diff --git a/site-generator b/site-generator
index e1ff3cb..f5d67ab 100755
--- a/site-generator
+++ b/site-generator
@@ -290,26 +290,23 @@ sub parse_page_arg {
     # Split page name from page ids if available.
     my ($page, $ids) = split(/=/, $page_arg);
     my @ids;
+    $ids = "" unless defined $ids;
 
-    if(!$ids) {
-        $ids = "";
-    }
-    else {
-        # Parse the page ids and push them onto @ids array
-        my @ids_by_comma = split(/\,/, $ids);
-        foreach my $id_by_comma (@ids_by_comma) {
-            my @ids_for_range = split(/\.\./, $id_by_comma);
-            if ((scalar @ids_for_range) == 2) {
-                push @ids, $ids_for_range[0]..$ids_for_range[1];
-            }
-            elsif ((scalar @ids_for_range) == 1) {
-                push @ids, $ids_for_range[0];
-            }
-            else {
-                verbose (1, "\nWarning: Page $page id range $id_by_comma could not be parsed.");
-            }
+    # Parse the page ids and push them onto @ids array
+    my @ids_by_comma = split(/\,/, $ids);
+    foreach my $id_by_comma (@ids_by_comma) {
+        my @ids_for_range = split(/\.\./, $id_by_comma);
+        if ((scalar @ids_for_range) == 2) {
+            push @ids, $ids_for_range[0]..$ids_for_range[1];
+        }
+        elsif ((scalar @ids_for_range) == 1) {
+            push @ids, $ids_for_range[0];
+        }
+        else {
+            verbose (1, "\nWarning: Page $page id range $id_by_comma could not be parsed.");
         }
     }
+    
     return ('page' => $page, 'ids' => [@ids]);
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ sub get_ids_from_db {
         || die $tt->error(), "\n";
 
         # Starts with a newline and comma
-        return split(/,/, substr($selected_ids, 2));
+        return split(/,/, substr($selected_ids, 1));
 }
 
 sub get_filename {