diff --git a/src/memory/sqlite.py b/src/memory/sqlite.py
index f6a51b16..f0458eb4 100644
--- a/src/memory/sqlite.py
+++ b/src/memory/sqlite.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class SqliteStorage():
                 key,value = private
                 private_gen[key] = value
         debug(_("loading general private values [namespace: %s] from database") % (namespace,)) 
-        d = self.dbpool.runQuery("SELECT key,value FROM private_gen WHERE namespace=?", namespace).addCallback(fillPrivates)
+        d = self.dbpool.runQuery("SELECT key,value FROM private_gen WHERE namespace=?", (namespace,)).addCallback(fillPrivates)
         return d.addErrback(lambda x: debug(_("No data present in database for namespace %s") % namespace))
 
     def loadIndPrivates(self, private_ind, namespace, profile):