diff --git a/app/Services/CharacterManager.php b/app/Services/CharacterManager.php
index ac0e07c5ef..e00babd6c8 100644
--- a/app/Services/CharacterManager.php
+++ b/app/Services/CharacterManager.php
@@ -137,9 +137,11 @@ public function createCharacter($data, $user, $isMyo = false) {
             }
 
             // Create character lineage
-            $lineage = $this->handleCharacterLineage($data, $character, $isMyo);
-            if (!$lineage) {
-                throw new \Exception('Error happened while trying to create lineage.');
+            if (isset($data['parent_1_id']) || isset($data['parent_1_name']) || isset($data['parent_2_id']) || isset($data['parent_2_name'])) {
+                $lineage = $this->handleCharacterLineage($data, $character);
+                if (!$lineage) {
+                    throw new \Exception('Error happened while trying to create lineage.');
+                }
             }
 
             // Create character image
@@ -2122,7 +2124,7 @@ public function updateCharacterLineage($data, $character, $user, $isAdmin = fals
             if(!$user->hasPower('manage_characters')) throw new \Exception('You do not have the required permissions to do this.');
 
             if (!$character->lineage) {
-                return $this->handleCharacterLineage($data, $character, $character->is_myo_slot);
+                return $this->handleCharacterLineage($data, $character);
             } else {
                 $character->lineage->update([
                     'parent_1_id'   => $data['parent_1_id'] ?? null,
@@ -2149,10 +2151,14 @@ public function updateCharacterLineage($data, $character, $user, $isAdmin = fals
      * @param  bool                             $isMyo
      * @return \App\Models\Character\CharacterLineage|bool
      */
-    private function handleCharacterLineage($data, $character, $isMyo = false)
+    private function handleCharacterLineage($data, $character)
     {
         try {
 
+            if (!isset($data['parent_1_id']) && !isset($data['parent_1_name']) && !isset($data['parent_2_id']) && !isset($data['parent_2_name'])) {
+                throw new \Exception('No lineage data provided.');
+            }
+
             // check parent ids if set to see if character exists
             if (isset($data['parent_1_id']) && $data['parent_1_id']) {
                 $parent_1 = Character::find($data['parent_1_id']);
diff --git a/app/Services/Item/SlotService.php b/app/Services/Item/SlotService.php
index 56dabb7373..3eb86cbb45 100644
--- a/app/Services/Item/SlotService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Item/SlotService.php
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ public function act($stacks, $user, $data) {
                         if ($character = $charService->createCharacter($characterData, $user, true)) {
                             flash('<a href="'.$character->url.'">MYO slot</a> created successfully.')->success();
                         } else {
+                            foreach ($charService->errors()->getMessages()['error'] as $error) {
+                                flash($error)->error();
+                            }
                             throw new \Exception('Failed to use slot.');
                         }
                     }