diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/AbstractCRUDDAO.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/AbstractCRUDDAO.java
index 9afb58e..24e167a 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/AbstractCRUDDAO.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/AbstractCRUDDAO.java
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractCRUDDAO<E extends Identifiable>
 
     public static final String EX_UUID = "__exclude_uuid__";
 
-    private int bulkDelete(String field, Object value, boolean notUuid) {
-        final var params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private int bulkDelete(@NonNull final String field, @Nullable final Object value, final boolean notUuid) {
+        if (value == null) return bulkDeleteWhere(field + " IS NULL");
 
-        if (value == null) return bulkDeleteWhere(field + " IS NULL", params);
 
         String condition = field + " = :" + field;
+        final HashMap<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put(field, value);
 
         if (notUuid) {
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractCRUDDAO<E extends Identifiable>
         return bulkDeleteWhere(condition, params);
     }
 
+    public int bulkDeleteWhere(@NonNull final String whereClause) {
+        return bulkDeleteWhere(whereClause, new HashMap<>());
+    }
+
     public int bulkDeleteWhere(@NonNull final String whereClause, @NonNull final Map<String, Object> parameters) {
         final Session session = getHibernateTemplate().getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
         final String deleteSql = "DELETE FROM " + getEntityClass().getSimpleName() + " WHERE " + whereClause;