diff --git a/feed_info.c b/feed_info.c
index a1225cb..f9e156a 100644
--- a/feed_info.c
+++ b/feed_info.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ zblock_feed_info_err zblock_feed_info_exists(PGconn *conn, const char *url, u64s
 	snprintf(channel_id_str, sizeof(channel_id_str), "%" PRId64, channel_id);
 	
 	const char *const params[] = {url, channel_id_str};
-	PGresult *res = PQexecParams(conn, "SELECT COUNT(1) FROM feeds WHERE url = $1 AND channel_id = $2", 2, NULL, params, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	PGresult *res = PQexecParams(conn, "SELECT COUNT(1) FROM feeds WHERE url = $1 AND channel_id = $2", 2, NULL, params, NULL, NULL, 1);
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK) {
 		log_error(PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 		PQclear(res);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 27826c7..a1e246f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ static void timer_retrieve_feeds(struct discord *client, struct discord_timer *t
 
 	// all this SQL stuff should *really* be extracted somewhere else
 	// maybe make a function where you can do a lookup with a quantity and offset
-	PGresult *database_res = PQexec(database_conn, "SELECT url, last_pubDate, channel_id from feeds");
+	PGresult *database_res = PQexecParams(
+		database_conn, "SELECT url, last_pubDate, channel_id from feeds",
+		0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1
+	);
 	if (PQresultStatus(database_res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK) {
 		log_error("Unable to retrieve feed list: %s", PQresultErrorMessage(database_res));
 		PQclear(database_res);