diff --git a/app/views/play/common/ladder_submission_view.coffee b/app/views/play/common/ladder_submission_view.coffee
index 9a0052647..ccb3571a3 100644
--- a/app/views/play/common/ladder_submission_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/common/ladder_submission_view.coffee
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ module.exports = class LadderSubmissionView extends CocoView
 
   transpileSession: ->
     submittedCode = @session.get('code')
+    language = @session.get('codeLanguage') or 'javascript'
+    @session.set('submittedCodeLanguage', language)
+    @session.save()  # TODO: maybe actually use a callback to make sure this works?
     transpiledCode = {}
     for thang, spells of submittedCode
       transpiledCode[thang] = {}
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = class LadderSubmissionView extends CocoView
         #DRY this
         aetherOptions =
           problems: {}
-          language: "javascript"
+          language: language
           functionName: spellID
           functionParameters: []
           yieldConditionally: spellID is "plan"
diff --git a/app/views/play/ladder/ladder_view.coffee b/app/views/play/ladder/ladder_view.coffee
index 9d40389b6..884c72d63 100644
--- a/app/views/play/ladder/ladder_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/ladder/ladder_view.coffee
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module.exports = class LadderView extends RootView
     @insertSubView(@simulateTab = new SimulateTabView())
     @refreshInterval = setInterval(@fetchSessionsAndRefreshViews.bind(@), 20 * 1000)
     hash = document.location.hash[1..] if document.location.hash
-    if hash and not (hash in ['my-matches', 'simulate', 'ladder'])
+    if hash and not (hash in ['my-matches', 'simulate', 'ladder', 'prizes', 'rules'])
       @showPlayModal(hash) if @sessions.loaded
 
   fetchSessionsAndRefreshViews: ->