diff --git a/gulp/res/js/captcha.js b/gulp/res/js/captcha.js
index 28b1dcf7..222819df 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/captcha.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/captcha.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class CaptchaController {
 		clearTimeout(this.refreshTimer); //this wont throw an error if its null, so no need to check
 		const captchaAge = this.captchaAge();
 		if (captchaAge != null) {
-			console.log('Refreshing captcha in ', 300000-captchaAge)
+			console.log('Refreshing captcha in ', 300000-captchaAge);
 			this.refreshTimer = setTimeout(() => {
 				this.refreshCaptchas();
 			}, 300000-captchaAge);
diff --git a/gulp/res/js/forms.js b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
index 7a97867f..7ed38bf9 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/forms.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
@@ -31,11 +31,22 @@ async function videoThumbnail(file) {
 	});
 }
 
-function doModal(data, postcallback) {
+function doModal(data, postcallback, loadcallback) {
 	try {
 		const modalHtml = modal({ modal: data });
 		let checkInterval;
 		document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', modalHtml);
+		const modals = document.getElementsByClassName('modal');
+		const modalBgs = document.getElementsByClassName('modal-bg');
+		if (modals.length > 1) {
+			const latestModalIndex = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(modals[1], null).getPropertyValue('z-index'));
+			//from appeals, or holding enter. make sure they show up above the previous modal
+			modals[0].style.zIndex = latestModalIndex + 3;
+			modalBgs[0].style.zIndex = latestModalIndex + 2;
+		}
+		if (loadcallback != null) {
+			loadcallback();
+		}
 		document.getElementById('modalclose').onclick = () => {
 			removeModal();
 			clearInterval(checkInterval);
@@ -46,9 +57,9 @@ function doModal(data, postcallback) {
 		};
 		const modalframe = document.getElementById('modalframe');
 		if (modalframe) {
-			//if theres a modal frame and user has default theme, style it
 			if (localStorage.getItem('theme') === 'default') {
 				modalframe.onload = () => {
+					//if theres a modal frame and user has default theme, style it
 					const currentTheme = document.head.querySelector('#theme').href;
 					modalframe.contentDocument.styleSheets[1].ownerNode.href = currentTheme;
 				}
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ function doModal(data, postcallback) {
 			}
 		}
 	} catch(e) {
-		console.error(e)
+		console.error(e);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -202,8 +213,7 @@ class postFormHandler {
 				postData.set('captcha', captchaResponse);
 			}
 		}
-		if (this.banned
-			|| this.minimal
+		if (this.minimal
 			|| (postData instanceof URLSearchParams && postData.get('edit') === '1')) {
 			return true;
 		} else {
@@ -251,9 +261,7 @@ class postFormHandler {
 						if (xhr.responseURL
 							&& xhr.responseURL !== `${location.origin}${this.form.getAttribute('action')}`) {
 							window.location = xhr.responseURL;
-							return;
-						} else if (xhr.responseText) {
-							//
+							return; //edits
 						}
 					} else {
 						if (json.postId) {
@@ -278,11 +286,7 @@ class postFormHandler {
 							forceUpdate();
 						}
 					}
-					//dont reset on edit, keep the new values in there. todo: add exceptions/better handling for this situation
-					const formAction = this.form.getAttribute('action');
 					if (this.resetOnSubmit) {
-//formAction !== '/forms/editpost'
-//!formAction.endsWith('/settings')) {
 						this.reset();
 					}
 				} else {
@@ -301,15 +305,32 @@ class postFormHandler {
 							if (captcha) {
 								captcha.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'));
 							}
+						} else if (json.bans) {
+							doModal(json, null, () => {
+								const modalBanned = document.getElementById('modalbanned');
+								const modalBanForm = modalBanned.querySelector('form');
+								const modalAppealHandler = new postFormHandler(modalBanForm);
+								for (let modalFormElement of modalAppealHandler.form.elements) {
+									//for ease of appeal, pre-check all the bans in this case.
+									if (modalFormElement.type === 'checkbox') {
+										modalFormElement.checked = true;
+									}
+								}
+								const appealCaptcha = modalAppealHandler.captchaField;
+								if (appealCaptcha) {
+									captchaController.setupCaptchaField(appealCaptcha);
+								}
+							});
+						} else {
+							doModal(json, () => {
+								this.formSubmit(e);
+							});
 						}
-						doModal(json, () => {
-							this.formSubmit(e);
-						});
 					} else {
-//for bans, post form to show TODO: make modal support bans json and send dynamicresponse from it (but what about appeals, w/ captcha, etc?)
