diff --git a/app/public/actions/close.php b/app/public/actions/close.php
index 4e9bc4a..318e004 100644
--- a/app/public/actions/close.php
+++ b/app/public/actions/close.php
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     if ($is_authorised == true) {
         if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
           try {
-              $stmt = "UPDATE tickets SET status= 5 WHERE uuid=:uuid";
+              $stmt = "UPDATE tickets SET status='Closed' WHERE uuid=:uuid";
               $sql = $db->prepare($stmt);
-              $sql->bindParam(':uuid', $request['uuid']);
+              $sql->bindParam(':uuid', $_GET['rid']);
               $sql->execute();
           } catch (PDOException $e) {
               $alert = array("danger", "Failed to close request: " . $e->getMessage());
diff --git a/app/public/existing.php b/app/public/existing.php
index 04c7341..e079b73 100644
--- a/app/public/existing.php
+++ b/app/public/existing.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       $closed_requests = array();
       $subscriptions = get_subscribed_requests($db);
 
-      $requests = get_my_requests($db);
+      $requests = get_my_open_requests($db);
 
       foreach($requests as $req) {
         if ($req['status'] != "Closed") {