diff --git a/app/logic/participants.py b/app/logic/participants.py
index c451cdab3..cfa28cc88 100644
--- a/app/logic/participants.py
+++ b/app/logic/participants.py
@@ -297,10 +297,8 @@ def hasGoneToTraining(participant, term):
                                        Event.isAllVolunteerTraining | Event.isCeltsTraining)
                                 .order_by(Event.isCeltsTraining)
                 )
-    
     if not attended:
         return None
-    if len(attended) > 1:
-        attended = attended[-1]
-    return attended.get().event
+    attended = attended[-1] if len(attended) > 1 else attended[0]
+    return attended.event
     
diff --git a/app/static/js/userProfile.js b/app/static/js/userProfile.js
index acb9ec51c..ddfda7d37 100644
--- a/app/static/js/userProfile.js
+++ b/app/static/js/userProfile.js
@@ -96,14 +96,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   }
 
   // This function is to disable all the dates before current date in the ban modal End Date picker
-  $(function(){
-    var banEndDatepicker = $("#banEndDatepicker");
-    banEndDatepicker.datepicker({
-      changeYear: true,
-      changeMonth: true,
-      minDate:+1,
-      dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd",
-    }).attr('readonly','readonly');
+  $(function () {
+    const tomorrow = new Date();
+    tomorrow.setDate(tomorrow.getDate() + 1);
+    const year = tomorrow.getFullYear();
+    const month = String(tomorrow.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
+    const day = String(tomorrow.getDate()).padStart(2, "0");
+    $("#banEndDatepicker").attr("min",`${year}-${month}-${day}`);
   });
 
     /*
@@ -145,7 +144,14 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   });
 
   $("#banButton").click(function (){
-     $("#banButton").prop("disabled", true)
+    if ($("#banButton").data('banOrUnban') == "Ineligible"){
+      const endDateInput = $("#banEndDatepicker")[0];
+      if (!endDateInput.checkValidity()) {
+        endDateInput.reportValidity();
+        return;
+      };
+    };
+    $("#banButton").prop("disabled", true)
     var username = $(this).data("username") //Expected to be the unique username of a user in the database
     var route = ($(this).data("banOrUnban")).toLowerCase() //Expected to be "ban" or "unban"