diff --git a/site_verify.admin.inc b/site_verify.admin.inc
index 94211f0..ae78c07 100644
--- a/site_verify.admin.inc
+++ b/site_verify.admin.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function site_verify_list() {
     array('data' => t('Operations')),
   );
 
-  $query = db_select('site_verify');
+  $query = db_select('site_verify', NULL, array('target' => 'slave'));
   $query->fields('site_verify');
   $query->extend('TableSort')->orderByHeader($header);
   //$query->extend('PagerDefault')->limit(50);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function site_verify_validate_file($form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   if ($values['file']) {
-    $existing_file = db_query("SELECT svid FROM {site_verify} WHERE LOWER(file) = LOWER(:file) AND svid <> :svid", array(':file' => $values['file'], 'svid' => $values['svid']))->fetchField();
+    $existing_file = db_query("SELECT svid FROM {site_verify} WHERE LOWER(file) = LOWER(:file) AND svid <> :svid", array(':file' => $values['file'], 'svid' => $values['svid']), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchField();
     if ($existing_file) {
       form_set_error('file', t('The file %filename is already being used in another verification.', array('%filename' => $values['file'])));
     }
diff --git a/site_verify.module b/site_verify.module
index c3669dd..4ec2a2c 100755
--- a/site_verify.module
+++ b/site_verify.module
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function site_verify_menu() {
   );
 
   // Add the verification paths.
-  $verifications = db_query("SELECT svid, file FROM {site_verify} WHERE file <> ''")->fetchAll();
+  $verifications = db_query("SELECT svid, file FROM {site_verify} WHERE file <> ''", array(), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchAll();
   foreach ($verifications as $verification) {
     $items[$verification->file] = array(
       'page callback' => 'site_verify_output',
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function site_verify_menu() {
 function site_verify_init() {
   // Add the verification meta tags to the front page.
   if (drupal_is_front_page()) {
-    $meta_tags = db_query("SELECT svid, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE meta <> ''")->fetchAllKeyed();
+    $meta_tags = db_query("SELECT svid, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE meta <> ''", array(), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchAllKeyed();
     foreach ($meta_tags as $svid => $meta_tag) {
       $data = array(
         '#type' => 'markup',
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function site_verify_init() {
  *   An array of the site verification record, or FALSE if not found.
  */
 function site_verify_load($svid) {
-  $record = db_query("SELECT svid, engine, file, file_contents, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE svid = :svid", array(':svid' => $svid))->fetchAssoc();
+  $record = db_query("SELECT svid, engine, file, file_contents, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE svid = :svid", array(':svid' => $svid), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchAssoc();
   if ($record) {
     $record['engine'] = site_verify_engine_load($record['engine']);
   }