diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index f4de8169..de71da0c 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class Database:
     # create index indexname on tablename (col);
 
 
-    def __init__(self, c, db_name = None, game = None, sql = None): # db_name and game not used any more
+    def __init__(self, c, sql = None): 
         log.info("Creating Database instance, sql = %s" % sql)
         self.fdb = fpdb_db.fpdb_db()   # sets self.fdb.db self.fdb.cursor and self.fdb.sql
         self.fdb.do_connect(c)
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
index ecc96429..b1164b26 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class HUD_main(object):
 #    be passed to HUDs for use in the gui thread. HUD objects should not
 #    need their own access to the database, but should open their own
 #    if it is required.
-        self.db_connection = Database.Database(self.config, self.db_name, 'temp')
+        self.db_connection = Database.Database(self.config)
         self.db_connection.init_hud_stat_vars(hud_days)
         tourny_finder = re.compile('(\d+) (\d+)')