diff --git a/src/App/BaseURL.php b/src/App/BaseURL.php
index 7e1ab1c2b9..a7bfce2b18 100644
--- a/src/App/BaseURL.php
+++ b/src/App/BaseURL.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class BaseURL
 	{
 		$parsed = @parse_url($url);
 
-		if (empty($parsed)) {
+		if (empty($parsed) || empty($parsed['host'])) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Console.php b/src/Core/Console.php
index 56a294062b..d1374a1b8f 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console.php
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ HELP;
 
 		Friendica\DI::init($this->dice);
 
+		Renderer::registerTemplateEngine('Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmartyEngine');
+
 		/** @var Console $subconsole */
 		$subconsole = $this->dice->create($className, [$subargs]);
 
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index 9af6100a0a..4779487283 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ class DBStructure
 
 	public static function writeStructure()
 	{
-		Renderer::registerTemplateEngine('Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmartyEngine');
-
 		$tables = [];
 		foreach (self::definition(null) as $name => $definition) {
 			$indexes  = [[