diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index 54f555d..2e21d4f 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ fwrite($fout, " --- request at " . date("Y-m-d H:i:s") . " ---\n");
 fwrite($fout, "\$_GET = \n" . print_r($_GET, true) . "\n");
 fwrite($fout, "\$_POST = \n" . print_r($_POST, true) . "\n");
 fwrite($fout, "\$_SESSION = \n" . print_r($_SESSION, true) . "\n");
+ob_start();
 
 switch($request[0]) {
 	case 'config':
@@ -1278,6 +1279,9 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 
 }
 fwrite($fout, "result = \n" . print_r($ret, true) . "\n");
+$output=ob_get_contents();
+fwrite($fout, "outputbuffer = $output\n");
 fclose($fout);
+ob_end_clean();
 echo json_encode($ret);
 ?>
diff --git a/db/db.code.version.txt b/db/db.code.version.txt
index 7b5813c..f8c9d43 100644
--- a/db/db.code.version.txt
+++ b/db/db.code.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-234
+235
diff --git a/db/db.update.235.sql b/db/db.update.235.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4b3dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/db.update.235.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `project_specialawards_link` CHANGE `award_awards_id` `award_awards_id` INT( 11 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL; 
diff --git a/projects.inc.php b/projects.inc.php
index 22ac75c..c6d2b61 100644
--- a/projects.inc.php
+++ b/projects.inc.php
@@ -177,18 +177,18 @@ function getNominatedForNoSpecialAwardsForProject($projectid)
 {
 	global $conference;
 	$awardsq=mysql_query("SELECT
-				projects.id AS projects_id
+				projects_id
 			FROM
-				project_specialawards_link,
-				projects
+				project_specialawards_link
 			WHERE
-				project_specialawards_link.projects_id='$projectid'
-				AND projects.conferences_id='".$conference['id']."'
-				AND projects.id='$projectid'
-				AND project_specialawards_link.award_awards_id IS NULL
+				projects_id='$projectid'
+				AND conferences_id='{$conference['id']}'
+				AND award_awards_id=-1
 				");
-	if(mysql_num_rows($awardsq) == 1) return true;
-	return false;	
+	if(mysql_num_rows($awardsq) == 1) 
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;	
 }
 
 function getProjectsNominatedForSpecialAward($award_id)
@@ -320,22 +320,24 @@ function getProjectId($registrations_id){
 function getAwardListing($project_id){
 	$returnval = array();
 	$eligibleAwards = getSpecialAwardsEligibleForProject($project_id);
-	$nominatedawards = getSpecialAwardsNominatedForProject($project_id);
+	$nominatedAwards = getSpecialAwardsNominatedForProject($project_id);
 
-	$eligibleawards = array_merge(array(array( 'id'=> -1,
+	$eligibleAwards = array_merge(array(array( 'id'=> -1,
 		'name' => "I do not wish to self-nominate for any special awards",
 		'criteria' => "Select this option if you do not wish to self-nominate you project for any special awards.<hr>",
 		'self_nominate' => 'yes')),
-		$eligibleawards);
+		$eligibleAwards);
 
 	/* See if they have the -1 award selected */
 	$noawards = getNominatedForNoSpecialAwardsForProject($project_id);
+//	echo "noawards=$noawards";
 	if($noawards == true) {
-		$nominatedawards = array_merge(array(array('id' => '-1')), $nominatedawards);
+//		echo "marging -1 award";
+		$nominatedAwards = array_merge(array(array('id' => '-1')), $nominatedAwards);
 	}
 
 	$nominatedawards_list=array();
-	foreach($nominatedawards AS $naward){
+	foreach($nominatedAwards AS $naward){
 		$nominatedawards_list[] = $naward['id'];
 	}
 	foreach($eligibleAwards AS $eaward){