diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.html
index 1de123292..b75112708 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.html
@@ -18,20 +18,22 @@
       <div class="spinner-border text-light"></div>
     } @else if (!user) {
       <!-- User not logged in -->
-      <div class="alert alert-mempool d-block text-center pb-2 w-100">
-        <span class="mb-2">To limit abuse,&nbsp;</span>
-        <a routerLink="/login" [queryParams]="{'redirectTo': '/testnet4/faucet'}">authenticate&nbsp;</a>
-        <span class="mr-2">or</span>
-        <app-twitter-login customClass="btn" width="220px" redirectTo="/testnet4/faucet" buttonString="Sign up with Twitter"></app-twitter-login>
+      <div class="alert alert-mempool d-block text-center w-100">
+        <div class="d-inline align-middle">
+          <span>To limit abuse,&nbsp;</span>
+          <a routerLink="/login" [queryParams]="{'redirectTo': '/testnet4/faucet'}">authenticate&nbsp;</a>
+          <span class="mr-2">or</span>
+        </div>
+        <app-twitter-login customClass="btn btn-sm" width="220px" redirectTo="/testnet4/faucet" buttonString="Sign up with Twitter"></app-twitter-login>
       </div>
     }
     @else if (error === 'not_available') {
       <!-- User logged in but not a paid user or did not link its Twitter account -->
-      <div class="alert alert-mempool d-block text-center pb-2 w-100">
-        <span class="mb-2">To limit abuse,&nbsp;</span>
-        <a routerLink="/sponsor" [queryParams]="{'redirectTo': '/testnet4/faucet'}">become a sponsor&nbsp;</a>
-        <span class="mr-2">or</span>
-        <app-twitter-login customClass="btn" width="220px" redirectTo="/testnet4/faucet" buttonString="Link your Twitter"></app-twitter-login>
+      <div class="alert alert-mempool d-block text-center w-100">
+        <div class="d-inline align-middle">
+          <span class="mb-2 mr-2">To limit abuse</span>
+        </div>
+        <app-twitter-login customClass="btn btn-sm" width="180px" redirectTo="/testnet4/faucet" buttonString="Link your Twitter"></app-twitter-login>
       </div>
     }
     
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@
               <div class="text-danger text-left" *ngIf="invalidAddress">
                 <div *ngIf="address?.errors?.['required']">Address is required</div>
                 <div *ngIf="address?.errors?.['pattern']">Must be a valid testnet4 address</div>
+                <div *ngIf="address?.errors?.['forbiddenAddress']">You cannot use this address</div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.ts
index 0dfdb0780..bfb485d0e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/faucet/faucet.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from "@angular/core";
-import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from "@angular/forms";
+import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators, ValidatorFn, AbstractControl, ValidationErrors } from "@angular/forms";
 import { Subscription } from "rxjs";
 import { StorageService } from "../../services/storage.service";
 import { ServicesApiServices } from "../../services/services-api.service";
@@ -74,8 +74,14 @@ export class FaucetComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         }
         this.status = status;
 
+        const notFaucetAddressValidator = (faucetAddress: string): ValidatorFn => {
+          return (control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null => {
+            const forbidden = control.value === faucetAddress;
+            return forbidden ? { forbiddenAddress: { value: control.value } } : null;
+          };
+        }
         this.faucetForm = this.formBuilder.group({
-          'address': ['', [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(getRegex('address', 'testnet4'))]],
+          'address': ['', [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(getRegex('address', 'testnet4')), notFaucetAddressValidator(this.status.address)]],
           'satoshis': [this.status.min, [Validators.required, Validators.min(this.status.min), Validators.max(this.status.max)]]
         });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/twitter-login/twitter-login.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/twitter-login/twitter-login.component.html
index 2fe2392e0..6ff40bd50 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/twitter-login/twitter-login.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/twitter-login/twitter-login.component.html
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   [class]="(disabled ? 'disabled': '') + (customClass ? customClass : 'w-100 btn mt-1 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center')"
   style="background-color: #1DA1F2" [style]="width ? 'width: ' + width : ''">
   <img src="./resources/twitter.svg" height="25" style="padding: 2px" [alt]="buttonString + ' with Twitter'" />
-  <span class="ml-2 text-light">{{ buttonString }}</span>
+  <span class="ml-2 text-light align-middle">{{ buttonString }}</span>
 </a>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/mempool-error/mempool-error.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/mempool-error/mempool-error.component.ts
index 4bb86f16d..a17c30715 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/mempool-error/mempool-error.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/mempool-error/mempool-error.component.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const MempoolErrors = {
   'faucet_too_soon': `You cannot request any more coins right now. Try again later.`,
   'faucet_not_available': `The faucet is not available right now. Try again later.`,
   'faucet_maximum_reached': `You are not allowed to request more coins`,
+  'faucet_address_not_allowed': `You cannot use this address`,
 } as { [error: string]: string };
 
 export function isMempoolError(error: string) {