diff --git a/pkg/controller/chat/chat.go b/pkg/controller/chat/chat.go
index c275e38..9a1b24f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/chat/chat.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/chat/chat.go
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package chat
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/config"
+	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/log"
 	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/models"
 	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/photo"
 	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/session"
@@ -99,6 +103,11 @@ func Landing() http.HandlerFunc {
 				return
 			}
 
+			// Send over their blocklist to the chat server.
+			if err := SendBlocklist(currentUser); err != nil {
+				log.Error("SendBlocklist: %s", err)
+			}
+
 			// Redirect them to the chat room.
 			templates.Redirect(w, strings.TrimSuffix(chatURL, "/")+"/?jwt="+ss)
 			return
@@ -117,3 +126,51 @@ func Landing() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+// SendBlocklist syncs the user blocklist to the chat server prior to sending them over.
+func SendBlocklist(user *models.User) error {
+	// Get the user's blocklist.
+	blockedUsernames := models.BlockedUsernames(user.ID)
+	log.Info("SendBlocklist(%s) to BareRTC: %d blocked usernames", user.Username, len(blockedUsernames))
+
+	// API request struct for BareRTC /api/blocklist endpoint.
+	var request = struct {
+		APIKey    string
+		Username  string
+		Blocklist []string
+	}{
+		config.Current.CronAPIKey,
+		user.Username,
+		blockedUsernames,
+	}
+
+	// JSON request body.
+	jsonStr, err := json.Marshal(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Make the API request to BareRTC.
+	var url = config.Current.BareRTC.URL + "/api/blocklist"
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonStr))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		log.Error("SendBlocklist: error syncing blocklist to BareRTC: status %d body %s", resp.StatusCode, body)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/models/blocklist.go b/pkg/models/blocklist.go
index 144611c..7aabc29 100644
--- a/pkg/models/blocklist.go
+++ b/pkg/models/blocklist.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package models
 import (
 	"time"
 
+	"code.nonshy.com/nonshy/website/pkg/log"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func PaginateBlockList(user *User, pager *Pagination) ([]*User, error) {
 	return GetUsers(user, userIDs)
 }
 
-// BlockedUserIDs returns all user IDs blocked by the user.
+// BlockedUserIDs returns all user IDs blocked by the user (bidirectional, source or target user).
 func BlockedUserIDs(userId uint64) []uint64 {
 	var (
 		bs      = []*Block{}
@@ -108,6 +109,47 @@ func BlockedUserIDs(userId uint64) []uint64 {
 	return userIDs
 }
 
+// BlockedUserIDsByUser returns all user IDs blocked by the user (one directional only)
+func BlockedUserIDsByUser(userId uint64) []uint64 {
+	var (
+		bs      = []*Block{}
+		userIDs = []uint64{}
+	)
+	DB.Where("source_user_id = ?", userId).Find(&bs)
+	for _, row := range bs {
+		for _, uid := range []uint64{row.TargetUserID, row.SourceUserID} {
+			if uid != userId {
+				userIDs = append(userIDs, uid)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return userIDs
+}
+
+// BlockedUsernames returns all usernames blocked by the user.
+func BlockedUsernames(userId uint64) []string {
+	var (
+		userIDs   = BlockedUserIDsByUser(userId)
+		usernames = []string{}
+	)
+
+	if len(userIDs) == 0 {
+		return usernames
+	}
+
+	if res := DB.Table(
+		"users",
+	).Select(
+		"username",
+	).Where(
+		"id IN ?", userIDs,
+	).Scan(&usernames); res.Error != nil {
+		log.Error("BlockedUsernames(%d): %s", userId, res.Error)
+	}
+
+	return usernames
+}
+
 // UnblockUser removes targetUserID from your blocklist.
 func UnblockUser(sourceUserID, targetUserID uint64) error {
 	result := DB.Where(
diff --git a/pkg/models/friend.go b/pkg/models/friend.go
index 2745a1a..6722858 100644
--- a/pkg/models/friend.go
+++ b/pkg/models/friend.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func FriendIDsAreExplicit(userId uint64) []uint64 {
 	).Scan(&userIDs)
 
 	if err.Error != nil {
-		log.Error("SQL error collecting explicit FriendIDs for %d: %s", userId, err)
+		log.Error("SQL error collecting explicit FriendIDs for %d: %s", userId, err.Error)
 	}
 
 	return userIDs