diff --git a/includes/adodb.php b/includes/adodb.php
index 81de3cc..bce275e 100644
--- a/includes/adodb.php
+++ b/includes/adodb.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ADOdb {
 		$hostport = $host . ":" . $port;
 		$this->conn = NewADOConnection($db_type);
 		while ($try <= $retries) {
-			if ($this->conn->PConnect($hostport,$user,$pass,$db_name)) {
+			if ($this->conn->NConnect($hostport,$user,$pass,$db_name)) {
 				$this->conn = $this->conn;
 				return 0;
 			}
diff --git a/includes/config.php b/includes/config.php
index b882093..1f3eccb 100644
--- a/includes/config.php
+++ b/includes/config.php
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
  */
 
 // ** database settings ** //
-$db_type = 'mysql';             // Name of the DBMS hosting the tsmmonitor database
-$db_name = 'tsmmonitor';        // Name of the tsmmonitor database
-$db_user = 'tsmmonitor';        // Username used to connect to the tsmmonitor database
-$db_password = 'tsmmonitor';    // Password used to connect to the tsmmonitor database
-$db_host = 'localhost';         // Hostname or IP address the DBMS is listening on
-$db_port = '3306';              // Port number the DBMS is listening on
-$db_charset = 'utf8';
-$db_collate = '';
+$config["db_type"] = 'mysql';             // Name of the DBMS hosting the tsmmonitor database
+$config["db_name"] = 'tsmmonitor';        // Name of the tsmmonitor database
+$config["db_user"] = 'tsmmonitor';        // Username used to connect to the tsmmonitor database
+$config["db_password"] = 'tsmmonitor';    // Password used to connect to the tsmmonitor database
+$config["db_host"] = 'localhost';         // Hostname or IP address the DBMS is listening on
+$config["db_port"] = '3306';              // Port number the DBMS is listening on
+$config["db_charset"] = 'utf8';
+$config["db_collate"] = '';
 ?>
diff --git a/includes/global.php b/includes/global.php
index d234ace..cb493cd 100644
--- a/includes/global.php
+++ b/includes/global.php
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@
 
  */
 
+// ** Global configuration array ** //
+$config = array();
+
 // ** Default database settings ** //
-$db_type = 'mysql';
-$db_name = 'tsmmonitor';
-$db_user = 'tsmmonitor';
-$db_password = 'tsmmonitor';
-$db_host = 'localhost';
-$db_port = '3306';
-$db_charset = 'utf8';
-$db_collate = '';
+$config["db_type"] = 'mysql';
+$config["db_name"] = 'tsmmonitor';
+$config["db_user"] = 'tsmmonitor';
+$config["db_password"] = 'tsmmonitor';
+$config["db_host"] = 'localhost';
+$config["db_port"] = '3306';
+$config["db_charset"] = 'utf8';
+$config["db_collate"] = '';
 
 // ** Include user configureable definitions ** //
 include(dirname(__FILE__) . "/config.php");
 
-// ** Global configuration array ** //
-$config = array();
-
 // ** Current TSM Monitor version ** //
 $config["tsm_monitor_version"] = '0.0.1';
 
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ include_once($config["include_path"] . "/tsmmonitor.php");
 include_once($config["include_path"] . "/polld.php");
 
 // ** Connect to the database ** //
-$adodb = new ADOdb($db_host, $db_port, $db_user, $db_password, $db_name, $db_type);
+$adodb = new ADOdb($config["db_host"], $config["db_port"], $config["db_user"], $config["db_password"], $config["db_name"], $config["db_type"]);
 
 // ** instantiate TSMMonitor Class ** //
 $tsmmonitor = new TSMMonitor($adodb);
 
 // check to see if this is a new installation
-$version = $adodb->fetchCellDB("select confval from cfg_config where confkey='version'", '');
+$version = $adodb->fetchCellDB("SELECT confval FROM cfg_config WHERE confkey='version'", '');
 if ($version != $config["tsm_monitor_version"] && basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) != 'install.php') {
 	header("Location: install.php");
 	exit;