diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
index 29eebe06..f621e536 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ module.exports = class Aggregation extends BaseDataview {
         this._isFloatColumn = null;
     }
 
-    _checkOptions () {
+    _checkOptions (options) {
         if (typeof options.column !== 'string') {
             throw new Error(`Aggregation expects 'column' in dataview options`);
         }
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ module.exports = class Aggregation extends BaseDataview {
         const self = this;
         const escapedUserQuery = psql.escapeLiteral(`%${userQuery}%`);
         const value = this.aggregation !== 'count' && this.aggregationColumn ?
-            this.aggregation + '(' + this.aggregationColumn + ')' : 'count(1)';
+            `${this.aggregation}(${this.aggregationColumn})` :
+            'count(1)';
 
         // TODO unfiltered will be wrong as filters are already applied at this point
         const query = searchQueryTpl({