diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/services/shortview/FakeApplicationOntologyService.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/services/shortview/FakeApplicationOntologyService.java
index 8096c799c..92fcc8ae7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/services/shortview/FakeApplicationOntologyService.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/services/shortview/FakeApplicationOntologyService.java
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class FakeApplicationOntologyService {
 		private static String QUERY_STRING = ""
 				+ "PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> \n"
 				+ "PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#>  \n"
-				+ "SELECT ?uri ?pt  \n" + "WHERE {  \n"
+				+ "SELECT ?pt  \n" + "WHERE {  \n"
 				+ "    ?uri obo:ARG_2000028 ?vIndividual .  \n"
 				+ "    ?vIndividual vcard:hasTitle ?vTitle . \n"
 				+ "    ?vTitle vcard:title ?pt . \n" + "} LIMIT 1";
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/dataGetter/SparqlQueryDataGetter.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/dataGetter/SparqlQueryDataGetter.java
index e7ded50e9..341e2e030 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/dataGetter/SparqlQueryDataGetter.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/dataGetter/SparqlQueryDataGetter.java
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ public class SparqlQueryDataGetter extends DataGetterBase implements DataGetter{
 		for (String key: pageData.keySet()) {
 			merged.put(key, String.valueOf(pageData.get(key)));
 		}
+		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			log.debug("Merging request parameters " + parameterMap
+					+ " with page data " + pageData + " results in " + merged);
+		}
 		return merged;
 	}
 
@@ -161,9 +165,13 @@ public class SparqlQueryDataGetter extends DataGetterBase implements DataGetter{
 	private String bindParameters(String text, Map<String, String> merged) {
 		String bound = text;
 		for (String key : merged.keySet()) {
-			bound.replace('?' + key, '<' + merged.get(key) + '>');
+			bound = bound.replace('?' + key, '<' + merged.get(key) + '>');
+		}
+		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			log.debug("parameters: " + merged);
+			log.debug("query before binding parameters:" + text);
+			log.debug("query after binding parameters: " + bound);
 		}
-		log.debug("query after binding parameters: " + bound);
 		return bound;
 	}