diff --git a/admin/judges_scheduler_status_output.php b/admin/judges_scheduler_status_output.php
index d2d1bc4..6e3e69b 100644
--- a/admin/judges_scheduler_status_output.php
+++ b/admin/judges_scheduler_status_output.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?
 include "../data/config.inc.php";
-mysql_connect($DBHOST,$DBUSER,$DBPASS);
+mysql_connect($DBHOST,substr($DBUSER,0,16),$DBPASS);
 mysql_select_db($DBNAME);
 $q=mysql_query("SELECT val FROM config WHERE year='0' AND var='judge_scheduler_percent'");
 $r=mysql_fetch_object($q);
diff --git a/admin/tours_sa_status.php b/admin/tours_sa_status.php
index 9b27e27..4f3b4c1 100644
--- a/admin/tours_sa_status.php
+++ b/admin/tours_sa_status.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ogram; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 
  if($_GET['action'] == 'output') {
 	include "../data/config.inc.php";
-	mysql_connect($DBHOST,$DBUSER,$DBPASS);
+	mysql_connect($DBHOST,substr($DBUSER,0,16),$DBPASS);
 	mysql_select_db($DBNAME);
 	$q=mysql_query("SELECT val FROM config WHERE year='0' AND var='tours_assigner_percent'");
 	$r=mysql_fetch_object($q);