diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Protocol.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Protocol.cpp
index 849d09624..a93df5905 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Protocol.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Protocol.cpp
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ bool MySQL_Protocol::generate_COM_QUERY_from_COM_FIELD_LIST(PtrSize_t *pkt) {
 		(*myds)->com_field_wild=strdup(wild);
 	}
 
-	char *qt = (char *)"SELECT * FROM %s WHERE 1=0";
+	char *qt = (char *)"SELECT * FROM `%s` WHERE 1=0";
 	q = (char *)malloc(strlen(qt)+strlen(tablename));
 	sprintf(q,qt,tablename);
 	l_free(pkt->size, pkt->ptr);
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
index 6a26cb970..70701d9af 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
@@ -4894,7 +4894,7 @@ bool MySQL_Session::handler___status_WAITING_CLIENT_DATA___STATE_SLEEP___MYSQL_C
 				proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_QUERY_PROCESSOR, 5, "Parsing SET command = %s\n", nqn.c_str());
 			}
 #endif
-			if (index(dig,';')) {
+			if (index(dig,';') && (index(dig,';') != dig + strlen(dig)-1)) {
 				string nqn = string((char *)CurrentQuery.QueryPointer,CurrentQuery.QueryLength);
 				proxy_warning("Unable to parse multi-statements command with SET statement: setting lock hostgroup . Command: %s\n", nqn.c_str());
 				*lock_hostgroup = true;
@@ -5766,11 +5766,13 @@ void MySQL_Session::handler___client_DSS_QUERY_SENT___server_DSS_NOT_INITIALIZED
 		if (session_fast_forward == false) {
 			if (qpo->min_gtid) {
 				gtid_uuid = qpo->min_gtid;
+				with_gtid = true;
 			} else if (qpo->gtid_from_hostgroup >= 0) {
 				_gtid_from_backend = find_backend(qpo->gtid_from_hostgroup);
 				if (_gtid_from_backend) {
 					if (_gtid_from_backend->gtid_uuid[0]) {
 						gtid_uuid = _gtid_from_backend->gtid_uuid;
+						with_gtid = true;
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/mysql_connection.cpp b/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
index e8ed452f0..fd0e956c7 100644
--- a/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
+++ b/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ void Variable::fill_client_internal_session(json &j, int idx) {
 
 	} else if (idx == SQL_CHARACTER_SET_CONNECTION) {
 		const MARIADB_CHARSET_INFO *ci = NULL;
-		ci = proxysql_find_charset_nr(atoi(value));
+		if (!value)
+			ci = proxysql_find_charset_collate(mysql_tracked_variables[idx].default_value);
+		else
+			ci = proxysql_find_charset_nr(atoi(value));
 		j["conn"][mysql_tracked_variables[idx].internal_variable_name] = (ci && ci->csname)?ci->csname:"";
 	} else if (idx == SQL_COLLATION_CONNECTION) {
 		const MARIADB_CHARSET_INFO *ci = NULL;