-						this.clearFiles(); //dont resubmit files
-						this.banned = true;
-						this.form.dispatchEvent(new Event('submit'));
+						doModal({
+							'title': 'Error',
+							'message': 'Something broke'
+						});
 					}
 				}
 				this.submit.value = this.originalSubmitText;
diff --git a/lib/middleware/permission/bancheck.js b/lib/middleware/permission/bancheck.js
index 05ce5e21..6bc6cbb9 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/permission/bancheck.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/permission/bancheck.js
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 	if (bans && bans.length > 0) {
 		const unseenBans = bans.filter(b => !b.seen).map(b => b._id);
 		await Bans.markSeen(unseenBans); //mark bans as seen
-		bans.forEach(ban => ban.seen = true); //mark seen as true in memory for user viewed ban page
-		//todo: make a dynamicresponse, handle in frontend modal.
-		return res.status(403).render('ban', {
-			bans: bans,
+		bans.forEach(ban => {
+			ban.ip.raw = null;
+			ban.seen = true
+		}); //mark seen as true in memory for user viewed ban page
+		return dynamicResponse(req, res, 403, 'ban', {
+			bans,
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/models/forms/editpost.js b/models/forms/editpost.js
index 0771c2c3..368eeb54 100644
--- a/models/forms/editpost.js
+++ b/models/forms/editpost.js
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ todo: handle some more situations
 					};
  					const insertedResult = await Bans.insertOne(ban);
 					ban._id = insertedResult.insertedId;
-					return res.status(403).render('ban', {
+					ban.ip.raw = null; //for dynamicresponse
+					return dynamicResponse(req, res, 403, 'ban', {
 						bans: [ban]
 					});
 				}
diff --git a/models/forms/makepost.js b/models/forms/makepost.js
index f3c8d654..a6b92dd0 100644
--- a/models/forms/makepost.js
+++ b/models/forms/makepost.js
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ ${res.locals.numFiles > 0 ? req.files.file.map(f => f.name+'|'+(f.phash || '')).
 				};
 				const insertedResult = await Bans.insertOne(ban);
 				ban._id = insertedResult.insertedId;
-				return res.status(403).render('ban', {
+				ban.ip.raw = null; //for dynamicresponse
+				return dynamicResponse(req, res, 403, 'ban', {
 					bans: [ban]
 				});
 			}
diff --git a/views/includes/banform.pug b/views/includes/banform.pug
index 8cfbdd08..20dc3fba 100644
--- a/views/includes/banform.pug
+++ b/views/includes/banform.pug
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ form.form-post(action=`/forms/appeal`, enctype='application/x-www-form-urlencode
 			+ban(ban, true)
 	- const allowAppeal = bans.filter(ban => ban.allowAppeal === true && !ban.appeal).length > 0;
 	if allowAppeal === true
-		h4.no-m-p Appeal bans:
+		h4.no-m-p Appeal:
 			.form-wrapper.flexleft.mt-10
 				input(type='hidden' name='_csrf' value=csrf)
 				.row
diff --git a/views/mixins/ban.pug b/views/mixins/ban.pug
index ea3b36c5..54923f5b 100644
--- a/views/mixins/ban.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/ban.pug
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mixin ban(ban, banpage)
 			else 
 				| ⨯
 		td
-			if ban.allowAppeal
+			if ban.allowAppeal && !ban.appeal
 				| ✓
 			else 
 				| ⨯
diff --git a/views/mixins/modal.pug b/views/mixins/modal.pug
index 1fda4475..428b255a 100644
--- a/views/mixins/modal.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/modal.pug
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+include ../mixins/ban.pug
 mixin modal(data)
 	.modal-bg(style=data.hidden?'display:none':'')
 	.modal(id=(data.settings ? 'settingsmodal' : '') style=data.hidden?'display:none':'')
 		.row
 			p.bold #{data.title}
 			a.close.postform-style#modalclose ×
+		if data.bans
+			h1.board-title Banned!
+			.row#modalbanned
+				- const bans = data.bans
+				include ../includes/banform.pug
 		if data.message || data.messages || data.error || data.errors
 			.row
 				ul.nomarks