diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96a36db9661..f99cbf82646 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ cfg/
 build_log.txt
 
 /.atom-build.json
+.vscode/
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preference_setup/preferences_sql.dm b/code/modules/client/preference_setup/preferences_sql.dm
index ebc48cb29b6..6d8f153d3ce 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preference_setup/preferences_sql.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preference_setup/preferences_sql.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Set this to 1 if you want to debug the SQL saves.
 // I got tired as hell from writing these debug lines and deleting them later.
-#define SQL_PREF_DEBUG 0
 
 /*
  * A proc for dynamically loading a character from the database.
@@ -103,13 +102,13 @@
 			log_debug("SQL CHARACTER LOAD: SQL query error: [query.ErrorMsg()]")
 			log_debug("SQL CHARACTER LOAD: query args: [json_encode(arg_list)]")
 
+			continue
+
 #ifdef SQL_PREF_DEBUG
 		else
 			log_debug("SQL CHARACTER LOAD: Successfully executed query: [query_text]")
 #endif
 
-			continue
-
 		// Each query should only return exactly 1 row.
 		var/list/var_names = query_cache[type][query_text]
 		if (query.NextRow())
@@ -258,5 +257,3 @@
 		arg_list |= PI.gather_save_parameters()
 
 	return arg_list
-
-#undef SQL_PREF_DEBUG