diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3fc3ea5ef..024505c7b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [22.44.5] - 2/12/2024
+
+### Fixes
+
+* [Hotfix] Fix issues where we're using the wrong database pointers @Akkadius
+
 ## [22.44.4] - 2/12/2024
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/common/guild_base.h b/common/guild_base.h
index c9e95e484e..f7bb50d16f 100644
--- a/common/guild_base.h
+++ b/common/guild_base.h
@@ -75,9 +75,18 @@ class BaseGuildManager
 		virtual ~BaseGuildManager();
 
 		//this must be called before doing anything else with this object
-		void SetDatabase(Database *db)
+		BaseGuildManager * SetDatabase(Database *db)
 		{
 			m_db = db;
+
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		BaseGuildManager * SetContentDatabase(Database *db)
+		{
+			m_content_db = db;
+
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		bool LoadGuilds();
@@ -194,7 +203,8 @@ class BaseGuildManager
 		std::map<uint32, GuildInfo *> m_guilds;	//we own the pointers in this map
 		void ClearGuilds();	//clears internal structure
 
-		Database *m_db;	//we do not own this
+		Database *m_db;
+		Database *m_content_db;
 
 		bool _StoreGuildDB(uint32 guild_id);
 		GuildInfo* _CreateGuild(uint32 guild_id, std::string guild_name, uint32 leader_char_id, uint8 minstatus, std::string guild_motd, std::string motd_setter, std::string Channel, std::string URL, uint32 favour);
diff --git a/common/version.h b/common/version.h
index 829a139cee..9130b7042a 100644
--- a/common/version.h
+++ b/common/version.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 // Build variables
 // these get injected during the build pipeline
-#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.44.4-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
+#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.44.5-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
 #define LOGIN_VERSION "0.8.0"
 #define COMPILE_DATE    __DATE__
 #define COMPILE_TIME    __TIME__
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87d9e3bcb4..9d7caa530c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "eqemu-server",
-  "version": "22.44.4",
+  "version": "22.44.5",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/EQEmu/Server.git"
diff --git a/world/wguild_mgr.cpp b/world/wguild_mgr.cpp
index 7ac10012f2..adfa1243aa 100644
--- a/world/wguild_mgr.cpp
+++ b/world/wguild_mgr.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ bool WorldGuildManager::LoadTributes()
 
 	tribute_list.clear();
 
-	auto tributes = TributesRepository::All(*m_db);
+	auto tributes = TributesRepository::All(*m_content_db);
 	for (auto const& t : tributes) {
 		td.name            = t.name;
 		td.description     = t.descr;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ bool WorldGuildManager::LoadTributes()
 
 	LogInfo("Loaded [{}] tributes", Strings::Commify(tributes.size()));
 
-	auto tribute_levels = TributeLevelsRepository::GetWhere(*m_db, "TRUE ORDER BY tribute_id, level");
+	auto tribute_levels = TributeLevelsRepository::GetWhere(*m_content_db, "TRUE ORDER BY tribute_id, level");
 
 	for (auto const& t : tribute_levels) {
 		uint32 id = t.tribute_id;
diff --git a/world/world_boot.cpp b/world/world_boot.cpp
index 761aeeddaa..b05e3abc73 100644
--- a/world/world_boot.cpp
+++ b/world/world_boot.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ bool WorldBoot::DatabaseLoadRoutines(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	guild_mgr.SetDatabase(&database);
+	guild_mgr.SetDatabase(&database)->SetContentDatabase(&content_db);
 
 	LogInfo("Purging expired data buckets");
 	database.PurgeAllDeletedDataBuckets();
diff --git a/zone/main.cpp b/zone/main.cpp
index c3f3031374..88ba232a9f 100644
--- a/zone/main.cpp
+++ b/zone/main.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* Guilds */
-	guild_mgr.SetDatabase(&database);
+	guild_mgr.SetDatabase(&database)->SetContentDatabase(&content_db);
 	GuildBanks = nullptr;
 
 #ifdef _EQDEBUG
diff --git a/zone/spawn2.cpp b/zone/spawn2.cpp
index 82a94ca532..80c5471d3e 100644
--- a/zone/spawn2.cpp
+++ b/zone/spawn2.cpp
@@ -440,14 +440,14 @@ bool ZoneDatabase::PopulateZoneSpawnList(uint32 zoneid, LinkedList<Spawn2*> &spa
 
 	std::unordered_map<uint32, uint32> spawn_times;
 
-	timeval tv;
+	timeval tv{};
 	gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
 
 	/* Bulk Load NPC Types Data into the cache */
 	content_db.LoadNPCTypesData(0, true);
 
 	const auto& l = RespawnTimesRepository::GetWhere(
-		*this,
+		database,
 		fmt::format(
 			"`instance_id` = {}",
 			zone->GetInstanceID()