diff --git a/src/backend/app/central/central_crud.py b/src/backend/app/central/central_crud.py
index d5ba3a2277..d7bff0b254 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/central/central_crud.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/central/central_crud.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ async def convert_odk_submission_json_to_geojson(
     if not submission_json:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=HTTPStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            detail="Loading JSON submission failed",
+            detail="Project contains no submissions yet",
         )
 
     all_features = []
diff --git a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
index f0609bd837..afb7721b8f 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ async def delete_project(
     return Response(status_code=HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
 
 
-@router.post("/create_project", response_model=project_schemas.ProjectOut)
+@router.post("/create-project", response_model=project_schemas.ProjectOut)
 async def create_project(
     project_info: project_schemas.ProjectUpload,
     org_user_dict: OrgUserDict = Depends(org_admin),
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/test_projects_routes.py b/src/backend/tests/test_projects_routes.py
index a218db05b6..66c363d143 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/test_projects_routes.py
+++ b/src/backend/tests/test_projects_routes.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async def test_create_project(client, admin_user, organisation):
     project_data.update(**odk_creds_models.model_dump())
 
     response = client.post(
-        f"/projects/create_project?org_id={organisation.id}", json=project_data
+        f"/projects/create-project?org_id={organisation.id}", json=project_data
     )
 
     if response.status_code != 200:
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/createnewproject/SplitTasks.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/createnewproject/SplitTasks.tsx
index 80290ed8fa..1e6fa546ec 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/createnewproject/SplitTasks.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/createnewproject/SplitTasks.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const SplitTasks = ({ flag, geojsonFile, setGeojsonFile, customDataExtractUpload
 
     dispatch(
       CreateProjectService(
-        `${import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL}/projects/create_project?org_id=${projectDetails.organisation_id}`,
+        `${import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL}/projects/create-project?org_id=${projectDetails.organisation_id}`,
         projectData,
         taskAreaGeojsonFile,
         customFormFile,