diff --git a/core/default_settings/app_defaults.php b/core/default_settings/app_defaults.php
index 484042a472..9a3039f853 100644
--- a/core/default_settings/app_defaults.php
+++ b/core/default_settings/app_defaults.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 			$sql = "select count(*) from v_languages";
 			$database = new database;
 			$num_rows = $database->select($sql, null, 'column');
-			if ($row['num_rows'] == 0) {
+			if ($num_rows == 0) {
 				$sql = "insert into v_languages (language_uuid, language, code) values ";
 				$sql .= "('".uuid()."', 'Afrikaans', 'af'), ";
 				$sql .= "('".uuid()."', 'Albanian', 'sq'), ";
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@
 			}
 
 		//populate the countries table, if necessary
-			$sql = "select count(*) as num_rows from v_countries";
+			$sql = "select count(*) from v_countries";
 			$database = new database;
 			$num_rows = $database->select($sql, null, 'column');
-			if ($row['num_rows'] == 0) {
+			if ($num_rows == 0) {
 				$sql = "insert into v_countries (country_uuid, country, iso_a2, iso_a3, num, calling_code) values ";
 				$sql .= "('".uuid()."', 'Afghanistan', 'AF', 'AFG', 4, '93'), ";
 				$sql .= "('".uuid()."', 'Albania', 'AL', 'ALB', 8, '355'), ";