diff --git a/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_driver.c b/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_driver.c
index 7be1dab798a..b77c231caa7 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_driver.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_driver.c
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ static int sqlite_handle_preparer(pdo_dbh_t *dbh, const char *sql, long sql_len,
 	stmt->methods = &sqlite_stmt_methods;
 
 	i = sqlite3_prepare(H->db, sql, sql_len, &S->stmt, &tail);
-	if (i == SQLITE_OK)
+	if (i == SQLITE_OK) {
 		return 1;
+	}
 
 	pdo_sqlite_error(dbh);
 
diff --git a/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_statement.c b/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_statement.c
index fd61bb78ecd..cb513a31993 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_statement.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite_statement.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int pdo_sqlite_stmt_param_hook(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, struct pdo_bound_param_d
 							param->paramno = sqlite3_bind_parameter_index(S->stmt, param->name);
 						}
 						convert_to_string(param->parameter);
-						i = sqlite3_bind_blob(S->stmt, param->paramno,
+						i = sqlite3_bind_text(S->stmt, param->paramno,
 							Z_STRVAL_P(param->parameter),
 							Z_STRLEN_P(param->parameter),
 							SQLITE_STATIC);
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static int pdo_sqlite_stmt_fetch(pdo_stmt_t *stmt TSRMLS_DC)
 {
 	pdo_sqlite_stmt *S = (pdo_sqlite_stmt*)stmt->driver_data;
 	int i;
-	
 	if (!S->stmt) {
 		return 0;	
 	}