diff --git a/docs/reference/wmud/wmud-sections.txt b/docs/reference/wmud/wmud-sections.txt
index ff42dae..ce587d2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/wmud/wmud-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/wmud/wmud-sections.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ wmud_interpret_game_command
 WMUD_DB_ERROR
 wmudDbError
 wmud_db_init
-wmud_db_players_load
+wmud_db_load_players
 wmud_db_save_player
 </SECTION>
 
diff --git a/wmud/db.c b/wmud/db.c
index bc21163..0314ca8 100644
--- a/wmud/db.c
+++ b/wmud/db.c
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ wmud_db_init(GError **err)
 }
 
 /**
- * wmud_db_players_load:
+ * wmud_db_load_players:
  * @err: a GError to put error messages in it
  *
  * Loads all player records from the database
  */
 gboolean
-wmud_db_players_load(GError **err)
+wmud_db_load_players(GError **err)
 {
 	sqlite3_stmt *sth = NULL;
 	int sqlite_code;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ wmud_db_players_load(GError **err)
 
 	if ((sqlite_code = sqlite3_prepare_v2(dbh, "SELECT id, login, password, email FROM players", -1, &sth, NULL)) != SQLITE_OK)
 	{
-		g_set_error(err, WMUD_DB_ERROR, WMUD_DB_ERROR_BADQUERY, "Bad query in wmud_db_players_load(): %s", sqlite3_errmsg(dbh));
+		g_set_error(err, WMUD_DB_ERROR, WMUD_DB_ERROR_BADQUERY, "Bad query in wmud_db_load_players(): %s", sqlite3_errmsg(dbh));
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ wmud_db_players_load(GError **err)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			g_set_error(err, WMUD_DB_ERROR, WMUD_DB_ERROR_BADQUERY, "Query error in wmud_db_players_load(): %s", sqlite3_errmsg(dbh));
+			g_set_error(err, WMUD_DB_ERROR, WMUD_DB_ERROR_BADQUERY, "Query error in wmud_db_load_players(): %s", sqlite3_errmsg(dbh));
+			sqlite3_finalize(sth);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/wmud/db.h b/wmud/db.h
index 38da5ca..2c8869d 100644
--- a/wmud/db.h
+++ b/wmud/db.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 extern GQuark WMUD_DB_ERROR;
 
 gboolean wmud_db_init(GError **err);
-gboolean wmud_db_players_load(GError **err);
+gboolean wmud_db_load_players(GError **err);
 gboolean wmud_db_save_player(wmudPlayer *player, GError **err);
 gboolean wmud_db_load_planes(GSList **planes, GError **err);
 gboolean wmud_db_load_planets(GSList **planets, GError **err);
diff --git a/wmud/main.c b/wmud/main.c
index 9e97241..9634bf2 100644
--- a/wmud/main.c
+++ b/wmud/main.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	g_clear_error(&err);
-	wmud_db_players_load(&err);
+	wmud_db_load_players(&err);
 
 	/* Initialization ends here */