diff --git a/db/db.update.195.php b/db/db.update.195.php
index ac5a8e66..96dc23a8 100644
--- a/db/db.update.195.php
+++ b/db/db.update.195.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 	$fields['fair'] = array('fairs_id');
 	$fields['sponsor'] = array('sponsors_id','primary','position','notes');
 
+	$max_id = 0;
+
 	// let's do some data massaging
 	mysql_query("BEGIN");
 	try{
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 							"`superuser` = '$superuser', " .
 							"`year` = $year " .
 							"WHERE username = '$username'";
+					//echo $query . "\n";
 					if(!mysql_query($updateQuery)){
 						throw new Exception("Error on query \"$updateQuery\":\n\n" . mysql_error());
 					}
@@ -76,15 +79,18 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 
 			}else{
 				echo "Creating a new record for uid $uid ($username)\n";
+				$accounts_id = $uid;
 
-				$newAccountQuery = "INSERT INTO accounts (`username`, `password`, `email`, `pendingemail`, `superuser`, `year`) ";
-				$newAccountQuery .= "VALUES ('$username', '$password', '$email', '$pendingemail', '$superuser', $year)";
-				if(mysql_query($newAccountQuery)){
-					$accounts_id = mysql_insert_id();
-				}else{
+				$newAccountQuery = "INSERT INTO accounts (`id`, `username`, `password`, `email`, `pendingemail`, `superuser`, `year`) ";
+				$newAccountQuery .= "VALUES ('$accounts_id', '$username', '$password', '$email', '$pendingemail', '$superuser', $year)";
+				//echo $newAccountQuery . "\n";
+				if(!mysql_query($newAccountQuery)){
+//					$accounts_id = mysql_insert_id();
+//				}else{
 					throw new Exception("Error on query \"$newAccountQuery\":\n\n" . mysql_error());
 				}
 			}
+			if($accounts_id > $max_id) $max_id = $accounts_id;
 
 			/**************************************************
 				Now that we have an account created,
@@ -93,8 +99,8 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 			do{
 				// let's set the uid in this record to be the new ID in our accounts table
 				$query = "UPDATE users SET uid = $accounts_id WHERE id=" . $userRecord['id'];
+				//echo $query . "\n";
 				if(!mysql_query($query)){
-					echo $query;
 					throw new Exception("Failed on updating users table for userid {$userRecord['id']}");
 				}
 
@@ -131,6 +137,7 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 							$query = "INSERT INTO user_roles";
 							$query .= ' (' . implode(', ', array_keys($params)) . ')';
 							$query .= ' VALUES ("' . implode('", "', array_values($params)) . '")';
+							//echo $query . "\n";
 							mysql_query($query);
 
 							// now we need to take all of their role data and insert it into users:
@@ -145,6 +152,7 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 									$query .= "'";
 								}
 								$query .= " WHERE id = " . $userRecord['id'];
+								//echo $query . "\n";
 								if(!mysql_query($query)){
 									throw new exception("ERROR with query:\n$query\n");
 								}
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ function db_update_195_post(){
 
 		// now that the account records have all been created, we can delete any user records that have a year of zero
 		mysql_query("DELETE FROM users WHERE year = 0");
+		mysql_query("ALTER TABLE accounts AUTO_INCREMENT = " . ($max_id + 1));
 
 		mysql_query("COMMIT");
 	}catch(Exception $e){