diff --git a/include/delivery.php b/include/delivery.php
index 3ab820b623..46112d78ee 100644
--- a/include/delivery.php
+++ b/include/delivery.php
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ function delivery_run($argv, $argc){
 		$uid = $r[0]['uid'];
 		$updated = $r[0]['edited'];
 
+		if(! $parent_id)
+			return;
 
 
 		$items = q("SELECT `item`.*, `sign`.`signed_text`,`sign`.`signature`,`sign`.`signer` 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 864fa517b4..d1cd1cc739 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 		$uid = $r[0]['uid'];
 		$updated = $r[0]['edited'];
 
+		if(! $parent_id)
+			return;
+
 		$items = q("SELECT `item`.*, `sign`.`signed_text`,`sign`.`signature`,`sign`.`signer` 
 			FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `sign` ON `sign`.`iid` = `item`.`id` WHERE `parent` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC",
 			intval($parent_id)