diff --git a/stats.py b/stats.py
index 9c5c57c9fe7c2d3abe777436def77c723ff211d6..e383645a7b798541a118becf93ce78e1319cdbf5 100644
--- a/stats.py
+++ b/stats.py
@@ -43,20 +43,21 @@ def stats_generic(req, param=None):
 def stats_viewsperday(req, param=""):
 	update_expr = 'INSERT INTO logcache (req, param, trace, date, value) SELECT "%s", ?, trace, date, y FROM (%s) AS cachetmp WHERE date < ?'
 	query_expr = 'SELECT date, trace, value AS y FROM logcache WHERE req = "%s" AND param = ? UNION SELECT * FROM (%s) AS cachetmp'
-	date_subexpr = '(SELECT CASE WHEN MAX(date) IS NULL THEN "2000-00-00" ELSE MAX(date) END FROM `logcache` WHERE req = "%s" AND param = ?)'
+	date_subexpr = 'SELECT CASE WHEN MAX(date) IS NULL THEN "2000-00-00" ELSE MAX(date) END AS t FROM `logcache` WHERE req = "%s" AND param = ?'
 	queries = {
 		'lecture': 'SELECT log.date AS date, formats.description AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video JOIN formats ON formats.id = videos.video_format WHERE log.date > %T AND videos.lecture_id = ? GROUP BY log.date, videos.video_format UNION SELECT log.date AS date, "total" AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video WHERE log.date > %T AND videos.lecture_id = ? GROUP BY log.date',
 		'course': 'SELECT log.date AS date, formats.description AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video JOIN lectures ON lectures.id = videos.lecture_id JOIN formats ON formats.id = videos.video_format WHERE log.date > %T AND lectures.course_id = ? GROUP BY log.date, videos.video_format UNION SELECT log.date AS date, "total" AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video JOIN lectures ON lectures.id = videos.lecture_id WHERE log.date > %T AND lectures.course_id = ? GROUP BY log.date',
 		'global': 'SELECT log.date AS date, formats.description AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video JOIN formats ON formats.id = videos.video_format WHERE log.date > %T GROUP BY log.date, videos.video_format UNION SELECT log.date AS date, "total" AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log WHERE log.date > %T GROUP BY log.date',
 		'courses': 'SELECT log.date AS date, courses.handle AS trace, COUNT(DISTINCT log.id) AS y FROM log JOIN videos ON videos.id = log.video JOIN lectures ON lectures.id = videos.lecture_id JOIN courses ON courses.id = lectures.course_id WHERE log.date > %T GROUP BY log.date, courses.id'
 	}
-	expr = queries[req]
-	expr = expr.replace('%T', date_subexpr%('viewsperday.'+req))
+	expr = queries[req].replace('%T', '"'+query(date_subexpr%('viewsperday.'+req), param)[0]['t']+'"')
 	params = [param]*expr.count('?')
 	try:
 		modify(update_expr%('viewsperday.'+req, expr), param, *(params+[datetime.combine(date.today(), time())]))
+		modify('COMMIT')
 	except Exception:
 		traceback.print_exc()
+	expr = queries[req].replace('%T', '"'+str(date.today())+'"')
 	rows = query(query_expr%('viewsperday.'+req, expr), param, *params)
 	start = None
 	traces = set()