diff --git a/modules/calendar/calendar.php b/modules/calendar/calendar.php
index 40d6c478b..8f9dc2261 100644
--- a/modules/calendar/calendar.php
+++ b/modules/calendar/calendar.php
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ function get_calendar_posts_for_week( $args = array(), $context = 'dashboard' )
 				$post_stati = wp_filter_object_list( $post_stati, array( 'name' => 'future' ), 'not' );
 			}
 
-			$args['post_status'] .= join( wp_list_pluck( $post_stati, 'name' ), ',' );
+			$args['post_status'] .= implode( ',', wp_list_pluck( $post_stati, 'name' ) );
 		}
 		// The WP functions for printing the category and author assign a value of 0 to the default
 		// options, but passing this to the query is bad (trashed and auto-draft posts appear!), so
diff --git a/modules/story-budget/story-budget.php b/modules/story-budget/story-budget.php
index 9ce03d0d5..717361050 100644
--- a/modules/story-budget/story-budget.php
+++ b/modules/story-budget/story-budget.php
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function get_posts_for_term( $term, $args = null ) {
 				$post_stati = wp_filter_object_list( $post_stati, array( 'name' => 'future' ), 'not' );
 			}
 
-			$args['post_status'] .= join( wp_list_pluck( $post_stati, 'name' ), ',' );
+			$args['post_status'] .= implode( ',', wp_list_pluck( $post_stati, 'name' ) );
 		}
 
 		// Filter by post_author if it's set