diff --git a/recommender/scripts/database.py b/recommender/scripts/database.py
index 0ff492d..408927f 100644
--- a/recommender/scripts/database.py
+++ b/recommender/scripts/database.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ def get_db_connection():
     db_password = os.getenv('MOVIE_MATCH_DB_PASSWORD')
     db_host = os.getenv('MOVIE_MATCH_DB_HOST')
 
-    return create_engine(f'postgresql+psycopg2://{db_username}:{db_password}@{db_host}/movie_match', pool_recycle=3600).connect()
+    return create_engine(
+        f'postgresql+psycopg2://{db_username}:{db_password}@{db_host}/movie_match',
+        pool_recycle=3600
+    ).connect()
 
 
 def get_voted_media(conn: Connection, user_id: str) -> DataFrame:
diff --git a/recommender/scripts/predict_media_votes.py b/recommender/scripts/predict_media_votes.py
index 7b96433..8646b95 100644
--- a/recommender/scripts/predict_media_votes.py
+++ b/recommender/scripts/predict_media_votes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
 from database import get_db_connection, get_all_user_ids
 from predict import predict_votes
 
@@ -9,17 +11,25 @@
     p_media = predict_votes(conn, user_id)
 
     for idx, row in p_media.iterrows():
+        print(f'inserting vote prediction {row["vote_type"]} for {row["media_id"]}.')
+
         conn.execute(
-            'insert into media_user_vote_prediction ('
-            'media_id, user_id, predicted_vote, created_at, updated_at'
-            ') values ('
-            '%(media_id)s, %(user_id)s, %(predicted_vote)s, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'
-            ')'
-            ' on conflict (media_id, user_id) do update set'
-            ' predicted_vote = %(predicted_vote)s, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
+            text(
+                'insert into media_user_vote_prediction ('
+                'media_id, user_id, predicted_vote, created_at, updated_at'
+                ') values ('
+                ':media_id, :user_id, :predicted_vote, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'
+                ')'
+                ' on conflict (media_id, user_id) do update set'
+                ' predicted_vote = :predicted_vote, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'
+            ),
             {
                 'media_id': row['media_id'],
                 'user_id': user_id,
                 'predicted_vote': row['vote_type'],
             }
         )
+
+        conn.commit()
+
+conn.close()