diff --git a/src/lib/api/piefed/schema.d.ts b/src/lib/api/piefed/schema.d.ts
index 8583181a..44d14037 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/piefed/schema.d.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/piefed/schema.d.ts
@@ -5888,7 +5888,7 @@ export interface components {
     }
     PollVoteRequest: {
       post_id: number
-      choice_id: number
+      choice_id: number[]
     }
     PollVoteResponse: {
       banned_from_community: boolean
diff --git a/src/lib/api/types/generated.ts b/src/lib/api/types/generated.ts
index 189158ee..5ac19930 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/types/generated.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/types/generated.ts
@@ -2432,6 +2432,7 @@ export interface PostPoll {
   local_only: boolean
   latest_vote?: string
   choices: PollChoice[]
+  my_votes?: number[]
 }
 
 export interface PollChoice {
@@ -2463,7 +2464,7 @@ export interface PostEvent {
 
 export interface PollVote {
   post_id: number
-  choice_id: number
+  choice_id: number[]
 }
 
 export interface SetNote {
diff --git a/src/lib/app/error.ts b/src/lib/app/error.ts
index 9249379f..62df024b 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/error.ts
+++ b/src/lib/app/error.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { t } from "./i18n"
+import { t } from './i18n'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line
 export function errorMessage(error: any, instance?: string): string {
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ export function errorMessage(error: any, instance?: string): string {
     if (typeof error == 'string') {
       try {
         error = JSON.parse(error)
-      } catch { 
+      } catch {
         /* try without catch would be cool imo */
       }
     }
 
     if (error?.body?.message) {
-      error = JSON.parse(error?.body?.message).error
+      error = JSON.parse(error?.body?.message)
+      if (error?.message) {
+        // probably piefed weird error format
+        error = error.message
+      }
     } else if (error?.message) {
       error = error?.message
     } else if (error?.error && typeof error?.error === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/lib/feature/post/media/PostPoll.svelte b/src/lib/feature/post/media/PostPoll.svelte
index ac93e465..9152c4de 100644
--- a/src/lib/feature/post/media/PostPoll.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/feature/post/media/PostPoll.svelte
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@
 
   let { post }: Props = $props()
 
-  let selected = $state<number | number[]>()
+  let selected = $state<number | number[] | undefined>(
+    post.poll.my_votes?.length == 1
+      ? post.poll.my_votes[0]
+      : post.poll.my_votes,
+  )
 
   let canVote = $state<boolean>(
     !(
       (post.poll.end_poll &&
         publishedToDate(post.poll.end_poll).getTime() < Date.now()) ||
-      !profile.current.jwt
+      !profile.current.jwt ||
+      (post.poll.my_votes?.length ?? 0) > 0
     ),
   )
   let chosen = $state<number | undefined>(canVote ? undefined : -1)
@@ -53,18 +58,10 @@
       canVote = false
 
       if (typeof id !== 'number') {
-        await Promise.all([
-          id.map((i) =>
-            api
-              .voteOnPoll({
-                post_id: post.id,
-                choice_id: i,
-              })
-              .catch((err) => {
-                throw err
-              }),
-          ),
-        ])
+        await api.voteOnPoll({
+          post_id: post.id,
+          choice_id: id,
+        })
       } else {
         await api.voteOnPoll({
           post_id: post.id,