diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/db/SQLImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/db/SQLImpl.java
index ca33cd940e..c7ed7c5312 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/db/SQLImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/db/SQLImpl.java
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ public String toString(boolean pattern) {
 
 		if (items.length == 0) return strSQL;
 
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		int sqlLen = strSQL.length();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(sqlLen);
 		char c, quoteType = 0, p = 0;
 		boolean inQuotes = false;
 		int index = 0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/util/QueryParamConverter.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/util/QueryParamConverter.java
index 707d129eff..efae75c346 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/util/QueryParamConverter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/util/QueryParamConverter.java
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ private static SQLItems<NamedSQLItem> toNamedSQLItem(String name, Object value)
 
 	private static SQL convert(String sql, List<SQLItems<SQLItem>> items, List<SQLItems<NamedSQLItem>> namedItems) throws ApplicationException, PageException {
 		// if(namedParams.size()==0) return new Pair<String, List<Param>>(sql,params);
-
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		int sqlLen = sql.length(), initialParamSize = items.size();
+		int sqlLen = sql.length();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(sqlLen);
+		int initialParamSize = items.size();
 		char c, quoteType = 0, p = 0, pp = 0;
 		boolean inQuotes = false;
 		int qm = 0, _qm = 0;