diff --git a/src/playerdata.cpp b/src/playerdata.cpp
index 22818d45..4a008ebf 100644
--- a/src/playerdata.cpp
+++ b/src/playerdata.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ PlayerData::GetPlayerLastGames()
 }
 
 bool
-PlayerData::IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank(int num, int period)
+PlayerData::IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank(string num, string period)
 {
 	bool retVal = false;
 LOG_ERROR("checking IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank() ");
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ LOG_ERROR("checking IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank() ");
 	
 	boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_dataMutex);
 
-	long then = (long)time(NULL) - (long)(period * 10);
+	long then = (long)time(NULL) - (long)(stoi(period) * 10);
 
 	int count = 0;
 	int i=0;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ LOG_ERROR("checking IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank() ");
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	if(count < num)
+	if(count < stoi(num))
 		retVal = true;
 
 	return retVal;
diff --git a/src/playerdata.h b/src/playerdata.h
index 32e9bd31..61db7030 100644
--- a/src/playerdata.h
+++ b/src/playerdata.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public:
 	void AddPlayerLastGame(long last_games);
 	void SetPlayerLastGames(std::vector<long> last_games);
 	std::vector<long> GetPlayerLastGames();
-	bool IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank(int num, int period);
+	bool IsPlayerAllowedToJoinCreateLimitRank(string num, string period);
 
 	bool operator<(const PlayerData &other) const;