diff --git a/core/model/VirtualPage.php b/core/model/VirtualPage.php
index 84960901e..aa1a31184 100755
--- a/core/model/VirtualPage.php
+++ b/core/model/VirtualPage.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class VirtualPage extends Page {
 	 			&& $this->CopyContentFromID != 0 
 				&& $this instanceof VirtualPage
 			) {
-				$source = DataObject::get_one("SiteTree","\"SiteTree\".\"ID\"='$CopyContentFromID'");
+				$source = DataObject::get_one("SiteTree",sprintf('"SiteTree"."ID" = %d', $this->CopyContentFromID));
 				$this->copyFrom($source);
 				$this->URLSegment = $source->URLSegment . '-' . $this->ID;			
 			}