diff --git a/contrib/blotter/main.php b/contrib/blotter/main.php
index 04cd2e8c..d689ba15 100644
--- a/contrib/blotter/main.php
+++ b/contrib/blotter/main.php
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class Blotter extends SimpleExtension {
 	private function display_blotter() {
 		global $database, $config;
 		$limit = $config->get_int("blotter_recent", 5);
-		$entries = $database->get_all("SELECT * FROM blotter ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT :lim", array("lim"=>$limit));
+		$sql = 'SELECT * FROM blotter ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT '.intval($limit);
+		$entries = $database->get_all($sql);
 		$this->theme->display_blotter($entries);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/util.inc.php b/core/util.inc.php
index e5fd8d1e..d6ce5354 100644
--- a/core/util.inc.php
+++ b/core/util.inc.php
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ function send_event(Event $event) {
 \* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 function get_debug_info() {
-	global $config, $_event_count;
+	global $config, $_event_count, $database, $_execs;
 
 	if(function_exists('memory_get_usage')) {
 		$i_mem = sprintf("%5.2f", ((memory_get_usage()+512)/1024)/1024);
@@ -762,15 +762,16 @@ function get_debug_info() {
 		$i_utime = "???";
 		$i_stime = "???";
 	}
+	
 	$i_files = count(get_included_files());
-	global $_execs;
-	global $database;
 	$hits = $database->cache->get_hits();
 	$miss = $database->cache->get_misses();
+	
 	$debug = "<br>Took $i_utime + $i_stime seconds and {$i_mem}MB of RAM";
 	$debug .= "; Used $i_files files and $_execs queries";
 	$debug .= "; Sent $_event_count events";
 	$debug .= "; $hits cache hits and $miss misses";
+	$debug .= "; Shimmie version ". VERSION .", SCore Version ". SCORE_VERSION;
 
 	return $debug;
 }