diff --git a/tests/speed/stats/index.php b/tests/speed/stats/index.php
index 6c3335e3..9f912a17 100644
--- a/tests/speed/stats/index.php
+++ b/tests/speed/stats/index.php
@@ -1,33 +1,24 @@
 <?php
-  $db = new SQLiteDatabase('stats.db');
-
-  // hand to God I tried CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and it persisted with
-  // a syntax error. The IDENTICAL query sans IF NOT EXISTS works perfectly
-  // http://www.sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html
-  @$db->query('CREATE TABLE stats (id INTEGER, agent TEXT, point TEXT, value REAL, time TIMESTAMP, PRIMARY KEY (id))');
+  $db = new PDO('sqlite:./stats.db');
+  $db->query('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS stats (id INTEGER, agent TEXT, point TEXT, value REAL, time TIMESTAMP, PRIMARY KEY (id))');
 
   // making a sad attempt here to provide a clean REST-respecting url scheme.
   // stats with a GET returns - wait for it - the stats, and a post with the
   // the right params will create a new entry
   if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "GET" ) {
      $json = Array();
-     $results = $db->query( 'SELECT agent, point, value, time FROM stats' );
-
-     // TODO not sure if there's a better way to convert db results into
-     // a json encodable data structure
-     while($row = $results->fetch(SQLITE3_ASSOC)){
-          array_push($json, $row);
-     }
-
+     $st = $db->prepare( 'SELECT agent, point, value, time FROM stats' );
+     $st->execute();
+     $result = $st->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
      header("Content-Type: application/json");
-     echo json_encode($json);
-  }  elseif ( $_POST['datapoint'] && $_POST['value'] && $_POST['agent'] ){
-     // TODO it is not clear from the docs if there's an easier way to do the
-     // escaped query interpolation here. Suggestions welcome :(
-     $data_point = sqlite_escape_string( $_POST['datapoint'] );
-     $value = sqlite_escape_string( $_POST['value'] );
-     $agent = sqlite_escape_string( $_POST['agent'] );
-     $db->query('INSERT INTO stats (agent, point, value, time) VALUES ("' . $agent . '", "' . $data_point . '",' . $value . ', DATETIME(\'now\'))');
+     echo json_encode($result);
+  }  elseif ( $_POST['datapoint'] && $_POST['value'] && $_POST['agent'] ) {
+     $st = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO stats (agent, point, value, time) VALUES (:agent,  :data_point, :value, DATETIME(\'now\'))');
+     $st->execute(array(
+            ':agent' => $_POST['agent'],
+            ':data_point' => $_POST['datapoint'],
+            ':value' => $_POST['value']
+        ));
 
      echo "success";
   }