diff --git a/client/src/app/admin/friends/friend-add/friend-add.component.ts b/client/src/app/admin/friends/friend-add/friend-add.component.ts
index 07888a781..ffc499b92 100644
--- a/client/src/app/admin/friends/friend-add/friend-add.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/admin/friends/friend-add/friend-add.component.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export class FriendAddComponent {
         if (status === 409) {
           alert('Already made friends!');
         } else {
-          alert('Made friends!');
+          alert('Make friends request sent!');
+          this.router.navigate([ '/admin/friends/list' ]);
         }
       },
       error => alert(error)
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
index 982a1e364..360575a0d 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
@@ -86,10 +86,15 @@ function makeFriends (req, res, next) {
   const urls = req.body.urls
 
   friends.makeFriends(urls, function (err) {
-    if (err) return next(err)
+    if (err) {
+      logger.error('Could not make friends.', { error: err })
+      return
+    }
 
-    res.type('json').status(204).end()
+    logger.info('Made friends!')
   })
+
+  res.type('json').status(204).end()
 }
 
 function removePods (req, res, next) {