diff --git a/app/recordings/recordings.php b/app/recordings/recordings.php
index f64e4ca492..8e01a51812 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recordings.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recordings.php
@@ -246,10 +246,43 @@
 		} //if
 	} //if
 
-
 //add paging
 	require_once "resources/paging.php";
 
+//get total recordings from the database
+	$sql = "select count(recording_uuid) as num_rows from v_recordings from v_recordings \n";
+	$sql = "where domain_uuid = '".$_SESSION['domain_uuid']."' ";
+	$prep_statement = $db->prepare($sql);
+	if ($prep_statement) {
+		$prep_statement->execute();
+		$row = $prep_statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+		$num_rows = $row['num_rows'];
+	}
+	unset($prep_statement, $row);
+
+//prepare to page the results
+	$rows_per_page = ($_SESSION['domain']['paging']['numeric'] != '') ? $_SESSION['domain']['paging']['numeric'] : 50;
+	$param = "&order_by=".$order_by."&order=".$order;
+	$page = $_GET['page'];
+	if (strlen($page) == 0) { $page = 0; $_GET['page'] = 0; }
+	list($paging_controls, $rows_per_page, $var_3) = paging($num_rows, $param, $rows_per_page);
+	$offset = $rows_per_page * $page;
+
+//get the recordings from the database
+	$sql = "select recording_uuid, domain_uuid, recording_filename, recording_name, recording_description from v_recordings ";
+	$sql .= "where domain_uuid = '".$domain_uuid."' ";
+	$sql .= "order by ".$order_by." ".$order." ";
+	$sql .= "limit ".$rows_per_page." offset ".$offset." ";
+	$prep_statement = $db->prepare(check_sql($sql));
+	$prep_statement->execute();
+	$recordings = $prep_statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NAMED);
+	unset ($prep_statement, $sql);
+
+//set alternate row styles
+	$c = 0;
+	$row_style["0"] = "row_style0";
+	$row_style["1"] = "row_style1";
+
 //include the header
 	$document['title'] = $text['title'];
 	require_once "resources/header.php";
@@ -273,36 +306,6 @@
 	echo $text['description']."\n";
 	echo "<br /><br />\n";
 
-	$sql = "select * from v_recordings ";
-	$sql .= "where domain_uuid = '".$domain_uuid."' ";
-	if (strlen($order_by)> 0) { $sql .= "order by ".$order_by." ".$order." "; }
-	$prep_statement = $db->prepare(check_sql($sql));
-	$prep_statement->execute();
-	$result = $prep_statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NAMED);
-	$num_rows = count($result);
-	unset ($prep_statement, $result, $sql);
-
-	$rows_per_page = ($_SESSION['domain']['paging']['numeric'] != '') ? $_SESSION['domain']['paging']['numeric'] : 50;
-	$param = "&order_by=".$order_by."&order=".$order;
-	$page = $_GET['page'];
-	if (strlen($page) == 0) { $page = 0; $_GET['page'] = 0; }
-	list($paging_controls, $rows_per_page, $var_3) = paging($num_rows, $param, $rows_per_page);
-	$offset = $rows_per_page * $page;
-
-	$sql = "select * from v_recordings ";
-	$sql .= "where domain_uuid = '".$domain_uuid."' ";
-	$sql .= "order by ".$order_by." ".$order." ";
-	$sql .= "limit ".$rows_per_page." offset ".$offset." ";
-	$prep_statement = $db->prepare(check_sql($sql));
-	$prep_statement->execute();
-	$result = $prep_statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NAMED);
-	$result_count = count($result);
-	unset ($prep_statement, $sql);
-
-	$c = 0;
-	$row_style["0"] = "row_style0";
-	$row_style["1"] = "row_style1";
-
 	echo "<table class='tr_hover' width='100%' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>\n";
 	echo "<tr>\n";
 	echo th_order_by('recording_name', $text['label-recording_name'], $order_by, $order);
@@ -325,8 +328,8 @@
 	if ($_SESSION['recordings']['storage_type']['text'] == 'base64') { $colspan = $colspan - 2; }
 	if (!(permission_exists('recording_edit') || permission_exists('recording_delete'))) { $colspan = $colspan - 1; }
 
-	if ($result_count > 0) {
-		foreach($result as $row) {
+	if (is_array($recordings)) {
+		foreach($recordings as $row) {
 			//playback progress bar
 			if (permission_exists('recording_play')) {
 				echo "<tr id='recording_progress_bar_".$row['recording_uuid']."' style='display: none;'><td class='".$row_style[$c]." playback_progress_bar_background' style='padding: 0; border: none;' colspan='".$colspan."'><span class='playback_progress_bar' id='recording_progress_".$row['recording_uuid']."'></span></td></tr>\n";
@@ -494,4 +497,5 @@ function range_download($file) {
 	fclose($fp);
 
 }
+
 ?>