diff --git a/user.inc.php b/user.inc.php
index 43898b4..8154ad2 100644
--- a/user.inc.php
+++ b/user.inc.php
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ function user_load($users_id, $accounts_id = false)
 	foreach($specialFields as $field){
 		switch($field){
 			case 'special_awards':
+				$selected = array();
 				$q = mysql_query("SELECT award_awards_id aaid FROM judges_specialaward_sel WHERE users_id = {$u['id']}");
 				while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($q)){
 					$selected[] = $r['aaid'];
@@ -235,9 +236,6 @@ function user_load($users_id, $accounts_id = false)
 	unset($u['orig']);
 /*
 echo "<pre>";
-echo "The user fields:\n";
-print_r($fieldDat);
-echo "\nThe user object:\n";
 print_r($u);
 echo "</pre>";
 */