diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index dbe396e90..d075d611a 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -158,29 +158,32 @@ function item_post(App $a) {
 	// Now check that valid personal details have been provided
 	if (!can_write_wall($profile_uid) && !$allow_comment) {
 		notice(L10n::t('Permission denied.') . EOL) ;
+
 		if (x($_REQUEST, 'return')) {
 			goaway($return_path);
 		}
+
 		killme();
 	}
 
-
-	// is this an edited post?
-
+	// Init post instance
 	$orig_post = null;
 
-	if ($post_id) {
+	// is this an edited post?
+	if ($post_id > 0) {
 		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(Item::ITEM_FIELDLIST, ['id' => $post_id]);
 	}
 
 	$user = dba::selectFirst('user', [], ['uid' => $profile_uid]);
+
 	if (!DBM::is_result($user) && !$parent) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	$categories = '';
+	$postopts = '';
 
-	if ($orig_post) {
+	if (!empty($orig_post)) {
 		$str_group_allow   = $orig_post['allow_gid'];
 		$str_contact_allow = $orig_post['allow_cid'];
 		$str_group_deny    = $orig_post['deny_gid'];
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index d6635407d..0e01ff7b9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			'title', 'content-warning', 'body', 'location', 'coord', 'app',
 			'rendered-hash', 'rendered-html', 'object-type', 'object', 'target-type', 'target',
 			'author-id', 'author-link', 'author-name', 'author-avatar',
-			'owner-id', 'owner-link', 'owner-name', 'owner-avatar'];
+			'owner-id', 'owner-link', 'owner-name', 'owner-avatar', 'emailcc'];
 
 	// Never reorder or remove entries from this list. Just add new ones at the end, if needed.
 	// The item-activity table only stores the index and needs this array to know the matching activity.