diff --git a/imgboard.php b/imgboard.php
index ba65b0c..5c3b520 100644
--- a/imgboard.php
+++ b/imgboard.php
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ EOF;
 			if ($_GET['approve'] > 0) {
 				$post = postByID($_GET['approve']);
 				if ($post) {
-					approvePostByID($post['id'], 1);
+					approvePostByID($post['id'], 2);
 					$thread_id = $post['parent'] == TINYIB_NEWTHREAD ? $post['id'] : $post['parent'];
 
 					if (strtolower($post['email']) != 'sage' && (TINYIB_MAXREPLIES == 0 || numRepliesToThreadByID($thread_id) <= TINYIB_MAXREPLIES)) {
diff --git a/inc/database/flatfile.php b/inc/database/flatfile.php
index 2a45d3f..663ba34 100644
--- a/inc/database/flatfile.php
+++ b/inc/database/flatfile.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function approvePostByID($id, $moderated) {
 	$rows = $GLOBALS['db']->selectWhere(POSTS_FILE, new SimpleWhereClause(POST_ID, '=', $id, INTEGER_COMPARISON), 1);
 	if (count($rows) > 0) {
 		foreach ($rows as $post) {
-			$post[POST_MODERATED] = $moderated;
+			$post[POST_MODERATED] = intval($moderated);
 			$GLOBALS['db']->updateRowById(POSTS_FILE, POST_ID, $post);
 		}
 	}