diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c30629d..0425c84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 admin/*_db_config.php
-.htaccess
 favicon.ico
diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcfd75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RewriteEngine on
+
+RewriteRule ^/?user/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+)$ /user/user.php?username=$1 [L,NC]
+
+RewriteRule ^/?tournament/([0-9]+)$ /tournament/tourney.php?tourneyID=$1 [L,NC]
diff --git a/admin/user_management/user_form.php b/admin/user_management/user_form.php
index e15ec23..8a651df 100644
--- a/admin/user_management/user_form.php
+++ b/admin/user_management/user_form.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ try {  // Try opening the SQL database connection
                 <!-- THIS DIV IS FOR INPUT -->
                 <div id="textInputArea">
                     <label for="username" class="inputLabel" >Username:</label>
-                    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" class="newLine" maxlength="30" oninput="usernameConfirm()" tabindex="1" pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([._\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([._\-]?)$" required>
+                    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" class="newLine" maxlength="30" oninput="usernameConfirm()" tabindex="1" pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([_\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([_\-]?)$" required>
                     <p id="confirmUsername"></p>
                     <label for="password" class="inputLabel newLine">Password:</label>
                     <input type="password" id="password" name="password" minlength="6" oninput="checkPasswordRequirements()" required/>
diff --git a/scripts/user_management.js b/scripts/user_management.js
index 00caf9f..501da66 100644
--- a/scripts/user_management.js
+++ b/scripts/user_management.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function usernameConfirm() {
     // Temporarily convert the userlist to lower case. This will allow us to compare input vs. saved
     var listOfUsers = userList.map(e => e.toLowerCase());
 
-    var confirmRegEx = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([._-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([._-]?)$");
+    var confirmRegEx = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([_-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([_-]?)$");
 
     // If the username is blank, clear the notice
     // Otherwise, we'll check the userlist created by PHP which was converted for JS
diff --git a/user/create_account.php b/user/create_account.php
index 5af01cf..20969fe 100644
--- a/user/create_account.php
+++ b/user/create_account.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ try {  // Try opening the SQL database connection
                 <!-- THIS DIV IS FOR INPUT -->
                 <div id="textInputArea">
                     <label for="username" class="inputLabel" id="usernameLabel">Username:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span id="confirmUsername"></span></label>
-                    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" class="newLine" maxlength="30" oninput="usernameConfirm()" tabindex="1" pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([._\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([._\-]?)$" required>
+                    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" class="newLine" maxlength="30" oninput="usernameConfirm()" tabindex="1" pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9]+([_\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9])+([_\-]?)$" required>
                     <label for="password" class="inputLabel">Password:</label>
                     <input type="password" id="password" name="password" required oninput="checkPasswordRequirements()" tabindex="1">
                     <p class="newLine"></p>