diff --git a/ttt_interface/ttt.cpp b/ttt_interface/ttt.cpp
index 0a401ae5c78202e1e029d0c98755aa470573d2e8..208a0f4c95753cccf6ba23f7d001ab348723a7c1 100644
--- a/ttt_interface/ttt.cpp
+++ b/ttt_interface/ttt.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int strToInt(string theStr) {
 
 // IMPLEMENTATIONS
 PLAYER_CODE newPlayer(string name) {
-  return requestTTT("newPlayer.pl");
+  return requestTTT("newPlayer.pl?name="+name);
 }
 
 string getName(PLAYER_CODE thePlayerCode) {