diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/dblayer.php b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/dblayer.php
index 1f361008b..140f6bfd1 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/dblayer.php
+++ b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/dblayer.php
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class DBLayer {
 		$field_option_values = ltrim($field_option_values, ',');
 		try {
 			$sth = $this->PDO->prepare("UPDATE $tb_name SET $field_option_values WHERE $where ");
+            error_log("UPDATE $tb_name SET $field_option_values WHERE $where ");
 
 			foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
 				$sth->bindValue(":$key", $value);
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/sync.php b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/sync.php
index a79ef8b83..fe05e628e 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/sync.php
+++ b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/sync.php
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ class Sync{
     if (function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
         $pid = pcntl_fork();
     }
-    $pidfile = '/tmp/ams_cron_pid';
+    global $AMS_TMPDIR;
+    $pidfile = $AMS_TMPDIR.'/ams_cron_pid';
     
-        if(isset($pid)) {
+        if(isset($pid) and function_exists('pcntl_fork') ) {
         // We're the main process.
         } else {
             if(!file_exists($pidfile)) {
                 $pid = getmypid();
-                $file = fopen($pidfile, 'w');
+                $file = fopen($pidfile, 'w+');
                     
                 fwrite($file, $pid);
                 fclose($file);
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@ class Sync{
                                 $decode = json_decode($record['query']);
                                 $values = array('Password' => $decode[1]);
                                 //make connection with and put into shard db & delete from the lib
-                                $db->update("user", $values, "Login = $decode[0]");              
+                                $db->update("user", $values, "Login = '$decode[0]'");              
                                 break;
                             case 'change_mail':
                                 $decode = json_decode($record['query']);
                                 $values = array('Email' => $decode[1]);
                                 //make connection with and put into shard db & delete from the lib
-                                $db->update("user", $values, "Login = $decode[0]");              
+                                $db->update("user", $values, "Login = '$decode[0]'");              
                                 break;
                             case 'createUser': 
                                 $decode = json_decode($record['query']);
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/users.php b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/users.php
index ea8d134d1..1754a4f05 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/users.php
+++ b/code/web/private_php/ams/autoload/users.php
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class Users{
            try {
                //make connection with and put into shard db
                $dbs = new DBLayer("shard");
-               $dbs->update("user", $values, "Login = $user");
+               $dbs->update("user", $values, "Login = '$user'");
                return "ok";
           }
           catch (PDOException $e) {
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/tmp/placeholder b/code/web/private_php/ams/tmp/placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/code/web/public_php/ams/autoload/webusers.php b/code/web/public_php/ams/autoload/webusers.php
index b674f63dd..b01ddf02d 100644
--- a/code/web/public_php/ams/autoload/webusers.php
+++ b/code/web/public_php/ams/autoload/webusers.php
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ class WebUsers extends Users{
               
               $hashpass = crypt($pass, WebUsers::generateSALT());
               $reply = WebUsers::setAmsPassword($user, $hashpass);
-              $values = Array('pass' => $hashpass);
+              $values = Array('Password' => $hashpass);
                try {
                      //make connection with and put into shard db
                      $dbw = new DBLayer("web");
-                     $dbw->update("ams_user", $values,"Login = $user");
+                     $dbw->update("ams_user", $values,"Login = '$user'");
                 }
                 catch (PDOException $e) {
                   //ERROR: the web DB is offline
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php b/code/web/public_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php
similarity index 64%
rename from code/web/private_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php
rename to code/web/public_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php
index 557a57417..608c3b2c0 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php
+++ b/code/web/public_php/ams/cron/mail_cron.php
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 * @author Daan Janssens, mentored by Matthew Lagoe
 */
 
-require( '../libinclude.php' );
-require( '../../www/config.php' );
+require( '../../config.php' );
+require_once( $AMS_LIB . '/libinclude.php' );;
 
 $mail_handler = new Mail_Handler();
 $mail_handler->cron();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/web/private_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php b/code/web/public_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php
similarity index 55%
rename from code/web/private_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php
rename to code/web/public_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php
index b39da0818..905d1f7dc 100644
--- a/code/web/private_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php
+++ b/code/web/public_php/ams/cron/sync_cron.php
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 * This small piece of php code calls the syncdata() function of Sync class.
 * @author Daan Janssens, mentored by Matthew Lagoe
 */
-
-require( '../libinclude.php' );
-require( '../../www/config.php' );
-
+error_log('test2');
+require( '../../config.php' );
+require_once( $AMS_LIB . '/libinclude.php' );
 Sync::syncdata();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/web/public_php/ams/index.php b/code/web/public_php/ams/index.php
index 1ab707e79..06d780f4a 100644
--- a/code/web/public_php/ams/index.php
+++ b/code/web/public_php/ams/index.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if ( isset( $_GET["cron"] ) ) {
     }
 
 // Always try to sync on page load, ie "lazy" cron
-Sync :: syncdata( false );
+Sync :: syncdata( true );
 
 // Decide what page to load
 if ( ! isset( $_GET["page"] ) ) {
diff --git a/code/web/public_php/ams/templates/syncing.tpl b/code/web/public_php/ams/templates/syncing.tpl
index 5cd52187d..7ddc82a30 100644
--- a/code/web/public_php/ams/templates/syncing.tpl
+++ b/code/web/public_php/ams/templates/syncing.tpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 					<script>
 						function sync(){
 							xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
-							xmlhttp.open("POST","../../../ams_lib/cron/sync_cron.php",true);
+							xmlhttp.open("POST","cron/sync_cron.php",true);
 							xmlhttp.send();
 						}
 					</script>