diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
index 51fab380..1a70b65c 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public class Event {
                 this.raceXML = RaceXMLCreator.alterRaceToWind(this.raceXML, XMLFileType.Contents, -1);
 
             } else {
-                this.raceXML = RaceXMLCreator.alterRaceToWind(this.raceXML, XMLFileType.Contents, windAngle, false);
+                this.raceXML = Event.setRaceXMLAtCurrentTimeToNow(XMLReader.readXMLFileToString(raceXMLFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                this.raceXML = RaceXMLCreator.alterRaceToWind(this.raceXML, XMLFileType.Contents, windAngle);
                 this.raceXML = RaceXMLCreator.scaleRaceSize(raceXML,
                         windSpeed, raceLength);
             }
diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
index 23dc33c3..dac62be0 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/HostGameController.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class HostGameController extends Controller {
         });
 
         // set values and marks to be displayed
-        sliderLength.setMin(1);
+        sliderLength.setMin(2);
         sliderLength.setMax(MAX_RACE_LENGTH);
         sliderLength.setShowTickLabels(true);
         sliderLength.setMajorTickUnit(MAX_RACE_LENGTH-1);