diff --git a/src/components/Exercises/Writing.tsx b/src/components/Exercises/Writing.tsx
index 5560c2b7..58366a5c 100644
--- a/src/components/Exercises/Writing.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Exercises/Writing.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,14 @@ export default function Writing({
 				<Button
 					color="purple"
 					disabled={!isSubmitEnabled}
-					onClick={() => onNext({exercise: id, solutions: [{id, solution: inputText}], score: {correct: 1, total: 1, missing: 0}, type})}
+					onClick={() =>
+						onNext({
+							exercise: id,
+							solutions: [{id, solution: inputText.replaceAll(/\s{2,}/g, " ")}],
+							score: {correct: 1, total: 1, missing: 0},
+							type,
+						})
+					}
 					className="max-w-[200px] self-end w-full">
 					Next
 				</Button>
diff --git a/src/components/Solutions/Writing.tsx b/src/components/Solutions/Writing.tsx
index ea082e0d..303a4242 100644
--- a/src/components/Solutions/Writing.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Solutions/Writing.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default function Writing({id, type, prompt, attachment, userSolutions, on
 									</div>
 								</>
 							)}
-							{showDiff && (
+							{showDiff && userSolutions[0].evaluation && (
 								<>
 									<span>Correction:</span>
 									<div className="w-full h-full max-h-[320px] overflow-y-scroll scrollbar-hide cursor-text border-2 overflow-x-hidden border-mti-gray-platinum bg-white rounded-3xl">
@@ -191,7 +191,11 @@ export default function Writing({id, type, prompt, attachment, userSolutions, on
 						onNext({
 							exercise: id,
 							solutions: userSolutions,
-							score: {total: 100, missing: 0, correct: writingReverseMarking[userSolutions[0]!.evaluation!.overall] || 0},
+							score: {
+								total: 100,
+								missing: 0,
+								correct: userSolutions[0]?.evaluation ? writingReverseMarking[userSolutions[0]!.evaluation!.overall] || 0 : 0,
+							},
 							type,
 						})
 					}
diff --git a/src/pages/api/stats/[id].ts b/src/pages/api/stats/[id].ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0597f529..00000000
--- a/src/pages/api/stats/[id].ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
-import type {NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse} from "next";
-import {app} from "@/firebase";
-import {getFirestore, collection, getDocs, query, where, setDoc, doc, getDoc, deleteDoc} from "firebase/firestore";
-import {withIronSessionApiRoute} from "iron-session/next";
-import {sessionOptions} from "@/lib/session";
-import {uuidv4} from "@firebase/util";
-
-const db = getFirestore(app);
-
-export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
-	if (req.method === "GET") return GET(req, res);
-
-	res.status(404).json({ok: false});
-}
-
-async function GET(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
-	const {id} = req.query;
-
-	const snapshot = await getDoc(doc(db, "stats", id as string));
-
-	res.status(200).json({...snapshot.data(), id: snapshot.id});
-}