diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index 9f6750cc..1777fb77 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ function instanceManagement() {
 					publicIP: config.publicIP, // IP of the server should be global for all instances, so we pull that straight from the config
 					mods:modHashes,
 					instanceName: instance,
-					playerCount,
+					playerCount:playerCount.replace(/(\r\n\t|\n|\r\t)/gm, ""),
 				}
 				
 				function callback(err, mac) {
diff --git a/static/main.js b/static/main.js
index 0cdcc55c..5316a6a7 100644
--- a/static/main.js
+++ b/static/main.js
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ function djb2(str){
 	}
 	return hash;
 }
+
+// get queryString parameters
+function getParameterByName(name, url) {
+    if (!url) url = window.location.href;
+    name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
+    var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"),
+        results = regex.exec(url);
+    if (!results) return null;
+    if (!results[2]) return '';
+    return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
+}
+
 // callback(err, json)
 function getJSON(url, callback) {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {