diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
index e27bcc1..1c4d003 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
@@ -1592,12 +1592,18 @@ $logfile=$logdir.'/newsportal.log';
 
 function get_user_mail_auth_data($user) {
   global $spooldir;
+  $userdata = array("$user");
   $user = strtolower($user);
   $pkey_config = get_user_config($user, "pkey");
   $pkey_cookie = $_COOKIE['pkey'];
+  if($pkey_config == false || $pkey_cookie == false) {
+    return false;
+  }
   if($pkey_config == $pkey_cookie) {
     $userfile=$spooldir.'/'.$user.'-articleviews.dat';
-    $userdata = unserialize(file_get_contents($userfile));
+    if(is_file($userfile)) {
+      $userdata = unserialize(file_get_contents($userfile));
+    }
     return $userdata;
   }
   return false;
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
index 06b6a53..5e40db9 100755
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
   $dbh = null;
   if($CONFIG['article_database'] == '1') {
     $database = $spooldir.'/'.$group.'-articles.db3';
-    $articles_dbh = article_db_open($database);
-    $articles_query = $articles_dbh->prepare('DELETE FROM articles WHERE newsgroup=:newsgroup AND date<:expireme');
-    $articles_query->execute([':newsgroup' => $group, ':expireme' => $expireme]);
-    $articles_dbh = null;
+    if(is_file($database)) {
+      $articles_dbh = article_db_open($database);
+      $articles_query = $articles_dbh->prepare('DELETE FROM articles WHERE newsgroup=:newsgroup AND date<:expireme');
+      $articles_query->execute([':newsgroup' => $group, ':expireme' => $expireme]);
+      $articles_dbh = null;
+    }
   }
     $grouppath = preg_replace('/\./', '/', $group); 
 
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/nocem.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/nocem.php
index 9e3bd61..b9fe4e3 100755
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/nocem.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/nocem.php
@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ function delete_message($messageid, $group) {
  }
   if($CONFIG['article_database'] == '1') {
     $database = $spooldir.'/'.$group.'-articles.db3';
-    $articles_dbh = article_db_open($database);
-    $articles_query = $articles_dbh->prepare('DELETE FROM articles WHERE msgid=:messageid');
-    $articles_query->execute(['messageid' => $messageid]);
-    $articles_dbh = null;
+    if(is_file($database)) {
+      $articles_dbh = article_db_open($database);
+      $articles_query = $articles_dbh->prepare('DELETE FROM articles WHERE msgid=:messageid');
+      $articles_query->execute(['messageid' => $messageid]);
+      $articles_dbh = null;
+    }
   }
   $this_overview=$spooldir.'/'.$group.'-overview';
   if(false === (is_file($this_overview))) {