diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 5e7cc02a36..2aa672ef6d 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -2079,8 +2079,8 @@ class DFRN
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			$fields = ['title' => $item["title"], 'body' => $item["body"],
-					'tag' => $item["tag"], 'changed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
+			$fields = ['title' => defaults($item, 'title', ''), 'body' => defaults($item, 'body', ''),
+					'tag' => defaults($item, 'tag', ''), 'changed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
 					'edited' => DateTimeFormat::utc($item["edited"])];
 
 			$condition = ["`uri` = ? AND `uid` IN (0, ?)", $item["uri"], $importer["importer_uid"]];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
index 5b419e42ef..d10c4db320 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ class PortableContact
 				if (isset($data->version)) {
 					$network = NETWORK_DFRN;
 
-					$noscrape = $data->no_scrape_url;
+					$noscrape = defaults($data->no_scrape_url, '');
 					$version = $data->version;
 					$site_name = $data->site_name;
 					$info = $data->info;