diff --git a/system/database/DB_forge.php b/system/database/DB_forge.php
index 826aa1e..ed6f4b6 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_forge.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_create_database, $db_name, $this->db->char_set, $this->db->dbcollat)))
+		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_create_database, $this->db->escape_identifiers($db_name), $this->db->char_set, $this->db->dbcollat)))
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unable_to_drop') : FALSE;
 		}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_drop_database, $db_name)))
+		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_drop_database, $this->db->escape_identifiers($db_name))))
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unable_to_drop') : FALSE;
 		}