diff --git a/cogs/commands/views/update_username_verify.py b/cogs/commands/views/update_username_verify.py
index 64abd14..deb8080 100644
--- a/cogs/commands/views/update_username_verify.py
+++ b/cogs/commands/views/update_username_verify.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class UpdateUsernameVerifyView(nextcord.ui.View):
             score.UserName = new_username
         session.commit()
 
-        group_ids = select(Category.GroupId).where(Category.CategoryId.in_(category_ids)).subquery()
+        group_ids = select(Category.GroupId).where(Category.CategoryId.in_(category_ids))
 
         stmt = select(CategoryGroup).where(CategoryGroup.GroupId.in_(group_ids))
 
diff --git a/utilities/utils.py b/utilities/utils.py
index a194968..c2d5860 100644
--- a/utilities/utils.py
+++ b/utilities/utils.py
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ def format_highscore_message(group: CategoryGroup) -> str:
             # add each score to list
             for ind in range(max_cat_size):  # need to subtract to deal with category name string
                 if ind in processed_group.index:
-                    username = processed_group["UserName"][ind].ljust(guild.UsernameLength, " ")
+                    user_length = guild.UsernameLength
+                    username = processed_group["UserName"][ind][:user_length].ljust(user_length, " ")
 
                     # get score, pad to correct length
                     if category.IsTimeRecord: