diff --git a/importer.py b/importer.py
index 90a5a6e7e22e143c9fd4faac0f1323943315cd48..bb9569032be4aff886b0fb481c9ce92b26d60e9f 100644
--- a/importer.py
+++ b/importer.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def fetch_co_course_events(i):
 			j['place'] = str(j['place'])
 			if j['place'] != '':
 				# info: sql no test cover
-				dbplace = query("SELECT name FROM places WHERE (campus_room = ?) OR (campus_name = ?) OR ((NOT campus_name) AND name = ?)",
+				dbplace = query("SELECT name FROM places WHERE (campus_room = ?) OR (campus_name = ?) OR (campus_name = '' AND name = ?)",
 					j['place'], j['place'], j['place'])
 				if dbplace:
 					e['place'] = dbplace[0]['name']
diff --git a/sorter.py b/sorter.py
index b78017e0372f92ae939d73e6287f1d73932e3f8a..94a097e35264e1f89f6543c4d6304a61be1c43ab 100644
--- a/sorter.py
+++ b/sorter.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def insert_video(lectureid, dbfilepath, fileformatid, hash="", filesize=-1, dura
 		query('INSERT INTO sortlog (lecture_id,video_id,path,"when") VALUES (?,?,?,?)', lectureid, video_id, dbfilepath, datetime.now())
 		schedule_job('probe', {'path': dbfilepath, 'lecture_id': lectureid, 'video_id': video_id, 'import-chapters': True})
 	schedule_thumbnail(lectureid)
-	video = query('SELECT videos.*, "format" AS sep, formats.* FROM videos JOIN formats ON formats.id = videos.video_format WHERE videos.id = ?', video_id)[0]
+	video = query('SELECT videos.*, \'format\' AS sep, formats.* FROM videos JOIN formats ON formats.id = videos.video_format WHERE videos.id = ?', video_id)[0]
 	lecture = query('SELECT * FROM lectures WHERE id = ?', lectureid)[0]
 	course = query('SELECT * FROM courses WHERE id = ?', lecture['course_id'])[0]
 	notify_mods('new_video', course['id'], course=course, lecture=lecture, video=video)