diff --git a/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/QueryIntermediate.java b/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/QueryIntermediate.java
index fa63e6ab3f9b7de796221fd03e180c7cbe268127..d105adb87f92ada8205828bad75d0aacc0a745fc 100644
--- a/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/QueryIntermediate.java
+++ b/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/QueryIntermediate.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class QueryIntermediate {
     public static Tournament joinATournament(String playerId) throws IOException, NoSuchElementException {
         String route = "tournament/join/";
         Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
-        params.put("userid", playerId);
+        params.put("playerId", playerId);
         String[] response = sendPostRequest(route, params);
         checkStatusCode(response);
         Tournament tournament = json.fromJson(Tournament.class, response[1]);
diff --git a/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/states/CreateNewTournamentState.java b/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/states/CreateNewTournamentState.java
index 7057a0eaa30ec29115efc9a0d2594ad49b02ee06..f89db06637d831390074fcb4185b39f2c8456cd4 100644
--- a/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/states/CreateNewTournamentState.java
+++ b/frontend/core/src/com/gameware/game/states/CreateNewTournamentState.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class CreateNewTournamentState extends State {
         innerTable.setBackground(backgroundTableBlueRounded);
 
         innerTable.add(makeRow(nameLabel, nameDialog));
-        nameInputField.setMaxLength(10);
+        nameInputField.setMaxLength(15);
         innerTable.add(nameInputField).size(nameFieldWidth, inputFieldHeight);
         innerTable.row();
         removeKeyPadAtTouch();