diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin_ranks.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin_ranks.dm
index 79c9dbf199b3..c4b9ab05fada 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin_ranks.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin_ranks.dm
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ GLOBAL_PROTECT(protected_ranks)
 			continue
 		var/flags_to_check = flags.Join(" != [R_EVERYTHING] AND ") + " != [R_EVERYTHING]"
 		var/datum/db_query/query_check_everything_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery(
-			"SELECT flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")] WHERE rank = :rank AND ([flags_to_check])",
+			"SELECT flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")] WHERE `rank` = :rank AND ([flags_to_check])",
 			list("rank" = R.name)
 		)
 		if(!query_check_everything_ranks.Execute())
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ GLOBAL_PROTECT(protected_ranks)
 		if(query_check_everything_ranks.NextRow()) //no row is returned if the rank already has the correct flag value
 			var/flags_to_update = flags.Join(" = [R_EVERYTHING], ") + " = [R_EVERYTHING]"
 			var/datum/db_query/query_update_everything_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery(
-				"UPDATE [format_table_name("admin_ranks")] SET [flags_to_update] WHERE rank = :rank",
+				"UPDATE [format_table_name("admin_ranks")] SET [flags_to_update] WHERE `rank` = :rank",
 				list("rank" = R.name)
 			)
 			if(!query_update_everything_ranks.Execute())
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/permissionedit.dm b/code/modules/admin/permissionedit.dm
index 50defc9419ae..79f032da4e7e 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/permissionedit.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/permissionedit.dm
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(permission_action_types, list(
 				admins_by_rank[composed_rank.name] |= list(stored_key)
 
 		// Then, pull the full list of DB ranks
-		var/datum/db_query/query_extract_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT rank, flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]")
+		var/datum/db_query/query_extract_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT `rank`, flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]")
 		if(!query_extract_ranks.warn_execute())
 			qdel(query_extract_ranks)
 			return
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(permission_action_types, list(
 		QDEL_NULL(query_extract_admins)
 
 		// Then, pull the full list of DB ranks to purity check against
-		var/datum/db_query/query_extract_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT rank, flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]")
+		var/datum/db_query/query_extract_ranks = SSdbcore.NewQuery("SELECT `rank`, flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]")
 		if(!query_extract_ranks.warn_execute())
 			qdel(query_extract_ranks)
 			return
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(permission_action_types, list(
 	if(use_db)
 		var/datum/db_query/query_db_rank_info = SSdbcore.NewQuery({"
 			SELECT flags, exclude_flags, can_edit_flags FROM [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]
-			WHERE rank = :rank_name
+			WHERE `rank` = :rank_name
 		"}, list("rank_name" = admin_rank))
 		if(!query_db_rank_info.warn_execute())
 			qdel(query_db_rank_info)
@@ -1169,19 +1169,19 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(permission_action_types, list(
 				query_update_rank = SSdbcore.NewQuery({"
 					UPDATE [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]
 					SET flags = :flags
-					WHERE rank = :rank_name
+					WHERE `rank` = :rank_name
 				"}, list("rank_name" = admin_rank, "flags" = new_flags))
 			if("Excluded Rights")
 				query_update_rank = SSdbcore.NewQuery({"
 					UPDATE [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]
 					SET exclude_flags = :exclude_flags
-					WHERE rank = :rank_name
+					WHERE `rank` = :rank_name
 				"}, list("rank_name" = admin_rank, "exclude_flags" = new_flags))
 			if("Editing Rights")
 				query_update_rank = SSdbcore.NewQuery({"
 					UPDATE [format_table_name("admin_ranks")]
 					SET can_edit_flags = :can_edit_flags
-					WHERE rank = :rank_name
+					WHERE `rank` = :rank_name
 				"}, list("rank_name" = admin_rank, "can_edit_flags" = new_flags))
 
 		if(!query_update_rank.warn_execute())