024 * 1024
 export const UPLOAD_SIZE_MAX_AVATAR = 5 * 1024 * 1024
 export const BOOST_MULT = 10000
 export const BOOST_MIN = BOOST_MULT
+export const BOOST_MAX = 1_000_000
 export const IMAGE_PIXELS_MAX = 35000000
 // backwards compatibile with old media domain env var and precedence for docker url if set
 export const MEDIA_URL = process.env.MEDIA_URL_DOCKER || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MEDIA_URL || `https://${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MEDIA_DOMAIN}`
diff --git a/lib/validate.js b/lib/validate.js
index 98c78da1..5bc4fe7d 100644
--- a/lib/validate.js
+++ b/lib/validate.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import {
   BOOST_MIN, MAX_POLL_CHOICE_LENGTH, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH, MAX_POLL_NUM_CHOICES,
   MIN_POLL_NUM_CHOICES, MAX_FORWARDS, BOOST_MULT, MAX_TERRITORY_DESC_LENGTH, POST_TYPES,
   TERRITORY_BILLING_TYPES, MAX_COMMENT_TEXT_LENGTH, MAX_POST_TEXT_LENGTH, MIN_TITLE_LENGTH, BOUNTY_MIN, BOUNTY_MAX,
-  RESERVED_SUB_NAMES
+  RESERVED_SUB_NAMES,
+  BOOST_MAX
 } from './constants'
 import { SUPPORTED_CURRENCIES } from './currency'
 import { NOSTR_MAX_RELAY_NUM, NOSTR_PUBKEY_BECH32, NOSTR_PUBKEY_HEX } from './nostr'
@@ -125,10 +126,12 @@ export function advPostSchemaMembers ({ me, existingBoost = 0, ...args }) {
   const boostMin = existingBoost || BOOST_MIN
   return {
     boost: intValidator
-      .min(boostMin, `must be ${existingBoost ? '' : 'blank or '}at least ${boostMin}`).test({
+      .min(boostMin, `must be ${existingBoost ? '' : 'blank or '}at least ${numWithUnits(boostMin)}`)
+      .max(BOOST_MAX, `must be less than or equal to ${numWithUnits(BOOST_MAX)}`)
+      .test({
         name: 'boost',
         test: async boost => (!existingBoost && !boost) || boost % BOOST_MULT === 0,
-        message: `must be divisble be ${BOOST_MULT}`
+        message: `must be divisble by ${BOOST_MULT}`
       }),
     forward: array()
       .max(MAX_FORWARDS, `you can only configure ${MAX_FORWARDS} forward recipients`)
@@ -416,6 +419,7 @@ export const boostValidator = intValidator
     test: async boost => boost % BOOST_MULT === 0,
     message: `must be divisble be ${BOOST_MULT}`
   })
+  .max(BOOST_MAX, `must be less than or equal to ${numWithUnits(BOOST_MAX)}`)
 
 export const boostSchema = object({
   amount: boostValidator.required('required').positive('must be positive')