diff --git a/news_funcs.php b/news_funcs.php
index 9a29105..5634109 100644
--- a/news_funcs.php
+++ b/news_funcs.php
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ echo '<TABLE width="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" border="0"> <TR vAlign
         tableBoxHeader( 'black', tableHeadColor );
         tableTitle( "Search Results", 1, tableHeadColor );
 
-        $search = "\'%$string\%'";
+        $search = "\'%$string%\'";
         $conn = @mysql_pconnect (sqlHost, sqlUser, sqlPass);
         if ($conn) {
                 $query = 'SELECT n_date, n_user, n_news FROM news_main WHERE '.
                         'n_news LIKE ' . $search . ' ORDER BY n_date DESC';
-print ($query);
+                echo $query;
                 $result = @mysql_db_query (sqlDB, $query, $conn);
                 if ($result) {
                         $numRows = @mysql_num_rows ($result);