diff --git a/sys/db.php b/sys/db.php
index bdc12b7..d4603a3 100644
--- a/sys/db.php
+++ b/sys/db.php
@@ -27,13 +27,22 @@ class db extends PDO {
 		if ( ! isset(self::$instance[$dbname]))
 		{
 			//echo 'Creating new instance of db class.';
-			self::$instance[$dbname] = new db($dbname, $options);
+			self::$instance[$dbname] = self::_get_conf($dbname, $options);
 		}
 
 		return self::$instance[$dbname];
 	}
 	
-	function __construct($dbname="default", $options=array())
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	
+	/**
+	 * Makes DSN from config file, and creates database object
+	 *
+	 * @param string $dbname
+	 * @param array $options
+	 * @return db object
+	 */
+	private static function _get_conf($dbname="default", $options=array())
 	{
 		// Include the database config file
 		require(APP_PATH.'config/db.php');
@@ -76,7 +85,23 @@ class db extends PDO {
 		);
 		
 		$options = $opts + $options;
-
+		
+		return new db($dsn, $user, $pass, $options);
+	}
+	
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	
+	/**
+	 * Constructor to override PDO constructor - Quercus doesn't seem to override
+	 * the parent constructor unless the arguments match. 
+	 *
+	 * @param string $dsn
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param string $pass
+	 * @param array $options
+	 */
+	function __construct($dsn, $user, $pass, $options)
+	{
 		// Let's try connecting now!
 		parent::__construct($dsn, $user, $pass, $options);
 
@@ -185,9 +210,9 @@ class db extends PDO {
 		}
 		
 		// Bind the parameters
-		foreach($data as $placeholder => $value)
+		foreach($data as $k => $value)
 		{
-			$res = $query->bindParam($placeholder, $value);
+			$res = $query->bindValue($k, $value);
 			
 			if( ! $res)
 			{
@@ -196,8 +221,6 @@ class db extends PDO {
 			}
 		}
 		
-		
-		
 		return $query; 
 		
 	}
diff --git a/sys/miniMVC.php b/sys/miniMVC.php
index 45c3bca..6dd971f 100644
--- a/sys/miniMVC.php
+++ b/sys/miniMVC.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class JSObject extends Object{
  		{
  			$this->$name = $value;
  		}
- 		
  	}
  	
  	/** 
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ class miniMVC extends JSObject{
 	/**
 	 * Constructor - Any classes loaded here become subclasses of miniMVC
 	 */
-	public function __construct()
+	function __construct()
 	{
 		self::$instance =& $this;
 	}