diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Tables/User.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Tables/User.cs
index fb832d4f..3da61447 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Tables/User.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Tables/User.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class User : IEntity
 	[Column("isBot")]
 	public bool IsBot { get; set; }
 
-	[Column("isSystem")] public bool IsSystem { get; set; }
+	[Column("isSystem")] public bool IsSystemUser { get; set; }
 
 	[Column("isRelayActor")] public bool IsRelayActor { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/SystemUserService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/SystemUserService.cs
index c38b84f0..98850803 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/SystemUserService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/SystemUserService.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class SystemUserService(ILogger<SystemUserService> logger, DatabaseContex
 			IsLocked      = true,
 			IsExplorable  = false,
 			IsBot         = true,
-			IsSystem      = true
+			IsSystemUser  = true
 		};
 
 		var userKeypair = new UserKeypair
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
index 1277a2db..a549e888 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/UserService.cs
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ public class UserService(
 			throw GracefulException.UnprocessableEntity("You cannot follow yourself");
 		if (follower.IsRemoteUser && followee.IsRemoteUser)
 			throw GracefulException.UnprocessableEntity("Cannot process follow between two remote users");
+		if (follower.IsSystemUser || followee.IsSystemUser)
+			throw GracefulException.UnprocessableEntity("System users cannot have follow relationships");
 
 		Guid? relationshipId = null;