diff --git a/assets/openapi.json b/assets/openapi.json
index 298ad18..3c57318 100644
--- a/assets/openapi.json
+++ b/assets/openapi.json
@@ -7627,6 +7627,9 @@
                             "type": "string"
                         }
                     },
+                    "tag": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
                     "id": {
                         "type": "string"
                     }
@@ -7658,6 +7661,7 @@
                     "security_keys",
                     "sessions",
                     "system",
+                    "tag",
                     "username",
                     "verified",
                     "webauthn_enabled"
diff --git a/assets/schemas.json b/assets/schemas.json
index a7d759f..46a3693 100644
--- a/assets/schemas.json
+++ b/assets/schemas.json
@@ -8097,6 +8097,9 @@
                     "type": "string"
                 }
             },
+            "tag": {
+                "type": "string"
+            },
             "id": {
                 "type": "string"
             }
@@ -8129,6 +8132,7 @@
             "security_keys",
             "sessions",
             "system",
+            "tag",
             "username",
             "verified",
             "webauthn_enabled"
diff --git a/src/api/routes/auth/forgot.ts b/src/api/routes/auth/forgot.ts
index 26e1b35..4ebb965 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/auth/forgot.ts
+++ b/src/api/routes/auth/forgot.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
         if (user && user.email) {
             Email.sendResetPassword(user, user.email).catch((e) => {
-                console.error(`Failed to send password reset email to ${user.username}#${user.discriminator} (${user.id}): ${e}`);
+                console.error(`Failed to send password reset email to ${user.tag} (${user.id}): ${e}`);
             });
         }
     },
diff --git a/src/api/routes/auth/verify/resend.ts b/src/api/routes/auth/verify/resend.ts
index 4c0339b..453c616 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/auth/verify/resend.ts
+++ b/src/api/routes/auth/verify/resend.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 return res.sendStatus(204);
             })
             .catch((e) => {
-                console.error(`Failed to send verification email to ${user.username}#${user.discriminator}: ${e}`);
+                console.error(`Failed to send verification email to ${user.tag}: ${e}`);
                 throw new HTTPError("Failed to send verification email", 500);
             });
     },
diff --git a/src/util/entities/User.ts b/src/util/entities/User.ts
index 84471e0..d3c01c1 100644
--- a/src/util/entities/User.ts
+++ b/src/util/entities/User.ts
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public get tag(): string {
+        //const { uniqueUsernames } = Config.get().general;
+        const uniqueUsernames = false;
+
+        return uniqueUsernames ? this.username : `${this.username}#${this.discriminator}`;
+    }
+
     static async register({
         email,
         username,
@@ -310,7 +317,7 @@
         // send verification email if users aren't verified by default and we have an email
         if (!Config.get().defaults.user.verified && email) {
             await Email.sendVerifyEmail(user, email).catch((e) => {
-                console.error(`Failed to send verification email to ${user.username}#${user.discriminator}: ${e}`);
+                console.error(`Failed to send verification email to ${user.tag}: ${e}`);
             });
         }