diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/AnalysisStatsAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/AnalysisStatsAdaptor.pm
index fd5a42da7e5acb387f7dc67a497a6777606b3546..87b8f3db51ea7800a703843921b3fff53a6b43d7 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/AnalysisStatsAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/AnalysisStatsAdaptor.pm
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ sub _create_new_for_analysis_id {
 
   my $sql;
 
-  $sql = "INSERT ignore INTO analysis_stats SET analysis_id='$analysis_id' ";
+  $sql = "INSERT ignore INTO analysis_stats (analysis_id) VALUES ($analysis_id)";
   #print("$sql\n");
   my $sth = $self->prepare($sql);
   $sth->execute();