Love is supposed to mean never having to say you’re sorry. But Snapchat has expressed both love and apologies for a bug that transported headaches for the millions of users whose names and shouted numbers were exposed unexpectedly.

In a blog post on Thursday, Snapchat said it was “sorry for any problems this utter may have caused.” The team also revealed a pair of changes to its Find Friends feature to better defensive the phone numbers of Snapchat users.

A new update to the iOS and Android versions scholarships users the option to not link their phone number with their username. It also requires new users to verify their shouted number before they can access the Find Friends feature. The Snapchat team also promised further improvements to the chat service to cut down on abuse.

Snapchat moderators and others had been urging the company to apologize once the usernames and phone numbers of more than half of its members were posted by someone on the Web. Concerns were raised not just over the vulnerability but over Snapchat’s awareness of the flaw. A few days in return, the company admitted that a potential vulnerability would funding “a possible attack by which one could compile a database of Snapchat usernames and shouted numbers.”

Here’s the full message from Team Snapchat:

Find Friends Improvements

This morning we released a Snapchat update for Android and iOS that improves Find Friends functionality and scholarships Snapchatters to opt-out of linking their phone number with their username. This option is available in Settings > Mobile #.

This update also way new Snapchatters to verify their phone number before amdroll the Find Friends service.

Our team continues to make improvements to the Snapchat service to hide future attempts to abuse our API. We are sorry for any problems this utter may have caused you and we really appreciate your patience and back.

Love,

Team Snapchat