diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/datatypes.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/datatypes.js
index 48da176..602fb96 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/datatypes.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/datatypes.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const generateColor = (user_str) => {
  */
 export function Chat({ chatObj, user, path }) {
   function deleteMessage() {
-    remove(ref(database, `/rooms/${path}/chats/${chatObj.timestamp}-${chatObj.user}`))
+    remove(ref(database, `${path}/chats/${chatObj.timestamp}-${chatObj.user}`))
   }
   var messageFilterBypass = [undefined, null, '', ' ', '\'', '\"']
   if (!messageFilterBypass.includes(chatObj.body) && (chatObj.body.length != 1 && !chatObj.body[0].match(/\W/))) {
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
index fc0a6b7..2d6e84b 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function DMRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
         <Chat
           chatObj={messages[message]}
           user={user}
-          path={roomObj.path + "/" + roomObj.name + "-" + roomObj.timestamp}
+          path={"/dms/" + roomObj.room}
           key={messages[message].timestamp}
         />
       );
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
index 254c174..4df9604 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function ChatRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
         <Chat
           chatObj={messages[message]}
           user={user}
-          path={roomObj.path + "/" + roomObj.name + "-" + roomObj.timestamp}
+          path={"/rooms/" +roomObj.path + "/" + roomObj.name + "-" + roomObj.timestamp}
           key={messages[message].timestamp}
         />
       );