diff --git a/src/etc/rc.update_urltables b/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
index 4336a24f9..00faf3441 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
+++ b/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require_once("config.inc");
 require_once("util.inc");
 require_once("pfsense-utils.inc");
 
-if (!is_array($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
+if (!isset($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
 	// No aliases
 	exit;
 }
diff --git a/src/www/guiconfig.inc b/src/www/guiconfig.inc
index cff2cc9d3..8cb30c500 100644
--- a/src/www/guiconfig.inc
+++ b/src/www/guiconfig.inc
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ function alias_info_popup($alias_id){
 function rule_popup($src,$srcport,$dst,$dstport){
 	global $config,$g;
 	$aliases_array = array();
-	if ($config['aliases']['alias'] <> "" and is_array($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
+	if (isset($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
 		$descriptions = array ();
 		foreach ($config['aliases']['alias'] as $alias_id=>$alias_name){
 			//$loading_image="<a><img src=\'/themes/{$g['theme']}/images/misc/loader.gif\' alt=\'loader\' /> " .gettext("loading...")."</a>";
diff --git a/src/www/system_firmware_check.php b/src/www/system_firmware_check.php
index d324ddaf4..75a8db601 100644
--- a/src/www/system_firmware_check.php
+++ b/src/www/system_firmware_check.php
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ include("head.inc");
 										</div>
 							</td>
 						</tr>
+						<?php if (file_exists($file_pkg_status)) { ?>
 						<tr>
 						</tr>
 							<tr>
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ include("head.inc");
 									</div>
 								</td>
 							</tr>
+						<?php } // endif ?>
 					</table>
 
 		            </div>