diff --git a/core/database.class.php b/core/database.class.php
index 0c07b248..f38af98a 100644
--- a/core/database.class.php
+++ b/core/database.class.php
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class SQLite extends DBEngine {
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_NOW", "\"1970-01-01\"", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_STRNORM", "", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_ILIKE", "LIKE", $data);
+		return $data;
 	}
 
 	public function create_table_sql($name, $data) {
diff --git a/core/util.inc.php b/core/util.inc.php
index fbaa6c45..75e28ccd 100644
--- a/core/util.inc.php
+++ b/core/util.inc.php
@@ -757,7 +757,9 @@ function get_base_href() {
 	}
 	assert(!empty($ok_var));
 	$dir = dirname($ok_var);
-	if($dir === "/" || $dir === "\\") $dir = "";
+	$dir = str_replace("\\", "/", $dir);
+	$dir = str_replace("//", "/", $dir);
+	$dir = rtrim($dir, "/");
 	return $dir;
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/user/main.php b/ext/user/main.php
index f13ef232..d0ac076f 100644
--- a/ext/user/main.php
+++ b/ext/user/main.php
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class UserPage extends Extension {
 				"INSERT INTO users (name, pass, joindate, email, class) VALUES (:username, :hash, now(), :email, :class)",
 				array("username"=>$event->username, "hash"=>$hash, "email"=>$email, "class"=>$class));
 		$uid = $database->get_last_insert_id('users_id_seq');
-		$user = $user::by_name($event->username);
+		$user = User::by_name($event->username);
 		log_info("user", "Created User #$uid ({$event->username})");
 	}
 
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index d6873df5..f2984e9e 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function ask_questions() { // {{{
 				});
 				function update_qs() {
 					$(".dbconf").hide();
-					var seldb = $("#database_type").val();
+					var seldb = $("#database_type").val() || "none";
 					$("."+seldb).show();
 				}
 				</script>
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ function ask_questions() { // {{{
 				For SQLite the database name will be a filename on disk, relative to
 				where shimmie was installed.
 			</p>
+			<p class="dbconf none">
+				Drivers can generally be downloaded with your OS package manager;
+				for Debian / Ubuntu you want php5-pgsql, php5-mysql, or php5-sqlite.
+			</p>
 			
 		</div>
 EOD;