diff --git a/mod/apps.php b/mod/apps.php
index 58752de322..f25722df78 100644
--- a/mod/apps.php
+++ b/mod/apps.php
@@ -5,10 +5,20 @@ function apps_content(&$a) {
 
 	$o .= '<h3>' . t('Applications') . '</h3>';
 
-	$o .= '<div class="app-title"><a href="notes">' . t('Private Notes') . '</a></div>';
+	$apps = false;
 
-	if($a->apps)
+	if(local_user()) {
+		$apps = true;
+		$o .= '<div class="app-title"><a href="notes">' . t('Private Notes') . '</a></div>';
+	}
+
+	if($a->apps) {
+		$apps = true;
 		$o .= $a->apps;
+	}
+
+	if(! $apps)
+		notice( t('No installed applications.') . EOL);
 
 	return $o;
 
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index f1a2d635cb..f8749f5f7c 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1106,9 +1106,10 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 				$tag_str .= bbcode($t);
 			} 
 			$tags = array(t('Tags: '), $tag_str);
-			if($cmd === 'edit')
+			if($cmd === 'edit') {
 				$tags[] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/tagrm/' . $link_item['id'];
 				$tags[] = t('[Remove any tag]');
+			}
 		}