diff --git a/sqlx-data.json b/sqlx-data.json
index aa9f717ad..5a8600877 100644
--- a/sqlx-data.json
+++ b/sqlx-data.json
@@ -2991,27 +2991,6 @@
     },
     "query": "\n        SELECT id FROM mods_gallery\n        WHERE image_url = $1\n        "
   },
-  "7cae1137ab3aaa8de1617d820fb5635eb7498e61174e79da3cdd0da7e99aaca3": {
-    "describe": {
-      "columns": [
-        {
-          "name": "exists",
-          "ordinal": 0,
-          "type_info": "Bool"
-        }
-      ],
-      "nullable": [
-        null
-      ],
-      "parameters": {
-        "Left": [
-          "Text",
-          "Int8"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "query": "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM versions WHERE (version_number = $1) AND (mod_id = $2))"
-  },
   "7cb691738c28e0d1f28c84ba2dbcfa21a6dbd859bcf0f565f90cd7ce2ea5aa1c": {
     "describe": {
       "columns": [],
diff --git a/src/database/models/mod.rs b/src/database/models/mod.rs
index 0df24ced1..9eea57b8e 100644
--- a/src/database/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/models/mod.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl ids::ProjectTypeId {
 }
 
 pub fn convert_postgres_date(input: &str) -> DateTime<Utc> {
-    DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(&*format!("{}:00Z", input.replace(' ', "T")))
+    DateTime::parse_from_str(input, "%Y-%m-%d %T%#z")
         .map(|x| x.with_timezone(&Utc))
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| Utc::now())
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/project_creation.rs b/src/routes/project_creation.rs
index 088fe00e9..ea02ae615 100644
--- a/src/routes/project_creation.rs
+++ b/src/routes/project_creation.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPool;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use validator::Validate;
@@ -362,12 +361,6 @@ pub async fn project_create_inner(
             CreateError::InvalidInput(validation_errors_to_string(err, None))
         })?;
 
-        let mut uniq = HashSet::new();
-        create_data
-            .initial_versions
-            .iter()
-            .all(|x| uniq.insert(x.version_number.clone()));
-
         let slug_project_id_option: Option<ProjectId> =
             serde_json::from_str(&*format!("\"{}\"", create_data.slug)).ok();
 
diff --git a/src/routes/version_creation.rs b/src/routes/version_creation.rs
index 0ba7ecc1e..051ed1eb5 100644
--- a/src/routes/version_creation.rs
+++ b/src/routes/version_creation.rs
@@ -169,23 +169,6 @@ async fn version_create_inner(
                 ));
             }
 
-            // Check whether there is already a version of this project with the
-            // same version number
-            let results = sqlx::query!(
-                "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM versions WHERE (version_number = $1) AND (mod_id = $2))",
-                version_create_data.version_number,
-                project_id as models::ProjectId,
-            )
-            .fetch_one(&mut *transaction)
-            .await?;
-
-            if results.exists.unwrap_or(true) {
-                return Err(CreateError::InvalidInput(
-                    "A version with that version_number already exists"
-                        .to_string(),
-                ));
-            }
-
             // Check that the user creating this version is a team member
             // of the project the version is being added to.
             let team_member = models::TeamMember::get_from_user_id_project(
@@ -367,10 +350,9 @@ async fn version_create_inner(
     )
     .fetch_many(&mut *transaction)
     .try_filter_map(|e| async {
-        Ok(e.right()
-            .map(|m| crate::database::models::ids::UserId(m.follower_id)))
+        Ok(e.right().map(|m| models::ids::UserId(m.follower_id)))
     })
-    .try_collect::<Vec<crate::database::models::ids::UserId>>()
+    .try_collect::<Vec<models::ids::UserId>>()
     .await?;
 
     let project_id: ProjectId = builder.project_id.into();
diff --git a/src/routes/versions.rs b/src/routes/versions.rs
index adc6fa79a..be1d31c46 100644
--- a/src/routes/versions.rs
+++ b/src/routes/versions.rs
@@ -253,23 +253,6 @@ pub async fn version_edit(
             }
 
             if let Some(number) = &new_version.version_number {
-                let results = sqlx::query!(
-                    "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM versions WHERE (version_number = $1) AND (mod_id = $2))",
-                    number,
-                    version_item.project_id as database::models::ids::ProjectId,
-                )
-                    .fetch_one(&mut *transaction)
-                    .await?;
-
-                if results.exists.unwrap_or(true)
-                    && &version_item.version_number != number
-                {
-                    return Err(ApiError::InvalidInput(
-                        "A version with that version_number already exists"
-                            .to_string(),
-                    ));
-                }
-
                 sqlx::query!(
                     "
                     UPDATE versions
diff --git a/src/validate/plugin.rs b/src/validate/plugin.rs
index d81127520..9effa2015 100644
--- a/src/validate/plugin.rs
+++ b/src/validate/plugin.rs
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ impl super::Validator for VelocityValidator {
         &self,
         archive: &mut ZipArchive<Cursor<bytes::Bytes>>,
     ) -> Result<ValidationResult, ValidationError> {
-        archive.by_name("velocity-plugin.json").map_err(|_| {
-            ValidationError::InvalidInput(
-                "No velocity-plugin.json present for plugin file.".into(),
-            )
-        })?;
+        if archive.by_name("velocity-plugin.json").is_err() {
+            return Ok(ValidationResult::Warning(
+                "No velocity-plugin.json present for plugin file.",
+            ));
+        }
 
         Ok(ValidationResult::Pass)
     }
diff --git a/src/validate/resourcepack.rs b/src/validate/resourcepack.rs
index d8c54f5d2..4f5fc3808 100644
--- a/src/validate/resourcepack.rs
+++ b/src/validate/resourcepack.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl super::Validator for PackValidator {
     ) -> Result<ValidationResult, ValidationError> {
         archive.by_name("pack.mcmeta").map_err(|_| {
             ValidationError::InvalidInput(
-                "No pack.mcmeta present for pack file.".into(),
+                "No pack.mcmeta present for pack file. Tip: Make sure pack.mcmeta is in the root directory of your pack!".into(),
             )
         })?;