diff --git a/src/Content/ForumManager.php b/src/Content/ForumManager.php
index e9dab41ef9..af2c3725c4 100644
--- a/src/Content/ForumManager.php
+++ b/src/Content/ForumManager.php
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ class ForumManager
 		$stmtContacts = DBA::p(
 			"SELECT `contact`.`id`, `contact`.`name`, COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `item`
 				INNER JOIN `contact` ON `item`.`contact-id` = `contact`.`id`
-				WHERE `item`.`uid` = %d AND `item`.`visible` AND NOT `item`.`deleted` AND `item`.`unseen`
+				WHERE `item`.`uid` = ? AND `item`.`visible` AND NOT `item`.`deleted` AND `item`.`unseen`
 				AND `contact`.`network`= 'dfrn' AND (`contact`.`forum` OR `contact`.`prv`)
 				AND NOT `contact`.`blocked` AND NOT `contact`.`hidden`
 				AND NOT `contact`.`pending` AND NOT `contact`.`archive`
 				AND `contact`.`success_update` > `failure_update`
 				GROUP BY `contact`.`id` ",
-			intval(local_user())
+			local_user()
 		);
 
 		return DBA::toArray($stmtContacts);
diff --git a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
index bc1d1a00aa..5b2e97005a 100644
--- a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 		$sql_extra = "";
 
 		if (!$all) {
-			$sql_extra = " AND `ignore` = 0 ";
+			$sql_extra = " AND NOT `ignore` ";
 		}
 
 		/// @todo Fetch contact details by "Contact::getDetailsByUrl" instead of queries to contact, fcontact and gcontact
@@ -578,11 +578,11 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 				LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `intro`.`contact-id`
 				LEFT JOIN `gcontact` ON `gcontact`.`nurl` = `contact`.`nurl`
 				LEFT JOIN `fcontact` ON `intro`.`fid` = `fcontact`.`id`
-			WHERE `intro`.`uid` = %d $sql_extra AND `intro`.`blocked` = 0
-			LIMIT %d, %d",
-			intval($_SESSION['uid']),
-			intval($start),
-			intval($limit)
+			WHERE `intro`.`uid` = ? $sql_extra AND `intro`.`blocked` = 0
+			LIMIT ?, ?",
+			$_SESSION['uid'],
+			$start,
+			$limit
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($stmtNotifies)) {
 			$notifs = $this->formatIntros(DBA::toArray($stmtNotifies));