diff --git a/app/src/Model/Table/PersonRolesTable.php b/app/src/Model/Table/PersonRolesTable.php
index bdbfbd8b9..dc0ee791f 100644
--- a/app/src/Model/Table/PersonRolesTable.php
+++ b/app/src/Model/Table/PersonRolesTable.php
@@ -294,12 +294,14 @@ public function beforeMarshal(EventInterface $event, \ArrayObject $data, \ArrayO
     }
 
     $re = '/^.*\(ID: (\d+)\)$/m';
-    if(!empty($data['sponsor_person_id'])) {
+    // The data coming from the API is an int while the data coming from the UI is a string. The
+    // latter is produced by the people picker
+    if(!empty($data['sponsor_person_id']) && !ctype_digit($data['sponsor_person_id'])) {
       preg_match_all($re, $data['sponsor_person_id'], $matchesSponsor, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
       $data['sponsor_person_id'] = $matchesSponsor[0][1];
     }
 
-    if(!empty($data['manager_person_id'])) {
+    if(!empty($data['manager_person_id']) && !ctype_digit($data['manager_person_id'])) {
       preg_match_all($re, $data['manager_person_id'], $matchesManager, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
       $data['manager_person_id'] = $matchesManager[0][1];
     }
diff --git a/app/src/Model/Table/VerificationsTable.php b/app/src/Model/Table/VerificationsTable.php
index f75ab25cc..d88642422 100644
--- a/app/src/Model/Table/VerificationsTable.php
+++ b/app/src/Model/Table/VerificationsTable.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public function verifyCode(int $id, string $code): bool {
       throw new \InvalidArgumentException(__d('error', 'Verifications.processed'));
     }
 
-    if($verification->request_expiration_time->lt(FrozenTime::now())) {
+    if($verification->request_expiration_time->lessThan(FrozenTime::now())) {
       $this->llog('debug', "Verification $id has expired");
       throw new \InvalidArgumentException(__d('error', 'Verifications.expired'));
     }