diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index a0b08992..932a08dd 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Database:
         """Get and return the cards for each player in the hand."""
         cards = {} # dict of cards, the key is the seat number example: {1: 'AcQd9hTs5d'}
         c = self.connection.cursor()
-        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_cards'], hand)
+        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_cards'], [hand])
         colnames = [desc[0] for desc in c.description]
         for row in c.fetchall():
             s_dict = {}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Database:
         """Get and return the community cards for the specified hand."""
         cards = {}
         c = self.connection.cursor()
-        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_common_cards'], hand)
+        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_common_cards'], [hand])
         colnames = [desc[0] for desc in c.description]
         for row in c.fetchall():
             s_dict = {}
diff --git a/pyfpdb/SQL.py b/pyfpdb/SQL.py
index c9314305..d9904225 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/SQL.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/SQL.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class Sql:
 
             self.query['get_stats_from_hand'] = """
                     SELECT HudCache.playerId             AS player_id, 
+                        HandsPlayers.seatNo              AS seat,
+                        Players.name                     AS screen_name,
                         seatNo                           AS seat,
                         name                             AS screen_name,
                         sum(HDs)                         AS n,
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ class Sql:
                                                  AND HudCache.gametypeId+0 = Hands.gametypeId+0)
                          INNER JOIN Players ON (Players.id = HandsPlayers.PlayerId+0)
                     WHERE Hands.id = %s
-                    GROUP BY HudCache.PlayerId
+                    GROUP BY HudCache.PlayerId, HandsPlayers.seatNo, Players.name
                 """
 
 #    same as above except stats are aggregated for all blind/limit levels
diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
index 73fe06c9..e9093fbc 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ def recognisePlayerIDs(cursor, names, site_id):
     if len(ids) != len(names):
         notfound = [n for n in names if n not in ids] # make list of names not in database
         if notfound: # insert them into database
-            cursor.executemany("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, "+str(site_id)+")", (notfound))
+            cursor.executemany("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, "+str(site_id)+")", [[n] for n in notfound])
             q2 = "SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE name=%s" % " OR name=".join(["%s" for n in notfound])
             cursor.execute(q2, notfound) # get their new ids
             tmp = dict(cursor.fetchall())