diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/lib/message.inc.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/lib/message.inc.php
index 13a9b16..71cc8e5 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/lib/message.inc.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/lib/message.inc.php
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ function message_read($id,$bodynum=0,$group="") {
     echo $text_error["read_access_denied"];
     return;
   }
+  if(!is_numeric($id)) {
+    return false;
+  }
   $message = new messageType;
   if ((isset($cache_articles)) && ($cache_articles == true)) {
     // Try to load a cached article
@@ -219,6 +222,9 @@ function message_read($id,$bodynum=0,$group="") {
       ((!isset($message->body[$bodynum])) &&
        ($bodynum != -1))) {
 // Pull article from spool if exists, else from server
+    if(trim($group) == '') {
+      return false;
+    }
     unset($rawmessage);
     if($CONFIG['article_database'] == '1') {
       $rawmessage = np_get_db_article($id, $group, 1);
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
index 342bb81..bf5d720 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
@@ -1279,6 +1279,7 @@ function np_get_db_article($article, $group, $makearray=1, $dbh=null) {
     file_put_contents($logfile, "\n".format_log_date()." ".$config_name." DEBUG: fetched: ".$article." from ".$group, FILE_APPEND);
     if($makearray == 1) {
 	$thisarticle = preg_split("/\r\n|\n|\r/", trim($msg2));
+	array_pop($thisarticle);
 	return $thisarticle;
     } else {
 	return trim($msg2);