diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 5724eaf70..0d53db39f 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -1258,13 +1258,10 @@ function pumpio_fetchinbox(App $a, $uid)
 
 	$self = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
 
-	$lastitems = q("SELECT `uri` FROM `post-thread-user`
-			INNER JOIN `post-view` ON `post-view`.`id` = `post-thread-user`.`id`
-			WHERE `post-thread-user`.`network` = '%s' AND `post-thread-user`.`uid` = %d AND `post-view`.`extid` != ''
-			ORDER BY `post-thread-user`.`commented` DESC LIMIT 10",
-				DBA::escape(Protocol::PUMPIO),
-				intval($uid)
-			);
+	$lastitems = DBA::p("SELECT `uri` FROM `post-thread-user`
+		INNER JOIN `post-view` ON `post-view`.`id` = `post-thread-user`.`id`
+		WHERE `post-thread-user`.`network` = ? AND `post-thread-user`.`uid` = ? AND `post-view`.`extid` != ''
+		ORDER BY `post-thread-user`.`commented` DESC LIMIT 10", Protocol::PUMPIO, $uid);
 
 	$client = new oauth_client_class;
 	$client->oauth_version = '1.0a';
@@ -1305,9 +1302,10 @@ function pumpio_fetchinbox(App $a, $uid)
 		}
 	}
 
-	foreach ($lastitems as $item) {
+	while ($item = DBA::fetch($lastitems)) {
 		pumpio_fetchallcomments($a, $uid, $item["uri"]);
 	}
+	DBA::close($lastitems);
 
 	DI::pConfig()->set($uid, 'pumpio', 'last_id', $last_id);
 }
@@ -1395,19 +1393,19 @@ function pumpio_getreceiver(App $a, array $b)
 		foreach ($gids AS $gid) {
 			$gid = trim($gid, " <>");
 
-			$r = q("SELECT `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`nick`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`network` ".
-				"FROM `group_member`, `contact` WHERE `group_member`.`gid` = %d ".
-				"AND `contact`.`id` = `group_member`.`contact-id` AND `contact`.`network` = '%s'",
-					intval($gid),
-					DBA::escape(Protocol::PUMPIO)
-				);
+			$contacts = DBA::p("SELECT `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`nick`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`network`
+				FROM `group_member`, `contact` WHERE `group_member`.`gid` = ?
+				AND `contact`.`id` = `group_member`.`contact-id` AND `contact`.`network` = ?",
+				$gid, Protocol::PUMPIO);
 
-			foreach ($r AS $row)
+			while ($row = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
 				$receiver["bcc"][] = [
 							"displayName" => $row["name"],
 							"objectType" => "person",
 							"preferredUsername" => $row["nick"],
 							"url" => $row["url"]];
+			}
+			DBA::close($contacts);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
index acaa027cd..6ee4e0f02 100644
--- a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
+++ b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
@@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ function windowsphonepush_cron()
 		} else {
 			// retrieve the number of unseen items and the id of the latest one (if there are more than
 			// one new entries since last poller run, only the latest one will be pushed)
-			$count = q("SELECT count(`id`) as count, max(`id`) as max FROM `post-view` WHERE `unseen` = 1 AND `type` <> 'activity' AND `uid` = %d", intval($rr['uid']));
+			$count = DBA::fetchFirst("SELECT count(`id`) AS count, max(`id`) AS max FROM `post-view` WHERE `unseen` AND `type` != ? AND `uid` = ?", 'activity', $rr['uid']);
 
 			// send number of unseen items to the device (the number will be displayed on Start screen until
 			// App will be started by user) - this update will be sent every 10 minutes to update the number to 0 if
 			// user has loaded the timeline through app or website
-			$res_tile = send_tile_update($device_url, "", $count[0]['count'], "");
+			$res_tile = send_tile_update($device_url, "", $count['count'], "");
 			switch (trim($res_tile)) {
 				case "Received":
 					// ok, count has been pushed, let's save it in personal settings
-					DI::pConfig()->set($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'counterunseen', $count[0]['count']);
+					DI::pConfig()->set($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'counterunseen', $count['count']);
 					break;
 				case "QueueFull":
 					// maximum of 30 messages reached, server rejects any further push notification until device reconnects
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ function windowsphonepush_cron()
 			}
 
 			// additionally user receives the text of the newest item (function checks against last successfully pushed item)
-			if (intval($count[0]['max']) > intval($lastpushid)) {
+			if (intval($count['max']) > intval($lastpushid)) {
 				// user can define if he wants to see the text of the item in the push notification
 				// this has been implemented as the device_url is not a https uri (not so secure)
 				$senditemtext = DI::pConfig()->get($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'senditemtext');
 				if ($senditemtext == 1) {
 					// load item with the max id
-					$item = Post::selectFirst(['author-name', 'body', 'uri-id'], ['id' => $count[0]['max']]);
+					$item = Post::selectFirst(['author-name', 'body', 'uri-id'], ['id' => $count['max']]);
 
 					// as user allows to send the item, we want to show the sender of the item in the toast
 					// toasts are limited to one line, therefore place is limited - author shall be in
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function windowsphonepush_cron()
 				// further log information done on count pushing with send_tile (see above)
 				$res_toast = send_toast($device_url, $author, $body);
 				if (trim($res_toast) === 'Received') {
-					DI::pConfig()->set($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'lastpushid', $count[0]['max']);
+					DI::pConfig()->set($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'lastpushid', $count['max']);
 				}
 			}
 		}