diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 515c71e..f909190 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ configparser
 docopt
 flask
 mwoauth
+pymysql
 pyOpenSSL
 pypdf
 python-Levenshtein
diff --git a/src/oabot/userstats.py b/src/oabot/userstats.py
index 11083c1..4ed1dc0 100644
--- a/src/oabot/userstats.py
+++ b/src/oabot/userstats.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ def unicode_name(self):
         if type(self.user_name) == str:
             try:
                 return self.user_name.decode('ascii')
-            except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
-                return "user"
+            except (UnicodeDecodeError, AttributeError) as e:
+                return self.user_name
         else:
             return self.user_name