diff --git a/common/repositories/criteria/content_filter_criteria.h b/common/repositories/criteria/content_filter_criteria.h
index 9a86dcb99..1fd5f2267 100644
--- a/common/repositories/criteria/content_filter_criteria.h
+++ b/common/repositories/criteria/content_filter_criteria.h
@@ -26,32 +26,46 @@
 #include "../../string_util.h"
 
 namespace ContentFilterCriteria {
-	static std::string apply()
+	static std::string apply(std::string table_prefix = "")
 	{
 		std::string criteria;
 
+		if (!table_prefix.empty()) {
+			table_prefix = table_prefix + ".";
+		}
+
 		criteria += fmt::format(
-			" AND (min_expansion <= {} OR min_expansion = 0)",
-			content_service.GetCurrentExpansion()
+			" AND ({}min_expansion <= {} OR {}min_expansion = 0)",
+			table_prefix,
+			content_service.GetCurrentExpansion(),
+			table_prefix
 		);
 
 		criteria += fmt::format(
-			" AND (max_expansion >= {} OR max_expansion = 0)",
-			content_service.GetCurrentExpansion()
+			" AND ({}max_expansion >= {} OR {}max_expansion = 0)",
+			table_prefix,
+			content_service.GetCurrentExpansion(),
+			table_prefix
 		);
 
 		std::vector<std::string> flags = content_service.GetContentFlags();
-		for (auto                &flag: flags) {
+
+		for (auto &flag: flags) {
 			flag = "'" + flag + "'";
 		}
 
 		std::string flags_in_filter;
 		if (!flags.empty()) {
-			flags_in_filter = fmt::format(" OR content_flags IN ({})", implode(", ", flags));
+			flags_in_filter = fmt::format(
+				" OR {}content_flags IN ({})",
+				table_prefix,
+				implode(", ", flags)
+			);
 		}
 
 		criteria += fmt::format(
-			" AND (content_flags IS NULL{})",
+			" AND ({}content_flags IS NULL{})",
+			table_prefix,
 			flags_in_filter
 		);
 
diff --git a/zone/loottables.cpp b/zone/loottables.cpp
index 0e5ba8d60..666b3d55e 100644
--- a/zone/loottables.cpp
+++ b/zone/loottables.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "npc.h"
 #include "zonedb.h"
 #include "global_loot_manager.h"
+#include "../common/repositories/criteria/content_filter_criteria.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -463,42 +464,70 @@ void NPC::CheckGlobalLootTables()
 
 void ZoneDatabase::LoadGlobalLoot()
 {
-	auto query = StringFormat("SELECT id, loottable_id, description, min_level, max_level, rare, raid, race, "
-				  "class, bodytype, zone, hot_zone FROM global_loot WHERE enabled = 1");
+	auto query = fmt::format(
+		SQL
+		(
+			SELECT
+			  id,
+			  loottable_id,
+			  description,
+			  min_level,
+			  max_level,
+			  rare,
+			  raid,
+			  race,
+			  class,
+			  bodytype,
+			  zone,
+			  hot_zone
+			FROM
+			  global_loot
+			WHERE
+			  enabled = 1
+			  {}
+		),
+		ContentFilterCriteria::apply()
+	);
 
 	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
-	if (!results.Success() || results.RowCount() == 0)
+	if (!results.Success() || results.RowCount() == 0) {
 		return;
+	}
 
 	// we might need this, lets not keep doing it in a loop
-	auto zoneid = std::to_string(zone->GetZoneID());
-	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row) {
+	auto      zoneid = std::to_string(zone->GetZoneID());
+	for (auto row    = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row) {
 		// checking zone limits
 		if (row[10]) {
 			auto zones = SplitString(row[10], '|');
 
 			auto it = std::find(zones.begin(), zones.end(), zoneid);
-			if (it == zones.end())  // not in here, skip
+			if (it == zones.end()) {  // not in here, skip
 				continue;
+			}
 		}
 
 		GlobalLootEntry e(atoi(row[0]), atoi(row[1]), row[2] ? row[2] : "");
 
 		auto min_level = atoi(row[3]);
-		if (min_level)
+		if (min_level) {
 			e.AddRule(GlobalLoot::RuleTypes::LevelMin, min_level);
+		}
 
 		auto max_level = atoi(row[4]);
-		if (max_level)
+		if (max_level) {
 			e.AddRule(GlobalLoot::RuleTypes::LevelMax, max_level);
+		}
 
 		// null is not used
-		if (row[5])
+		if (row[5]) {
 			e.AddRule(GlobalLoot::RuleTypes::Rare, atoi(row[5]));
+		}
 
 		// null is not used
-		if (row[6])
+		if (row[6]) {
 			e.AddRule(GlobalLoot::RuleTypes::Raid, atoi(row[6]));
+		}
 
 		if (row[7]) {
 			auto races = SplitString(row[7], '|');
@@ -522,8 +551,9 @@ void ZoneDatabase::LoadGlobalLoot()
 		}
 
 		// null is not used
-		if (row[11])
+		if (row[11]) {
 			e.AddRule(GlobalLoot::RuleTypes::HotZone, atoi(row[11]));
+		}
 
 		zone->AddGlobalLootEntry(e);
 	}
diff --git a/zone/zone.cpp b/zone/zone.cpp
index 5358d9a22..3c96e2b91 100755
--- a/zone/zone.cpp
+++ b/zone/zone.cpp
@@ -551,32 +551,32 @@ void Zone::GetMerchantDataForZoneLoad() {
 	std::string query = fmt::format(
 		SQL (
 			SELECT
-			  DISTINCT ml.merchantid,
-			  ml.slot,
-			  ml.item,
-			  ml.faction_required,
-			  ml.level_required,
-			  ml.alt_currency_cost,
-			  ml.classes_required,
-			  ml.probability
+			  DISTINCT merchantlist.merchantid,
+			  merchantlist.slot,
+			  merchantlist.item,
+			  merchantlist.faction_required,
+			  merchantlist.level_required,
+			  merchantlist.alt_currency_cost,
+			  merchantlist.classes_required,
+			  merchantlist.probability
 			FROM
-			  merchantlist AS ml,
-			  npc_types AS nt,
-			  spawnentry AS se,
-			  spawn2 AS s2
+			  merchantlist,
+			  npc_types,
+			  spawnentry,
+			  spawn2
 			WHERE
-			  nt.merchant_id = ml.merchantid
-			  AND nt.id = se.npcid
-			  AND se.spawngroupid = s2.spawngroupid
-			  AND s2.zone = '{}'
-			  AND s2.version = {}
+			  npc_types.merchant_id = merchantlist.merchantid
+			  AND npc_types.id = spawnentry.npcid
+			  AND spawnentry.spawngroupid = spawn2.spawngroupid
+			  AND spawn2.zone = '{}'
+			  AND spawn2.version = {}
 			  {}
 			ORDER BY
-			  ml.slot
+			  merchantlist.slot
 		),
 		GetShortName(),
 		GetInstanceVersion(),
-		ContentFilterCriteria::apply()
+		ContentFilterCriteria::apply("merchantlist")
 	);
 
 	auto results = content_db.QueryDatabase(query);