diff --git a/cogs/message_listener/__init__.py b/cogs/message_listener/__init__.py
index 6efa1e1..9e30c89 100644
--- a/cogs/message_listener/__init__.py
+++ b/cogs/message_listener/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,16 @@ class SubmissionListener(commands.Cog, name="Message Listener"):
                         embed = submission_message.embeds[0]
                         embed.add_field(name="Error", value="Number record must only be number.")
                     else:
-                        submission_objects[message.author.id]["score"] = message.content
+                        score = message.content
+                        if is_time_record:
+                            # standardize time score format.
+                            # add colon if its not there
+                            if score.find(":") == -1:
+                                score = "00:" + score
+                            # add a 0 if there isn't 2 digits before a colon
+                            elif len(score.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0]) < 2:
+                                score = "0" + score
+                        submission_objects[message.author.id]["score"] = score
                         embed = get_submission_embed(message.author.id)
 
                     await submission_message.edit(
diff --git a/cogs/submission/submission_views.py b/cogs/submission/submission_views.py
index 6918a08..79e81df 100644
--- a/cogs/submission/submission_views.py
+++ b/cogs/submission/submission_views.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ class SubmissionCreateButton(nextcord.ui.View):
 
         # a user should only have 1 submission active at once.
         # submitting with dummy message_id until message created
+        # split username on pipe.
         submission_objects[interaction.user.id] = {
             "message_id": 0,
             "submission_state": SubmissionState.CATEGORY,
diff --git a/utilities/utils.py b/utilities/utils.py
index 6ca917c..4eb1cb6 100644
--- a/utilities/utils.py
+++ b/utilities/utils.py
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ def format_highscore_message(boss_name: str):
                 username: str = score_pair[0].ljust(highscores_data["username_length"], " ")
                 score: str = str(score_pair[1])
 
-                # standardize time score format.
                 if highscores_config["categories"][key]["is_time_record"]:
-                    if score.find(":") == -1:
-                        score = "00:" + score
-                    elif len(score.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0]) < 2:
-                        score = "0" + score
-                    if score.find(".") == -1:
-                        # insert 2 spaces to make up for period and ms
-                        score = score + "  "
+                    # pad score to correct length
+                    # MM:SS.ms is 7 characters long
+                    score = score.ljust(7, " ")
+
                 line_str = f"{i+1}: {username} - "
                 ret_string += line_str + score.rjust(26 - len(line_str) - 1) + " "
             else:
@@ -92,13 +88,6 @@ async def submit_score(
 
     boss_category_config = highscores_config["categories"][category]
 
-    # Splitting on pipe. My discord has multiple names on account split by pipe.
-    # cap length to data defined length.
-    user = user.split("|")[0][: highscores_data["username_length"]]
-
-    # strip leading zeros and colon from score
-    score = score.lstrip("0:")
-
     # create score tuple for either time or int
     # define sort index
     if boss_category_config["is_time_record"]: