diff --git a/client/src/components/Tickets/TicketCreateForm.jsx b/client/src/components/Tickets/TicketCreateForm.jsx
index 2d392f573..78af4a0ac 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tickets/TicketCreateForm.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tickets/TicketCreateForm.jsx
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function TicketCreateForm({
                       <FormField
                         name="cc"
                         label="Cc"
-                        description="Separate emails with commas"
+                        description="Separate emails with commas. NOTE: Emails listed here will only receive emails on replies to tickets."
                       />
                     </Col>
                   </Row>
diff --git a/server/portal/apps/onboarding/steps/project_membership.py b/server/portal/apps/onboarding/steps/project_membership.py
index 8833277de..0e0c4f126 100644
--- a/server/portal/apps/onboarding/steps/project_membership.py
+++ b/server/portal/apps/onboarding/steps/project_membership.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def send_project_request(self, request):
                         username=self.user.username
                     ),
                     Text=ticket_text,
-                    Requestors=self.user.email,
+                    Requestor=self.user.email,
                     CF_resource=settings.RT_TAG
                 )
                 tracker.logout()
diff --git a/server/portal/apps/tickets/api/views.py b/server/portal/apps/tickets/api/views.py
index 0d42583ed..49d3eeaf5 100644
--- a/server/portal/apps/tickets/api/views.py
+++ b/server/portal/apps/tickets/api/views.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def post(self, request):
         data = request.POST.copy()
         subject = data.get('subject')
         problem_description = data.get('problem_description')
-        cc = data.get('cc', '')
+        cc = data.get('cc', [])
         attachments = [(f.name, ContentFile(f.read()), f.content_type)
                        for f in request.FILES.getlist('attachments')]
         info = request.GET.get('info', "None")
diff --git a/server/pyproject.toml b/server/pyproject.toml
index 40e1e279f..f85eb515d 100644
--- a/server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/server/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
 description = "Django backend for the core portal."
 authors = ["TACC-WMA <wma-portals@tacc.utexas.edu>"]
 readme = "README.md"
+package-mode = false
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 Django = "^4.2"