diff --git a/src/battle.c b/src/battle.c
index efaefd19c..7e3373019 100644
--- a/src/battle.c
+++ b/src/battle.c
@@ -3986,6 +3986,7 @@ static void do_battle(region * r) {
     battle *b = NULL;
     bool fighting;
     ship *sh;
+    int i;
 
     fighting = start_battle(r, &b);
 
@@ -4007,6 +4008,18 @@ static void do_battle(region * r) {
     join_allies(b);
     make_heroes(b);
 
+    /* statistics are fun */
+    for (i = 0; i != b->nsides; ++i) {
+        side *s = b->sides + i;
+        if (s->faction->flags & FFL_NPC) {
+            stats_count("battle.pve", 1);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (i == b->nsides) {
+        stats_count("battle.pvp", 1);
+    }
+
     /* make sure no ships are damaged initially */
     for (sh = r->ships; sh; sh = sh->next)
         freset(sh, SF_DAMAGED);
diff --git a/src/creport.c b/src/creport.c
index 9776c4d76..4fb9a50b2 100644
--- a/src/creport.c
+++ b/src/creport.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int cr_regions(variant var, const char *name, char *buffer, const void *u
             z = plane_id(pl);
             wp += sprintf(wp, ", %d %d %d", nx, ny, z);
         }
-        wp += sprintf(wp, "\"%s\n", name);
+        wp += sprintf(wp, "\";%s\n", name);
     }
     else {
         sprintf(buffer, "\"\";%s\n", name);