diff --git a/addon/README b/addon/README
index c6931c2b3..89f39e399 100644
--- a/addon/README
+++ b/addon/README
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ Current hooks:
 'contact_edit_post' - called when posting the contact edit page
 	$b is the $_POST array
 
+'init_1' - called just after DB has been opened and before session start
+	$b is not used or passed
+
+'page_end' - called after HTML content functions have completed
+    $b is (string) HTML of content div
+
 
 
 
@@ -149,17 +155,17 @@ Current hooks:
 
 Not yet documented:
 
-'atom_feed'
+'atom_feed' ***
 
-'atom_feed_end'
+'atom_feed_end' ***
 
-'parse_atom'
+'parse_atom' ***
 
-'atom_author'
+'atom_author' ***
 
-'atom_entry'
+'atom_entry' ***
 
-'parse_link'
+'parse_link' ***
 
 
 
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index ae3a4957b..e58abb1a1 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class dba {
 			elseif($result === true)
 				$mesg = 'true';
 			else
-				$mesg = $result->num_rows.' results' . EOL;
+				$mesg = $result->num_rows . ' results' . EOL;
         
 			$str =  'SQL = ' . printable($sql) . EOL . 'SQL returned ' . $mesg . EOL;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ function dbg($state) {
 if(! function_exists('dbesc')) { 
 function dbesc($str) {
 	global $db;
-	return($db->escape($str));
+	if($db)
+		return($db->escape($str));
+	else
+		return(str_replace("'","\\'",$str));
 }}
 
 
@@ -129,11 +132,29 @@ function q($sql) {
 	global $db;
 	$args = func_get_args();
 	unset($args[0]);
-	$ret = $db->q(vsprintf($sql,$args));
-	return $ret;
+
+	if($db) {
+		$ret = $db->q(vsprintf($sql,$args));
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * This will happen occasionally trying to store the 
+	 * session data after abnormal program termination 
+	 *
+	 */
+
+	logger('dba: no database: ' . print_r($args,true));
+	return false; 
+
 }}
 
-// raw db query, no arguments
+/**
+ *
+ * Raw db query, no arguments
+ *
+ */
 
 if(! function_exists('dbq')) { 
 function dbq($sql) {
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 3d13a5480..28e421f5f 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 	proc_close(proc_open("\"$php_path\" \"include/queue.php\" &", array(), $foo));
 
 
+	$hub_update = false;
 	$force = false;
+
 	if(($argc > 1) && ($argv[1] == 'force'))
 		$force = true;
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 38684a00a..1c0696781 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ $db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
 if(! $install) {
 	require_once("session.php");
 	load_hooks();
+	call_hooks('init_1');
 }
 
+
+
 require_once("datetime.php");
 
 date_default_timezone_set(($default_timezone) ? $default_timezone : 'UTC');
@@ -145,6 +148,16 @@ if(strlen($a->module)) {
 	}
 }
 
+/* initialise content region */
+
+if(! x($a->page,'content'))
+	$a->page['content'] = '';
+
+
+/**
+ * Call module functions
+ */
+
 if($a->module_loaded) {
 	$a->page['page_title'] = $a->module;
 	if(function_exists($a->module . '_init')) {
@@ -166,8 +179,6 @@ if($a->module_loaded) {
 
 	if((! $a->error) && (function_exists($a->module . '_content'))) {
 		$func = $a->module . '_content';
-		if(! x($a->page,'content'))
-			$a->page['content'] = '';
 		$a->page['content'] .= $func($a);
 	}
 
@@ -202,6 +213,10 @@ if(x($_SESSION,'sysmsg')) {
 	unset($_SESSION['sysmsg']);
 }
 
+
+call_hooks('page_end', $a->page['content']);
+
+
 /**
  *
  * Add a place for the pause/resume Ajax indicator
@@ -226,6 +241,7 @@ if($a->module != 'install')
  * Make sure the desired theme exists, though if the default theme doesn't exist we're stuffed.
  *
  */
+
 $default_theme = ((isset($a->config['system']['theme'])) ? $a->config['system']['theme'] : 'default');
 if((x($_SESSION,'theme')) && (! file_exists('view/theme/' . $_SESSION['theme'] . '/style.css')))
 	unset($_SESSION['theme']);