diff --git a/core/imageboard/image.php b/core/imageboard/image.php
index e5f2b156..0ee6d379 100644
--- a/core/imageboard/image.php
+++ b/core/imageboard/image.php
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class Image
                 "height" => $this->height ?? 0,
                 "lossless" => $database->scoresql_value_prepare($this->lossless),
                 "video" => $database->scoresql_value_prepare($this->video),
-                "video_codec" => $database->scoresql_value_prepare($this->video_codec),
+                "video_codec" => $this->video_codec,
                 "image" => $database->scoresql_value_prepare($this->image),
                 "audio" => $database->scoresql_value_prepare($this->audio),
                 "length" => $this->length
diff --git a/ext/upgrade/main.php b/ext/upgrade/main.php
index bc32e5a2..bfdf8f3d 100644
--- a/ext/upgrade/main.php
+++ b/ext/upgrade/main.php
@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ class Upgrade extends Extension
         if ($this->get_version("db_version") < 19) {
             log_info("upgrade", "Adding MIME type column");
 
-            $database->execute($database->scoreql_to_sql(
-                "ALTER TABLE images ADD COLUMN mime varchar(512) NULL"
-            ));
+            $database->execute("ALTER TABLE images ADD COLUMN mime varchar(512) NULL");
             // Column is primed in mime extension
             log_info("upgrade", "Setting index for mime column");
             $database->execute('CREATE INDEX images_mime_idx ON images(mime)');