diff --git a/src/app/api/send/route.ts b/src/app/api/send/route.ts
index 62212b5f..04876cd4 100644
--- a/src/app/api/send/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/send/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { startOfHour, startOfMonth } from 'date-fns';
 import clickhouse from '@/lib/clickhouse';
 import { parseRequest } from '@/lib/request';
 import { badRequest, json, forbidden, serverError } from '@/lib/response';
-import { fetchSession, fetchWebsite } from '@/lib/load';
+import { fetchWebsite } from '@/lib/load';
 import { getClientInfo, hasBlockedIp } from '@/lib/detect';
 import { createToken, parseToken } from '@/lib/jwt';
 import { secret, uuid, hash } from '@/lib/crypto';
@@ -103,32 +103,24 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 
     const sessionId = id ? uuid(websiteId, id) : uuid(websiteId, ip, userAgent, sessionSalt);
 
-    // Find session
+    // Create a session if not found
     if (!clickhouse.enabled && !cache?.sessionId) {
-      const session = await fetchSession(websiteId, sessionId);
-
-      // Create a session if not found
-      if (!session) {
-        try {
-          await createSession({
-            id: sessionId,
-            websiteId,
-            browser,
-            os,
-            device,
-            screen,
-            language,
-            country,
-            region,
-            city,
-            distinctId: id,
-          });
-        } catch (e: any) {
-          if (!e.message.toLowerCase().includes('unique constraint')) {
-            return serverError(e);
-          }
-        }
-      }
+      await createSession(
+        {
+          id: sessionId,
+          websiteId,
+          browser,
+          os,
+          device,
+          screen,
+          language,
+          country,
+          region,
+          city,
+          distinctId: id,
+        },
+        { skipDuplicates: true },
+      );
     }
 
     // Visit info
diff --git a/src/lib/detect.ts b/src/lib/detect.ts
index 00f42b42..2dc2f243 100644
--- a/src/lib/detect.ts
+++ b/src/lib/detect.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import ipaddr from 'ipaddr.js';
 import maxmind from 'maxmind';
 import {
   DESKTOP_OS,
-  MOBILE_OS,
   DESKTOP_SCREEN_WIDTH,
-  LAPTOP_SCREEN_WIDTH,
-  MOBILE_SCREEN_WIDTH,
   IP_ADDRESS_HEADERS,
+  LAPTOP_SCREEN_WIDTH,
+  MOBILE_OS,
+  MOBILE_SCREEN_WIDTH,
 } from './constants';
+import { safeDecodeURIComponent } from '@/lib/url';
 
 const MAXMIND = 'maxmind';
 
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ export async function getClientInfo(request: Request, payload: Record<string, an
   const userAgent = payload?.userAgent || request.headers.get('user-agent');
   const ip = payload?.ip || getIpAddress(request.headers);
   const location = await getLocation(ip, request.headers, !!payload?.ip);
-  const country = location?.country;
-  const region = location?.region;
-  const city = location?.city;
+  const country = safeDecodeURIComponent(location?.country);
+  const region = safeDecodeURIComponent(location?.region);
+  const city = safeDecodeURIComponent(location?.city);
   const browser = browserName(userAgent);
   const os = detectOS(userAgent) as string;
   const device = getDevice(payload?.screen, os);
diff --git a/src/queries/sql/events/getWebsiteEvents.ts b/src/queries/sql/events/getWebsiteEvents.ts
index d47b0665..9ec24a8a 100644
--- a/src/queries/sql/events/getWebsiteEvents.ts
+++ b/src/queries/sql/events/getWebsiteEvents.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ async function relationalQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
 
   return pagedRawQuery(
     `
-    with events as (
     select
       event_id as "id",
       website_id as "websiteId", 
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ async function relationalQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
         : ''
     }
     order by created_at desc
-    limit 1000)
-    select * from events
     `,
     { ...params, search: `%${search}%` },
     pageParams,
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ async function clickhouseQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
 
   return pagedQuery(
     `
-    with events as (
     select
       event_id as id,
       website_id as websiteId, 
@@ -89,8 +85,6 @@ async function clickhouseQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
         : ''
     }
     order by created_at desc
-    limit 1000)
-    select * from events
     `,
     { ...params, search },
     pageParams,
diff --git a/src/queries/sql/sessions/createSession.ts b/src/queries/sql/sessions/createSession.ts
index 9d1402b1..d2794c8f 100644
--- a/src/queries/sql/sessions/createSession.ts
+++ b/src/queries/sql/sessions/createSession.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { Prisma } from '@prisma/client';
 import prisma from '@/lib/prisma';
 
-export async function createSession(data: Prisma.SessionCreateInput) {
+export async function createSession(
+  data: Prisma.SessionCreateInput,
+  options = { skipDuplicates: false },
+) {
   const {
     id,
     websiteId,
@@ -16,19 +19,31 @@ export async function createSession(data: Prisma.SessionCreateInput) {
     distinctId,
   } = data;
 
-  return prisma.client.session.create({
-    data: {
-      id,
-      websiteId,
-      browser,
-      os,
-      device,
-      screen,
-      language,
-      country,
-      region,
-      city,
-      distinctId,
-    },
-  });
+  try {
+    return await prisma.client.session.create({
+      data: {
+        id,
+        websiteId,
+        browser,
+        os,
+        device,
+        screen,
+        language,
+        country,
+        region,
+        city,
+        distinctId,
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    // With skipDuplicates flag: ignore unique constraint error and return null
+    if (
+      options.skipDuplicates &&
+      e instanceof Prisma.PrismaClientKnownRequestError &&
+      e.code === 'P2002'
+    ) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    throw e;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts b/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
index ff702537..0d25de2b 100644
--- a/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
+++ b/src/queries/sql/sessions/getWebsiteSessions.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ async function relationalQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
 
   return pagedRawQuery(
     `
-    with sessions as (
     select
       session.session_id as "id",
       session.website_id as "websiteId",
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ async function relationalQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
       session.region, 
       session.city
     order by max(website_event.created_at) desc
-    limit 1000)
-    select * from sessions
     `,
     { ...params, search: `%${search}%` },
     pageParams,
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@ async function clickhouseQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
 
   return pagedQuery(
     `
-    with sessions as (
     select
       session_id as id,
       website_id as websiteId,
@@ -116,8 +112,6 @@ async function clickhouseQuery(websiteId: string, filters: QueryFilters, pagePar
     }
     group by session_id, website_id, hostname, browser, os, device, screen, language, country, region, city
     order by lastAt desc
-    limit 1000)
-    select * from sessions
     `,
     { ...params, search },
     pageParams,