diff --git a/application/controllers/Contesting.php b/application/controllers/Contesting.php
index 672f97f42..e0e7be6cb 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Contesting.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Contesting.php
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class Contesting extends CI_Controller {
 	 *  Function is used for dupe-checking in contestinglogging
 	 */
 	public function checkIfWorkedBefore() {
+		session_write_close();
 		$call = $this->input->post('call');
 		$band = $this->input->post('band');
 		$mode = $this->input->post('mode');
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ class Contesting extends CI_Controller {
 		$this->load->model('Contesting_model');
 
 		$result = $this->Contesting_model->checkIfWorkedBefore($call, $band, $mode, $contest);
-		
 		header('Content-Type: application/json');
 		if ($result && $result->num_rows()) {
 			$timeb4=substr($result->row()->b4,0,5);
diff --git a/application/views/contesting/index.php b/application/views/contesting/index.php
index 6b8f77cf6..c3a0b6da1 100644
--- a/application/views/contesting/index.php
+++ b/application/views/contesting/index.php
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
                             <div class="mb-3 col-md-3">
                                 <label for="callsign"><?php echo lang('gen_hamradio_callsign'); ?></label>
                                 <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" id="callsign" name="callsign" required>
-                                <small id="callsign_info" class="badge text-bg-danger"></small>
+                                <small id="callsign_info" class="badge text-bg-danger"></small><br/>
+                                <small id="bearing_info" class="form-text text-muted"></small><br/>
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="mb-3 col-md-1">