diff --git a/lib/nntp/tiny/message.py b/lib/nntp/tiny/message.py
index aae64b0..6cc8d08 100644
--- a/lib/nntp/tiny/message.py
+++ b/lib/nntp/tiny/message.py
@@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ class MessageRange():
 
     def where(self, table=None):
         prefix = '' if table is None else f"{table}."
+        column = prefix + 'id'
 
         if self.id is not None:
-            return prefix + "message_id = %d" % (self.id)
+            return "%s = %d" % (column, self.id)
 
         if self.min is not None and self.max is None:
-            return prefix + "message_id >= %d" % (self.min)
+            return "%s >= %d" % (column, self.min)
         elif self.min is not None and self.max is not None:
-            return prefix + "message_id >= %d and id <= %d" % (self.min, self.max)
+            return "%s >= %d and %s <= %d" % (column, self.min, column, self.max)
         elif self.min is None and self.max is not None:
-            return prefix + "message_id <= %d" % (self.max)
+            return "%s <= %d" % (column, self.max)
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse(r: str):