diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Factory.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Factory.java
index e59d7d5..7b329f4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Factory.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Factory.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class Factory {
     }
 
     public void loadTournamentList(BorderPane pane, FactoryDecorator factoryDecorator){
+        tournamentDecorator.setTournament(null);
         TournamentListController controller = (TournamentListController) setCenterOfBorderPane(pane, getClass().getResource("tournamentList/tournamentList.fxml"), factoryDecorator);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Person.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Person.java
index ec70ee9..9cf624f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Person.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Person.java
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ package ch.zhaw.projekt2.turnierverwaltung;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public class Person implements Serializable {
+    private final String NAME_MATCHING_REGEX = "[a-zA-Z]{1,20}";
+    private final String PHONE_MATCHING_REGEX = "[\\+0-9]+";
+
     private String name;
     private String firstName;
     private String phoneNumber;
 
     public Person(String firstName, String name, String phoneNumber) throws InvalidNameException, InvalidPhoneNumberException {
-        if(!firstName.matches("^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][-',.][a-zA-Z]{1,20}$")){
+        if(!firstName.matches(NAME_MATCHING_REGEX)){
             throw new InvalidNameException("The First name is Invalid.");
-        } else if(!name.matches("^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][-',.][a-zA-Z]{1,20}$")){
+        } else if(!name.matches(NAME_MATCHING_REGEX)){
             throw new InvalidNameException("The Last name is Invalid");
-        } else if(!phoneNumber.matches("[\\+0-9]+")){
+        } else if(!phoneNumber.matches(PHONE_MATCHING_REGEX)){
             throw new InvalidPhoneNumberException("The entered Phone Number is invalid.");
         }
         setFirstName(firstName);
@@ -55,4 +58,9 @@ public class Person implements Serializable {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return firstName + " " + name;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Player.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Player.java
index 6f78215..e1573a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Player.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Player.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ public class Player extends Person implements Participant{
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Participant participant) {
-        return getClass().equals(participant.getClass()) && getName().equals(participant.getName()) &&
-                getFirstName().equals(((Player) participant).getFirstName());
+        return getClass().equals(participant.getClass()) && toString().toLowerCase().equals(participant.toString().toLowerCase());
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Team.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Team.java
index 23ca660..e815a16 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Team.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Team.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class Team implements Participant {
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Participant participant) {
-        return getClass().equals(participant.getClass()) && name.equals(participant.getName());
+        return getClass().equals(participant.getClass()) && toString().toLowerCase().equals(participant.toString().toLowerCase());
     }
 
     public Person getContactPerson() {
@@ -39,4 +39,9 @@ public class Team implements Participant {
     public void setContactPerson(Person contactPerson) {
         this.contactPerson = contactPerson;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return name;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/TournamentDecorator.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/TournamentDecorator.java
index b9a1f24..47708ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/TournamentDecorator.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/TournamentDecorator.java
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ public class TournamentDecorator implements IsObservable{
     private FileIO fileIO;
     private List<IsObserver> listener = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    public TournamentDecorator(FileIO fileIO, Tournament tournament){
-        setTournament(tournament);
+    public TournamentDecorator(FileIO fileIO){
         setFileIO(fileIO);
+        addListener(new IsObserver() {
+            @Override
+            public void update() {
+                if(tournament != null){
+                    saveTournament();
+                }
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     public void setFileIO(FileIO fileIO) {
@@ -37,6 +44,14 @@ public class TournamentDecorator implements IsObservable{
         listener.remove(observer);
     }
 
+    public void saveTournament(){
+        try {
+            fileIO.saveTournament(tournament);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace(); //TODO handle and logging
+        }
+    }
+
     public void createTournament(String name, Tournament.Type type){
         if(fileIO.tournamentExists(name)){
             System.out.println("Tournament with same name exists already.");
@@ -77,7 +92,6 @@ public class TournamentDecorator implements IsObservable{
         }
     }
 
-
     public void informListener() {
         for(IsObserver observer : listener) {
             observer.update();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/main/MainWindow.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/main/MainWindow.java
index 14348bd..290b1e6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/main/MainWindow.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/main/MainWindow.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class MainWindow extends Application {
     private FileIO fileIO = new FileIO(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/tournierverwaltung_angrynerds");
-    private TournamentDecorator tournamentDecorator = new TournamentDecorator(fileIO, null);
+    private TournamentDecorator tournamentDecorator = new TournamentDecorator(fileIO);
     private Factory factory = new Factory(fileIO, tournamentDecorator); //TODO make it private!
     private FactoryDecorator factoryDecorator;