diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index d444240..5c15d75 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ use axum::{
     extract::{Path, State},
     http::HeaderMap,
     response::{IntoResponse, Redirect, Response},
-    routing::get,
-    Router,
+    routing::{get, post},
+    Form, Router,
 };
 use axum_extra::extract::CookieJar;
 use maud::{html, Markup, PreEscaped};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ async fn index(
                 ", do you want to be named something different? No worries, change here 👇"
             }
 
-            form {
+            form action="/name" method="post" {
                 fieldset role="group" {
                     input
                         name="name"
@@ -126,8 +127,29 @@ async fn not_found(cookies: CookieJar, headers: HeaderMap) -> Markup {
     )
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct NameForm {
+    name: String,
+}
+
+async fn set_name(
+    State(backend): State<Arc<Backend>>,
+    cookies: CookieJar,
+    Form(form): Form<NameForm>,
+) -> Response {
+    let (cookies, client) = backend.client(cookies).await;
+
+    // Update the client's name in the backend
+    // TODO: handle succ/err msg
+    let _ = backend.set_client_name(&client, &form.name).await;
+
+    // Redirect back to the game page
+    (cookies, Redirect::to("/game")).into_response()
+}
+
 pub(super) fn routes() -> Router<Arc<Backend>> {
     Router::new()
         .route("/game", get(index))
+        .route("/name", post(set_name))
         .route("/{*uuid}", get(game))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7828561..8409c0c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,30 @@ impl Backend {
         let lang = language::language(&cookies, headers);
         (cookies, Req { client, lang })
     }
+
+    async fn set_client_name(&self, client: &Client, name: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+        if name.len() > 25 {
+            return Err("Maximum 25 chars are allowed".into());
+        }
+        if name.len() < 3 {
+            return Err("Minimum of 3 chars needed".into());
+        }
+
+        match self {
+            Backend::Sqlite(db) => {
+                sqlx::query!(
+                    "UPDATE client SET name = ? WHERE uuid = ?;",
+                    name,
+                    client.uuid
+                )
+                .execute(db)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]