diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index 14c998d1..659b375c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -822,9 +822,10 @@ class Database:
             
     def get_player_id(self, config, siteName, playerName):
         c = self.connection.cursor()
+        siteNameUtf = Charset.to_utf8(siteName)
         playerNameUtf = Charset.to_utf8(playerName)
         #print "db.get_player_id siteName",siteName,"playerName",playerName
-        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_player_id'], (playerNameUtf, siteName))
+        c.execute(self.sql.query['get_player_id'], (playerNameUtf, siteNameUtf))
         row = c.fetchone()
         if row:
             return row[0]