diff --git a/include/Core/Config.php b/include/Core/Config.php
index b5d80c82e..ff3541884 100644
--- a/include/Core/Config.php
+++ b/include/Core/Config.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Config {
 		// manage array value
 		$dbvalue = (is_array($value)?serialize($value):$value);
 		$dbvalue = (is_bool($dbvalue) ? intval($dbvalue) : $dbvalue);
-		if(self::get($family,$key,true) === false) {
+		if(self::get($family,$key,null,true) === false) {
 			$a->config[$family][$key] = $value;
 			$ret = q("INSERT INTO `config` ( `cat`, `k`, `v` ) VALUES ( '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 				dbesc($family),
diff --git a/include/Core/PConfig.php b/include/Core/PConfig.php
index 09c3c2a0b..c47559d0e 100644
--- a/include/Core/PConfig.php
+++ b/include/Core/PConfig.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class PConfig {
 		// manage array value
 		$dbvalue = (is_array($value)?serialize($value):$value);
 
-		if(self::get($uid,$family,$key,true) === false) {
+		if(self::get($uid,$family,$key,null, true) === false) {
 			$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = $value;
 			$ret = q("INSERT INTO `pconfig` ( `uid`, `cat`, `k`, `v` ) VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 				intval($uid),
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 36b2ca730..547c37fb6 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ function admin_page_federation(&$a) {
 
 		// what versions for that platform do we know at all?
 		// again only the active nodes
-		$v = q('SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total, version` FROM `gserver`
+		$v = q('SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`, `version` FROM `gserver`
 				WHERE `last_contact` > `last_failure` AND `platform` LIKE "%s"  AND `version` != ""
 				GROUP BY `version`
 				ORDER BY `version`;', $p);