diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
index 32f1fd16d..b86e092b8 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ function adduser($username, $password, $level, $email = "", $realname = "", $can
 
 function user_exists($username)
 {
-  return @dbFetchCell("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", array($username));
+  return @dbFetchCell("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE username = ?", array($username));
 }
 
 function get_userlevel($username)
 {
-  return dbFetchRow("SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
+  return dbFetchCell("SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
 }
 
 function get_userid($username)
 {
-  return dbFetchRow("SELECT `user_id` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
+  return dbFetchCell("SELECT `user_id` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
 }
 
 function deluser($username)
@@ -103,4 +103,5 @@ function deluser($username)
   return dbDelete('users', "`username` =  ?", array($username));
 }
 
+
 ?>
diff --git a/html/index.php b/html/index.php
index 57f2bcec7..7fa1d4a8d 100755
--- a/html/index.php
+++ b/html/index.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 ob_start();
 
 ini_set('allow_url_fopen', 0);
diff --git a/html/pages/edituser.inc.php b/html/pages/edituser.inc.php
index 96843d1b7..74896ce49 100644
--- a/html/pages/edituser.inc.php
+++ b/html/pages/edituser.inc.php
@@ -190,4 +190,4 @@ if ($_SESSION['userlevel'] != '10') { include("includes/error-no-perm.inc.php");
 
 echo("</div>");
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>