diff --git a/site_verify.module b/site_verify.module
index c3669dd..4ec2a2c 100755
--- a/site_verify.module
+++ b/site_verify.module
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function site_verify_menu() {
 function site_verify_init() {
   // Add the verification meta tags to the front page.
   if (drupal_is_front_page()) {
-    $meta_tags = db_query("SELECT svid, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE meta <> ''")->fetchAllKeyed();
+    $meta_tags = db_query("SELECT svid, meta FROM {site_verify} WHERE meta <> ''", array(), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchAllKeyed();
     foreach ($meta_tags as $svid => $meta_tag) {
       $data = array(
         '#type' => 'markup',