diff --git a/register_participants.inc.php b/register_participants.inc.php
index 6f93eb9..9b7551e 100644
--- a/register_participants.inc.php
+++ b/register_participants.inc.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ function saveProjectData($data,$registrations_id=null){
 		$qstr="SELECT * FROM projects WHERE id='" . $data['project_id'] . "' AND registrations_id='" . $rid . "' AND conferences_id='" . $conference['id'] . "'";
 		$q = mysql_query($qstr);
 		if(mysql_num_rows($q) == 1) {
-			$summarywords = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $data['summary']);
+			$summarywords = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", trim($data['summary']));
 			$summarywordcount = count($summarywords);
 			if($summarywordcount > $config['participant_project_summary_wordmax'] || $summarywordcount<$config['participant_project_summary_wordmin'])
 				$summarycountok=0;
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ function getProject($userId,$registrations_id=null){
 		'projects.id AS project_id',
 		'registrations.num AS registration_number',
 		'projects.projectdivisions_id',
+		'projects.projectcategories_id',
 		'projects.title',
 		'projects.language',
 		'projects.req_electricity',
diff --git a/register_participants_project.php b/register_participants_project.php
index da90ed5..a21751e 100644
--- a/register_participants_project.php
+++ b/register_participants_project.php
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function countwords()
 
  echo "<tr><td>".i18n("Summary").": </td><td><textarea onchange='countwords()' onkeypress='countwords()' cols=\"60\" rows=\"12\" id=\"summary\" name=\"summary\">".htmlspecialchars($projectinfo->summary)."</textarea>".REQUIREDFIELD."<br />";
 
- $summarywords=preg_split("/[\s,]+/",$projectinfo->summary);
+ $summarywords=preg_split("/[\s,]+/",trim($projectinfo->summary));
  $summarywordcount=count($summarywords);
  if($summarywordcount>$config['participant_project_summary_wordmax'])
 	 echo "<div id=\"wordcountmessage\" class=\"incomplete\">";