diff --git a/admin/editaccount.php b/admin/editaccount.php
index 9dc274ce17..f321d6bd3d 100755
--- a/admin/editaccount.php
+++ b/admin/editaccount.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
        // The following sets any default preferences needed for new applications..
        // This is smart enough to know if previous preferences were selected, use them.
        
-       $pref = new preferences($account_id);
+       $pref = new preferences(intval($account_id));
        $t = $pref->get_preferences();
          
        $docommit = False;
diff --git a/admin/newaccount.php b/admin/newaccount.php
index 18c888f999..891a9b7a59 100755
--- a/admin/newaccount.php
+++ b/admin/newaccount.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         $phpgw->db->query("SELECT account_permissions, account_id FROM accounts WHERE account_lid='$n_loginid'",__LINE__,__FILE__);
         $phpgw->db->next_record();
         $apps = explode(":",$phpgw->db->f("account_permissions"));
-	$pref = new preferences($phpgw->db->f("account_id"));
+        $pref = new preferences(intval($phpgw->db->f("account_id")));
         $phpgw->common->hook_single("add_def_pref", "admin");
         for ($i=1;$i<sizeof($apps) - 1;$i++) {
 	   if($apps[$i]<>"admin")
diff --git a/admin/newgroup.php b/admin/newgroup.php
index c7d6d45bea..aae8bccfac 100755
--- a/admin/newgroup.php
+++ b/admin/newgroup.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
            $user_groups = ereg_replace(",,",",",$user_groups);
            $phpgw->db->query("UPDATE accounts SET account_groups='$user_groups' WHERE account_id=".$n_users[$i]);
 
-	   $pref = new preferences($n_users[$i]);
+	   $pref = new preferences(intval($n_users[$i]));
 	   $t = $pref->get_preferences();
 
 	   $docommit = False;