diff --git a/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts b/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
index e5b85041336993b44ef1cee1e937a3bcbc4371e0..17a578a14663aa8bb99f12d2f57c21d12d863b52 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
+++ b/server/src/controllers/boat.controllers.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ const updateBoatById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 
       if (!(checkBoatName === null)) {
         return res
-          .status(404)
+          .status(409)
           .json({ success: false, error: "boatNameAlreadyExists" });
       }
     }
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ const updateBoatById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       if (check === false) {
         return res
           .status(404)
-          .json({ success: false, error: listIfNotFound + " sportIdNotFound" });
+          .json({ success: false, sports: listIfNotFound  });
       }
       //if sports Array is with valid id's, assign them to boat; create entry (boatid, each id of given sportIds) inf BoatHasSport table
       for (let i = 0; i < listIfFound.length; i++) {
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts b/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
index 953ef22513a176281f959d9e302f6b64124ebd36..ab34aaba6ff2826d21f38cd87080821c70136410 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
+++ b/server/src/controllers/boatType.controllers.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const createBoatTypeController = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 
     if (findIfBoatTypeExists) {
       return res
-        .status(404)
+        .status(409)
         .json({ success: false, error: "boatTypeAlreadyExists" });
     }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const updateBoatTypeById = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       });
       if (!(checkIfNameExists === null)) {
         return res
-          .status(404)
+          .status(409)
           .json({ success: false, error: "boatTypeAlreadyExists" });
       }
     }