diff --git a/html/user/db.inc b/html/user/db.inc
index 322fe1a01d..ac53e8f6d3 100644
--- a/html/user/db.inc
+++ b/html/user/db.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require_once('util.inc');
 // Presentation code (HTML) shouldn't be here
 
 function db_init($pathMod='') {
-    $retval = mysql_connect();
+    $retval = mysql_pconnect();
     if (!$retval) {
         echo "Unable to connect to database - please try again later";
         exit();
diff --git a/html/user/stats.php b/html/user/stats.php
index dfcf60529b..30709339fd 100644
--- a/html/user/stats.php
+++ b/html/user/stats.php
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ and the files are
 
 <p>
 This data can be summarized and represented as Web pages.
-An example is
-<a href=http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=statistics>here</a>.
+An example (in Danish) is at
+<a href=http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=statistics>http://www.boinc.dk</a>.
 ";
 
 page_tail();