diff --git a/lam/lib/config.inc b/lam/lib/config.inc
index f6e6840d9..3b75d0e60 100644
--- a/lam/lib/config.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/config.inc
@@ -3099,6 +3099,9 @@ class LAMCfgMain {
 				return false;
 			}
 			$data = $result->fetchAll();
+			if (empty($data)) {
+				return true;
+			}
 			$jsonData = json_decode($data[0]['value'], true);
 			foreach ($this->persistenceSettings as $persistenceSetting) {
 				if (isset($jsonData[$persistenceSetting])) {
@@ -3108,11 +3111,11 @@ class LAMCfgMain {
 			$this->importData($jsonData);
 		}
 		catch (PDOException $e) {
-			logNewMessage(LOG_ERR, 'Unable to read main config: ' . $e->getMessage());
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, 'Unable to read main config: ' . $e->getMessage());
 			return false;
 		}
 		catch (LAMException $e) {
-			logNewMessage(LOG_ERR, 'Unable to import main config: ' . $e->getMessage());
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, 'Unable to import main config: ' . $e->getMessage());
 			return false;
 		}
 		return true;
diff --git a/lam/lib/security.inc b/lam/lib/security.inc
index 9c3d3d41c..5cd4cac03 100644
--- a/lam/lib/security.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/security.inc
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ function logNewMessage($level, $message) {
 	}
 	else {
 		$cfg = new LAMCfgMain();
+		$_SESSION['cfgMain'] = $cfg;
 	}
 	// check if logging is disabled
 	if (($cfg->logDestination == 'NONE')