diff --git a/code/sitefeatures/PageComment.php b/code/sitefeatures/PageComment.php
index 3bab07e1..5799d133 100755
--- a/code/sitefeatures/PageComment.php
+++ b/code/sitefeatures/PageComment.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 class PageComment extends DataObject {
 	static $db = array(
-		"Name" => "Varchar",
+		"Name" => "Varchar(200)",
 		"Comment" => "Text",
 		"IsSpam" => "Boolean",
 		"NeedsModeration" => "Boolean"
diff --git a/code/sitefeatures/PageCommentInterface.php b/code/sitefeatures/PageCommentInterface.php
index ba1efb59..4db67210 100755
--- a/code/sitefeatures/PageCommentInterface.php
+++ b/code/sitefeatures/PageCommentInterface.php
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ class PageCommentInterface extends RequestHandlingData {
 		$member = Member::currentUser();
 		
 		if((self::$comments_require_login || self::$comments_require_permission) && $member && $member->FirstName) {
-			$fields->push(new ReadonlyField("Name", _t('PageCommentInterface.YOURNAME', 'Your name'), $member->getName()));
+			// note this was a ReadonlyField - which displayed the name in a span as well as the hidden field but
+			// it was not saving correctly. Have changed it to a hidden field. It passes the data correctly but I 
+			// believe the id of the form field is wrong.
+			$fields->push(new ReadonlyField("NameView", _t('PageCommentInterface.YOURNAME', 'Your name'), $member->getName()));
+			$fields->push(new HiddenField("Name", "", $member->getName()));
 		} else {
 			$fields->push(new TextField("Name", _t('PageCommentInterface.YOURNAME', 'Your name')));
 		}
@@ -206,7 +210,6 @@ class PageCommentInterface_Form extends Form {
 						return "spamprotectionfailed"; //used by javascript for checking if the spam question was wrong
 			}
 		}
-		
 		Cookie::set("PageCommentInterface_Name", $data['Name']);
 		
 		// If commenting can only be done by logged in users, make sure the user is logged in