diff --git a/controllers/game.py b/controllers/game.py
index 0f606c959e9b65034b39de6fa0b0070db1b7b6d7..9ad5559ca486ee5aae0d103ca77a396db71c0c36 100644
--- a/controllers/game.py
+++ b/controllers/game.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-from parameter_util import JSON_BODY, JSON_CONTAINS
+from parameter_util import JSON_BODY, JSON_CONTAINS, JSON_TO_B64
 from http_util import FAIL, CODE_JSON, CODE_MISSING, CODE_SEMANTIC, CODE_GONE, CODE_CONFLICT
 from room_util import ROOM_GET, PLAYERS_GET
 from websocket_util import WEBSOCKET_SEND
-import base64
 
-import json
 
 def start():
     parameters = JSON_BODY(request)
@@ -31,12 +29,11 @@ def start():
     if room_record.closed:
         return(FAIL(CODE_GONE))
 
-    roles = json.dumps(roles)
-    rolesb64 = base64.standard_b64encode(roles.encode("ascii"))
+    rolesB64 = JSON_TO_B64(roles)
 
-    db(db.Room.id == room_record.id).update(started=True, roles=rolesb64)
+    db(db.Room.id == room_record.id).update(started=True, roles=rolesB64)
 
-    WEBSOCKET_SEND(room_record, "roles", rolesb64.decode("utf-8"))
+    WEBSOCKET_SEND(room_record, "roles", rolesB64)
 
     json_response = {"status": "success"}
     return(response.json(json_response))
@@ -94,12 +91,11 @@ def roles():
 
     #Update roles and prompts on server
     for uid in change:
-        promptString = base64.standard_b64encode(json.dumps(change[uid]["prompts"]).encode("ascii")).decode("utf-8")
-        db(db.Player.id == uid).update(role=change[uid]["role"], inputs=promptString)
+        print(change[uid])
+        db(db.Player.id == uid).update(role=change[uid]["role"], prompts=JSON_TO_B64(change[uid]["prompts"]))
 
     #Update roles on clients
-    websocket_response = base64.standard_b64encode(json.dumps(change).encode("ascii")).decode("utf-8")
-    WEBSOCKET_SEND(room_record, "role", websocket_response)
+    WEBSOCKET_SEND(room_record, "role", JSON_TO_B64(change))
 
     json_response = {"status": "success"}
     return(response.json(json_response))
diff --git a/modules/parameter_util.py b/modules/parameter_util.py
index 2fed05cf85717d8185fb0d9dcfba5e8a97f86d44..ce2c51bc1351761b6bf1b8cee9e3542af34f2a01 100644
--- a/modules/parameter_util.py
+++ b/modules/parameter_util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from gluon import *
 
 import json
+import base64
 
 def JSON_BODY(_request):
     try:
@@ -27,3 +28,7 @@ def JSON_CONTAINS(_json, _list):
             return (False)
 
     return (True)
+
+
+def JSON_TO_B64(_json):
+    return (base64.standard_b64encode(json.dumps(_json).encode("ascii")).decode("utf-8"))