diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
index 5fd440565..22f3897ee 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ sub identifier {
 
 sub karma {
 	if (defined $_[1] && defined $_[2] && defined $_[3]) {
-		WebGUI::SQL->write("update users set karma=karma+$_[1] where userId=$_[0]");
-        	WebGUI::SQL->write("insert into karmaLog values ($_[0]->userId,$_[1],".quote($_[2]).",".quote($_[3]).")");
+		WebGUI::SQL->write("update users set karma=karma+$_[1] where userId=".$_[0]->userId);
+        	WebGUI::SQL->write("insert into karmaLog values (".$_[0]->userId,$_[1].",".quote($_[2]).",".quote($_[3]).")");
 	}
         return $_[0]->{_user}{karma};
 }