diff --git a/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py b/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
index eca488584..95246e9eb 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class Postgresql:
         query = query.replace("?", "%s")
         query = query.replace("REGEXP", "~")
         query = query.replace("desc", "desc_")
+        query = query.replace("BLOB", "bytea")
         ## LIMIT offset, count
         ## count can be -1, for all
         ## LIMIT -1
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class Postgresql:
     def table_exists(self, table):
         self.__cursor.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) "
                               "FROM information_schema.tables "
-                              "WHERE table_name=?;", [table])
+                              "WHERE table_name=%s;", [table])
         return self.fetchone()[0] != 0
 
     def close(self):