diff --git a/atlassian/confluence.py b/atlassian/confluence.py
index 2e3d59698..d2a9b511b 100644
--- a/atlassian/confluence.py
+++ b/atlassian/confluence.py
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ def get_page_child_by_type(self, page_id, type='page', start=None, limit=None):
             log.error(e)
             return None
 
+    def get_child_pages(self, page_id):
+        """
+        Get child pages for the provided page_id
+        :param page_id:
+        :return:
+        """
+        return self.get_page_child_by_type(page_id=page_id, type='page')
+
     def get_page_id(self, space, title):
         """
         Provide content id from search result by title and space
diff --git a/atlassian/jira.py b/atlassian/jira.py
index 6373e2674..bdf7fceeb 100644
--- a/atlassian/jira.py
+++ b/atlassian/jira.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ def get_project_issuekey_all(self, project):
         return [issue['key'] for issue in self.jql(jql)['issues']]
 
     def get_project_issues_count(self, project):
-        jql = 'project = {project}'.format(project=project)
+        jql = 'project = "{project}" '.format(project=project)
         return self.jql(jql, fields='*none')['total']
 
     def get_all_project_issues(self, project, fields='*all'):