diff --git a/frontend/app/src/components/home/profile/ViewUserProfile.svelte b/frontend/app/src/components/home/profile/ViewUserProfile.svelte
index 1fc8910751..18f6b24554 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/components/home/profile/ViewUserProfile.svelte
+++ b/frontend/app/src/components/home/profile/ViewUserProfile.svelte
@@ -219,6 +219,28 @@
             year: "numeric",
         });
     }
+
+    function unsuspendUser() {
+        client.unsuspendUser(userId).then((success) => {
+            if (success) {
+                toastStore.showSuccessToast("unsuspendedUser");
+                onClose();
+            } else {
+                toastStore.showFailureToast("failedToUnsuspendUser");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function suspendUser() {
+        client.suspendUser(userId, "").then((success) => {
+            if (success) {
+                toastStore.showSuccessToast("suspendedUser");
+                onClose();
+            } else {
+                toastStore.showFailureToast("failedToSuspendUser");
+            }
+        });
+    }
 </script>
 
 <svelte:window on:resize={onWindowResize} />
@@ -289,6 +311,18 @@
                         <Button on:click={unblockUser} small>{$_("profile.unblock")}</Button>
                     {/if}
                 </ButtonGroup>
+                {#if $platformModerator}
+                    <div class="suspend">
+                        <ButtonGroup align={"fill"}>
+                            {#if isSuspended}
+                                <Button on:click={unsuspendUser} small
+                                    >{$_("unsuspendUser")}</Button>
+                            {:else}
+                                <Button on:click={suspendUser} small>{$_("suspendUser")}</Button>
+                            {/if}
+                        </ButtonGroup>
+                    </div>
+                {/if}
             </div>
         </ModalContent>
     </Overlay>
@@ -371,4 +405,8 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    .suspend {
+        margin-top: $sp3;
+    }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/openchat-agent/src/services/userIndex/userIndex.client.ts b/frontend/openchat-agent/src/services/userIndex/userIndex.client.ts
index 25741d3055..474fe1e30a 100644
--- a/frontend/openchat-agent/src/services/userIndex/userIndex.client.ts
+++ b/frontend/openchat-agent/src/services/userIndex/userIndex.client.ts
@@ -226,13 +226,11 @@ export class UserIndexClient extends CandidService {
 
         for (const userId of allUsers) {
             const cached = fromCacheMap.get(userId);
-            const userResponse = responseMap.get(userId);
+            const fromServer = responseMap.get(userId);
 
-            if (userResponse !== undefined) {
-                users.push({
-                    ...userResponse,
-                    blobReference: userResponse.blobReference ?? cached?.blobReference,
-                });
+            if (fromServer !== undefined) {
+                responseMap.delete(userId);
+                users.push(fromServer);
             } else if (cached !== undefined) {
                 if (requestedFromServer.has(userId)) {
                     // If this user was requested from the server but wasn't included in the response, then that means
@@ -248,6 +246,11 @@ export class UserIndexClient extends CandidService {
             }
         }
 
+        // This is needed because newly suspended users won't have been included in the `allUsers` array
+        for (const user of responseMap.values()) {
+            users.push(user);
+        }
+
         return {
             serverTimestamp: response.serverTimestamp,
             users,