diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/payments.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/payments.cc
index 0e558361..ed2b7823 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/payments.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/payments.cc
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ long  WrenchFamilyPayment( CVars in, CVars &out )
                 x["flags"] =  FLAG_OK; x["flags"].set_valid( true );
                 x["payment_id"] = payment_id;  x["payment_id"].set_valid( true );
                 pgsql_exec("UPDATE members_payments SET flags = %lu WHERE id = %lu",x["flags"].Long(),payment_id );
-                pgsql_exec("UPDATE family_transfer SET pay_confirm = now() WHERE id = %lu ",confirmation, transfer_id );
+                pgsql_exec("UPDATE family_transfer SET pay_confirm = '%s' WHERE id = %lu ",confirmation, transfer_id );
                 CVars xrx;
                 load_db_record( xrx, "SELECT id AS transfer_id, * FROM family_transfer WHERE id = %lu ", transfer_id );
                 return WrenchFamilyTransferCredit( xrx, out ); // let us try credit
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ long  WrenchFamilyTransferCredit( CVars in, CVars &out ){
                 x["flags"] =  FLAG_OK; x["flags"].set_valid( true );
                 x["payment_id"] = payment_id;  x["payment_id"].set_valid( true );
                 pgsql_exec("UPDATE members_payments SET flags = %lu WHERE id = %lu",x["flags"].Long(),payment_id );
-                pgsql_exec("UPDATE family_transfer SET credit_confirm = now() WHERE id = %lu ",confirmation, transfer_id );
+                pgsql_exec("UPDATE family_transfer SET credit_confirm = '%s' WHERE id = %lu ",confirmation, transfer_id );
                 CVars xrx;
                 load_db_record( xrx, "SELECT id AS transfer_id, * FROM family_transfer WHERE id = %lu ", payment_id );
                  out["status"] = "OK";