diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index eb70dd8f6..e06e1574e 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 ini_set('pcre.backtrack_limit', 250000);
 
 
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.979' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.981' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1054      );
 
diff --git a/include/auth.php b/include/auth.php
index ec02cd85c..1c430406e 100644
--- a/include/auth.php
+++ b/include/auth.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if((isset($_SESSION)) && (x($_SESSION,'authenticated')) && ((! (x($_POST,'auth-p
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl());
 	}
 
-	if(x($_SESSION['visitor_id']) && (! x($_SESSION['uid']))) {
+	if(x($_SESSION,'visitor_id') && (! x($_SESSION,'uid'))) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($_SESSION['visitor_id'])
 		);
diff --git a/include/template_processor.php b/include/template_processor.php
index d431831cb..efdfbaecb 100644
--- a/include/template_processor.php
+++ b/include/template_processor.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 			#$s = str_replace(array("\n","\r"),array("§n§","§r§"),$s);
 			$s = $this->_build_nodes($s);
 			$s = preg_replace_callback('/\|\|([0-9]+)\|\|/', array($this, "_replcb_node"), $s);
-			$s = str_replace($this->search,$this->replace,$s);
+			$s = str_replace($this->search,$this->replace, (string) $s);
 			
 			return $s;
 		}
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index 4873fc3a3..3da633edf 100644
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 				notice( t('Unable to remove group.') . EOL);
 		}
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/group');
-		return; // NOTREACHED
+		// NOTREACHED
 	}
 
 	if(($a->argc > 2) && intval($a->argv[1]) && intval($a->argv[2])) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 	if(($a->argc > 1) && (intval($a->argv[1]))) {
 
 		require_once('include/acl_selectors.php');
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `deleted` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 			intval($a->argv[1]),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 
 	}
 
+	if(! isset($group))
+		return;
+
 	$o .= '<div id="group-update-wrapper">';
 	if($change) 
 		$o = '';