diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 1e38e3fdb4..24eb1b30fb 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -860,9 +860,12 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 		// We use "microtime" to keep the arrival order and "mt_rand" to avoid duplicates
 		$file = 'item-'.round(microtime(true) * 10000).'-'.mt_rand().'.msg';
 
-		$spool = get_spoolpath().'/'.$file;
-		file_put_contents($spool, json_encode($arr));
-		logger("Item wasn't stored - Item was spooled into file ".$file, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		$spoolpath = get_spoolpath();
+		if ($spoolpath != "") {
+			$spool = $spoolpath.'/'.$file;
+			file_put_contents($spool, json_encode($arr));
+			logger("Item wasn't stored - Item was spooled into file ".$file, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/spool_post.php b/include/spool_post.php
index 36bcab2a55..b4cce46b57 100644
--- a/include/spool_post.php
+++ b/include/spool_post.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function spool_post_run($argv, $argc) {
 
 	$path = get_spoolpath();
 
-	if (is_writable($path)){
+	if (($path != '') AND is_writable($path)){
 		if ($dh = opendir($path)) {
 			while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {