diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index b846bcd08a..017e21814b 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require_once("include/pgettext.php");
 require_once('include/nav.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_PLATFORM',     'Free Friendika');
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1139' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1140' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1097      );
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class App {
 	public  $contacts;
 	public  $page_contact;
 	public  $content;
-	public  $data;
+	public  $data = array();
 	public  $error = false;
 	public  $cmd;
 	public  $argv;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class App {
 	public  $timezone;
 	public  $interactive = true;
 	public  $plugins;
-	public  $apps = Array();
+	public  $apps = array();
 	public  $identities;
 
 	private $scheme;
diff --git a/mod/install.php b/mod/install.php
index 27cc6af840..78e537cfe2 100644
--- a/mod/install.php
+++ b/mod/install.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function install_post(&$a) {
 
 	$result = file_put_contents('.htconfig.php', $txt);
 	if(! $result) {
-		$a->data = $txt;
+		$a->data['txt'] = $txt;
 	}
 
 	$errors = load_database($db);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function install_content(&$a) {
 	if(strlen($o))
 		return $o;
 
-	if(strlen($a->data)) {
+	if(strlen($a->data['txt'])) {
 		$o .= manual_config($a);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function check_funcs() {
 	if(! function_exists('mb_strlen'))
 		notice( t('Error: mb_string PHP module required but not installed.') . EOL);
 	
-	if((x($_SESSION,'sysmsg')) && strlen($_SESSION['sysmsg']))
+	if((x($_SESSION,'sysmsg')) && is_array($_SESSION['sysmsg']) && count($_SESSION['sysmsg']))
 		notice( t('Please see the file "INSTALL.txt".') . EOL);
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function check_htconfig() {
 
 	
 function manual_config(&$a) {
-	$data = htmlentities($a->data);
+	$data = htmlentities($a->data['txt']);
 	$o = t('The database configuration file ".htconfig.php" could not be written. Please use the enclosed text to create a configuration file in your web server root.');
 	$o .= "<textarea rows=\"24\" cols=\"80\" >$data</textarea>";
 	return $o;