diff --git a/backend/routes/climate.js b/backend/routes/climate.js
index 8922f60..477c4f9 100644
--- a/backend/routes/climate.js
+++ b/backend/routes/climate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const router = require("express").Router()
+
+// Models
 const handleClimateUpdate = require("../models/handleClimateUpdate.js")
 
 module.exports = dbConn => {
diff --git a/backend/routes/countries.js b/backend/routes/countries.js
index abeeadc..23407db 100644
--- a/backend/routes/countries.js
+++ b/backend/routes/countries.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 const router = require("express").Router();
+
+// Models
 const getCountries = require("../models/getCountries.js");
 const getCountryById = require("../models/getCountryById.js");
 
-const sqlstring = require("sqlstring")
+// Utils
+const sqlSanitzer = require("../util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js")
 
 module.exports = dbConn => {
     router.get("/api/v1/countries", async (req, res) => {
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     });
 
     router.get("/api/v1/countries/:id", async (req, res) => {
-        const id = sqlstring.escape(req.params.id);
+        const id = sqlSanitzer(req.params.id);
         res.json(await getCountryById(dbConn, id))
     });
     return router;
diff --git a/backend/routes/place.js b/backend/routes/place.js
index 019cbab..80bd9b2 100644
--- a/backend/routes/place.js
+++ b/backend/routes/place.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 const router = require("express").Router()
+
+// Models
 const getPlace = require("../models/getPlace.js")
 const getPlaceNearby = require("../models/getPlaceNearby.js")
 const getPlacePhoto = require("../models/getPlacePhoto.js")
 
+// Utils
+const sqlSanitzer = require("../util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js")
+
 module.exports = dbConn => {
     router.get("/api/v1/place", async (req, res) => {
         const place = await getPlace(req.query.q)
@@ -10,14 +15,14 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     });
 
     router.get("/api/v1/place/nearby", async (req, res) => {
-        const lat = sqlstring.escape(req.query.lat)
-        const lng = sqlstring.escape(req.query.lng)
+        const lat = req.query.lat
+        const lng = req.query.lng
         const place = await getPlaceNearby(lat, lng)
         res.json(place)
     });
 
     router.get("/api/v1/place/photo", async (req, res) => {
-        const photoref = sqlstring.escape(req.query.photoref)
+        const photoref = req.query.photoref
         const photo = await getPlacePhoto(photoref)
         res.json(photo)
     });
diff --git a/backend/routes/regions.js b/backend/routes/regions.js
index 677ab30..9ede6e5 100644
--- a/backend/routes/regions.js
+++ b/backend/routes/regions.js
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 const router = require("express").Router();
+
+// Models
 const getRegions = require("../models/getRegions.js");
 const getRegionById = require("../models/getRegionById.js");
 const getRegionNearbyById = require("../models/getRegionNearbyById.js")
+
+// Utils
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const _ = require('lodash')
-const sqlstring = require("sqlstring")
+const sqlSanitzer = require("../util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js")
 
 module.exports = dbConn => {
     router.get("/api/v1/regions", async (req, res) => {
         const data = await getRegions(dbConn)
         if (req.query.randomize) {
-            const randomize = sqlstring.escape(req.query.randomize)
+            const randomize = sqlSanitzer(req.query.randomize)
             res.json(_.sampleSize(data, randomize))
         } else {
             res.json(data);
@@ -19,7 +23,9 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     });
 
     router.get("/api/v1/regions/:id", async (req, res) => {
-        const id = sqlstring.escape(req.params.id);
+        console.log(typeof req.params.id)
+        const id = sqlSanitzer(req.params.id);
+        console.log(id)
        res.json(await getRegionById(dbConn, id))
     });
 
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     })
 
     router.get("/api/v1/regions/:id/nearby", async (req,res) => {
-        const id = sqlstring.escape(req.params.id);
+        const id = sqlSanitzer(req.params.id);
         res.json(await getRegionNearbyById(dbConn,id))
     });
     return router;
diff --git a/backend/routes/search.js b/backend/routes/search.js
index d8c3aa4..4c1c4e2 100644
--- a/backend/routes/search.js
+++ b/backend/routes/search.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 const router = require("express").Router();
-const _ = require('lodash')
+
+// Models
+const getRegions = require('../models/getRegions.js');
 const getSearchPresets = require("../models/getSearchPresets.js");
+
+// Utils
+const _ = require('lodash')
 const base64 = require("../util/base64.js")
 const sas = require("../util/scoreAndSearch.js");
 const oldToNewQuerySyntax = require("../util/oldToNewQuerySyntax.js")
-const getRegions = require('../models/getRegions.js');
 const { allTagsWithValues, getUniqueTags } = require("../models/getTags.js");
 const { getClimateMinMax } = require("../util/getClimateMinMax.js");
 
-
 module.exports = dbConn => {
   router.get("/api/v1/search", searchHandler(dbConn));
   router.get("/api/v1/search/presets", presetHandler(dbConn));
diff --git a/backend/routes/update.js b/backend/routes/update.js
index bff369e..4ef9eae 100644
--- a/backend/routes/update.js
+++ b/backend/routes/update.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 const router = require("express").Router();
+
+// Models
 const handleUpdateRegionNearby = require("../models/handleUpdateRegionNearby.js")
 const handleUpdateRegionNearbyById = require("../models/handleUpdateRegionNearbyById.js")
 const handleUpdateRegionNearbyImgUrl = require("../models/handleUpdateRegionNearbyImgUrl.js")
 const handleUpdateRegionNearbyImgUrlById = require("../models/handleUpdateRegionNearbyImgUrlById.js")
-const sqlstring = require("sqlstring")
+
+// Utils
+const sqlSanitzer = require("../util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js")
 
 module.exports = dbConn => {
     router.patch("/api/v1/update/regions/all/nearby", async (req, res) => {
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     });
 
     router.patch("/api/v1/update/regions/:id/nearby", async (req, res) => {
-        const id = sqlstring.escape(req.params.id);
+        const id = sqlSanitzer(req.params.id);
         res.json(await handleUpdateRegionNearbyById(dbConn, id))
     });
 
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = dbConn => {
     });
 
     router.patch("/api/v1/update/regions/:id/nearby/imgurl", async (req, res) => {
-        const id = sqlstring.escape(req.params.id);
+        const id = sqlSanitzer(req.params.id);
         res.json(await handleUpdateRegionNearbyImgUrlById(dbConn, id))
     });
 
diff --git a/backend/util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js b/backend/util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286b516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/util/sqlstring_sanitizer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const sqlstring = require("sqlstring")
+
+module.exports = (val) => {
+    if(!isNaN(val)) {
+        return val
+    } else {
+        return sqlstring.escape(val)
+    }
+};
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