diff --git a/core/util.inc.php b/core/util.inc.php
index bcea6250..3a37bbe0 100644
--- a/core/util.inc.php
+++ b/core/util.inc.php
@@ -700,14 +700,14 @@ function getExtension ($mime_type){
 }
 
 
-$_shm_execs = 0;
+$_shm_query_count = 0;
 /**
  * $db is the connection object
  *
  * @private
  */
 function _count_execs($db, $sql, $inputarray) {
-	global $_shm_execs;
+	global $_shm_query_count;
 	if ((defined('DEBUG_SQL') && DEBUG_SQL === true) || (!defined('DEBUG_SQL') && @$_GET['DEBUG_SQL'])) {
 		$fp = @fopen("data/sql.log", "a");
 		if($fp) {
@@ -729,10 +729,10 @@ function _count_execs($db, $sql, $inputarray) {
 			#log_error("core", "failed to open sql.log for appending");
 		}
 	}
-	if (!is_array($inputarray)) $_shm_execs++;
+	if (!is_array($inputarray)) $_shm_query_count++;
 	# handle 2-dimensional input arrays
-	else if (is_array(reset($inputarray))) $_shm_execs += sizeof($inputarray);
-	else $_shm_execs++;
+	else if (is_array(reset($inputarray))) $_shm_query_count += sizeof($inputarray);
+	else $_shm_query_count++;
 	# in PHP4.4 and PHP5, we need to return a value by reference
 	$null = null; return $null;
 }
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ $_shm_load_start = microtime(true);
  * @return string debug info to add to the page.
  */
 function get_debug_info() {
-	global $config, $_shm_event_count, $database, $_shm_execs, $_shm_load_start;
+	global $config, $_shm_event_count, $database, $_shm_query_count, $_shm_load_start;
 
 	$i_mem = sprintf("%5.2f", ((memory_get_peak_usage(true)+512)/1024)/1024);
 
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ function get_debug_info() {
 	$miss = $database->cache->get_misses();
 
 	$debug = "<br>Took $time seconds (db:$dbtime) and {$i_mem}MB of RAM";
-	$debug .= "; Used $i_files files and $_shm_execs queries";
+	$debug .= "; Used $i_files files and $_shm_query_count queries";
 	$debug .= "; Sent $_shm_event_count events";
 	$debug .= "; $hits cache hits and $miss misses";
 	$debug .= "; Shimmie version ". VERSION . $commit; // .", SCore Version ". SCORE_VERSION;
diff --git a/ext/statsd/main.php b/ext/statsd/main.php
index 03a4f294..73306d44 100644
--- a/ext/statsd/main.php
+++ b/ext/statsd/main.php
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ class StatsDInterface extends Extension {
 	public static $stats = array();
 
 	private function _stats($type) {
-		global $config, $_shm_event_count, $database, $_shm_execs, $_shm_load_start;
+		global $config, $_shm_event_count, $database, $_shm_query_count, $_shm_load_start;
 		$time = microtime(true) - $_shm_load_start;
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.hits"] = "1|c";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.time"] = "$time|ms";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.time-db"] = "{$database->dbtime}|ms";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.memory"] = memory_get_peak_usage(true)."|c";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.files"] = count(get_included_files())."|c";
-		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.queries"] = $_shm_execs."|c";
+		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.queries"] = $_shm_query_count."|c";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.events"] = $_shm_event_count."|c";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.cache-hits"] = $database->cache->get_hits()."|c";
 		StatsDInterface::$stats["shimmie.$type.cache-misses"] = $database->cache->get_misses()."|c";