diff --git a/cogs/commands/view.py b/cogs/commands/view.py
index 1be4000..148abe9 100644
--- a/cogs/commands/view.py
+++ b/cogs/commands/view.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from utilities.sql_data_classes import Category, CategoryGroup, Score, engine
-from utilities.utils import autofill_categories, autofill_groups, format_score_string
+from utilities.utils import MAX_LINE_LENGTH, autofill_categories, autofill_groups, format_score_string
 
 
 class ViewCog(commands.Cog, name="View Command"):
@@ -65,20 +65,25 @@ class ViewCog(commands.Cog, name="View Command"):
 
         scores = d_f.sort_values("Score", ascending=category.IsAscending).reset_index()
 
+        # get the longest string
+        longest_str: int = scores.UserName.map(len).max()
+
         for i, row in scores.iterrows():
             str_list.append(
                 format_score_string(
-                    row["UserName"], row["Score"], group.UsernameLength, category.IsTimeRecord, i + 1, group.PadLength
+                    row["UserName"], row["Score"], longest_str, category.IsTimeRecord, i + 1, MAX_LINE_LENGTH
                 )
             )
 
-        message_str: str = f"**{group.GroupName} {category.CategoryName} Leaderboard!**\n"
+        message_str: str = f"**{group.GroupName} {category.CategoryName} Leaderboard!**\n```"
         if len(str_list) == 0:
             message_str += "No Submissions!"
         else:
             for line in str_list:
                 message_str += f"{line}\n"
 
+        message_str += "```"
+
         await interaction.response.send_message(content=message_str)
 
     @leaderboard.on_autocomplete("group_id")
diff --git a/utilities/utils.py b/utilities/utils.py
index 074bf28..0ade38c 100644
--- a/utilities/utils.py
+++ b/utilities/utils.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def format_highscore_message(session: Session, group: CategoryGroup) -> str:
                     score = processed_group["Score"][ind]
 
                     str_list[ind + 1] += format_score_string(
-                        username, score, group.UsernameLength, group.IsTimeRecord, ind + 1, pad_length
+                        username, score, group.UsernameLength, category.IsTimeRecord, ind + 1, pad_length
                     )
                 else:
                     # if not enough entries, pad out