diff --git a/api/actions/nearby.php b/api/actions/nearby.php
index 0849c45..a4fa65a 100644
--- a/api/actions/nearby.php
+++ b/api/actions/nearby.php
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ if (!empty($VARS["radius"])) {
 }
 $searchbounds = $userlocation->boundingCoordinates($radius, "miles");
 
-$people = $database->select("accounts", [
+ob_flush();
+$people = $database->debug()->select("accounts", [
     "publicid",
     "name",
     "username",
@@ -25,14 +26,17 @@ $people = $database->select("accounts", [
     "longitude"
         ], [
     "AND" => [
-        'latitude[><]' => [$searchbounds[0]->getLatitudeInDegrees(), $searchbounds[1]->getLatitudeInDegrees()],
-        'longitude[><]' => [$searchbounds[0]->getLongitudeInDegrees(), $searchbounds[1]->getLongitudeInDegrees()],
+        'latitude[<>]' => [$searchbounds[0]->getLatitudeInDegrees(), $searchbounds[1]->getLatitudeInDegrees()],
+        'longitude[<>]' => [$searchbounds[0]->getLongitudeInDegrees(), $searchbounds[1]->getLongitudeInDegrees()],
         "lastgpsfix[>]" => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime("-1 hour")),
         "type" => 2
     ],
     "LIMIT" => 100
         ]
 );
+$query = ob_get_contents();
+ob_clean();
+$people = $database->query($query)->fetchAll();
 
 $nearby = [];