diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 763ffb1b01..28441eae8f 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 			$author = $feed->get_author();
 			if($author) {			
 				$vcard['fn'] = unxmlify(trim($author->get_name()));
+				if(! $vcard['fn'])
+					$vcard['fn'] = trim(unxmlify($author->get_email()));
+				if(strpos($vcard['fn'],'@') !== false)
+					$vcard['fn'] = substr($vcard['fn'],0,strpos($vcard['fn'],'@'));
 				$vcard['nick'] = strtolower(notags(unxmlify($vcard['fn'])));
 				if(strpos($vcard['nick'],' '))
 					$vcard['nick'] = trim(substr($vcard['nick'],0,strpos($vcard['nick'],' ')));
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 21dfb45607..cbdd11eb97 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		);
 		if(! count($r)) {
 			notice( t('Unable to locate original post.') . EOL);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+			if(x($_POST,'return')) 
+				goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+			killme();
 		}
 		$parent_item = $r[0];
 		if($parent_item['contact-id'] && $uid) {
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	if(! can_write_wall($a,$profile_uid)) {
 		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL) ;
-		return;
+		if(x($_POST,'return')) 
+			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+		killme();
 	}
 
 	$user = null;
@@ -92,8 +96,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	if(! strlen($body)) {
 		notice( t('Empty post discarded.') . EOL );
-		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
-
+		if(x($_POST,'return')) 
+			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+		killme();
 	}
 
 	// get contact info for poster