diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 34c1ae4f26..053d33a3d4 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4625,3 +4625,12 @@ David  17 May 2009
             db_update.php
     py/Boinc
         setup_project.py
+
+David  17 May 2009
+    - web: use read-only replica when possible
+
+    html/user/
+        pending.php
+        results.php
+        show_host_detail.php
+        workunit.php
diff --git a/html/user/pending.php b/html/user/pending.php
index c304f6c095..65204f7b0d 100644
--- a/html/user/pending.php
+++ b/html/user/pending.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 require_once("../inc/boinc_db.inc");
 require_once("../inc/xml.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
+
 $config = get_config();
 if (!parse_bool($config, "show_results")) {
     error_page("This feature is turned off temporarily");
diff --git a/html/user/results.php b/html/user/results.php
index 514b0a38f3..c5601e0b45 100644
--- a/html/user/results.php
+++ b/html/user/results.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ if (!parse_bool($config, "show_results")) {
     error_page(tra("This feature is turned off temporarily"));
 }
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
+
 $results_per_page = 20;
 
 $hostid = get_int("hostid", true);
diff --git a/html/user/show_host_detail.php b/html/user/show_host_detail.php
index ae80f7d786..d7f4220401 100644
--- a/html/user/show_host_detail.php
+++ b/html/user/show_host_detail.php
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 require_once("../inc/user.inc");
 require_once("../inc/host.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
+
 $hostid = get_int("hostid");
 $ipprivate = get_str("ipprivate", true);
 $host = BoincHost::lookup_id($hostid);
diff --git a/html/user/workunit.php b/html/user/workunit.php
index 2c1476bc3b..30eca42186 100644
--- a/html/user/workunit.php
+++ b/html/user/workunit.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 require_once("../inc/boinc_db.inc");
 require_once("../inc/result.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
+
 $wuid = get_int("wuid");
 $wu = BoincWorkunit::lookup_id($wuid);
 if (!$wu) {