diff --git a/season_halloween/scripting/season_halloween.sp b/season_halloween/scripting/season_halloween.sp
index 713e0ea3..61dc7862 100644
--- a/season_halloween/scripting/season_halloween.sp
+++ b/season_halloween/scripting/season_halloween.sp
@@ -660,12 +660,12 @@ public void HookCallback(const char[] output, int caller, int activator, float d
 
 			char sName[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
 			GetClientName(client, sName, sizeof(sName));
+			char sSafeName[(2*MAX_NAME_LENGTH)+1];
+			g_hDatabase.Escape(sName, sSafeName, sizeof(sSafeName));
 
 			char sQuery[256];
-			Format(sQuery, sizeof(sQuery), "INSERT INTO halloween_table (steam_auth,name,collected) VALUES ('%s','%s',1) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE collected=collected+1;", sSteamID, sName);
-			char sSafeQuery[1024];
-			g_hDatabase.Escape(sQuery, sSafeQuery, sizeof(sSafeQuery));
-			g_hDatabase.Query(SQL_OnQueryCompletedUpdate, sSafeQuery);
+			Format(sQuery, sizeof(sQuery), "INSERT INTO halloween_table (steam_auth,name,collected) VALUES ('%s','%s',1) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE collected=collected+1;", sSteamID, sSafeName);
+			g_hDatabase.Query(SQL_OnQueryCompletedUpdate, sQuery);
 
 			g_iCollected[client] += 1;
 			CheckAndAddFlag(client);