diff --git a/app/includes/app_functions.php b/app/includes/app_functions.php
index 5d22f3b..a712ff0 100644
--- a/app/includes/app_functions.php
+++ b/app/includes/app_functions.php
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@
           $sql = $db->prepare("SELECT uuid FROM users WHERE uuid=:uuid");
           $sql->bindParam(':uuid', $uuid);
           $sql->execute();
+          $sql->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+          $result = $sql->fetchAll();
       } catch (PDOException $e) {
           $alert = array("danger", "Error during check for user record: " . $e->getMessage());
+          die();
       }
-      if (empty($sql)) {
-          return false;
+      if (empty($result)) {
+         return false;
       } else {
-          return true;
+         return true;
       }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/includes/footer.php b/app/includes/footer.php
index e2b63c7..eb35ce2 100644
--- a/app/includes/footer.php
+++ b/app/includes/footer.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <footer class="footer mt-auto py-3">
   <div class="text-center text-muted">
     <?php
-      echo($_ENV['APP_NAME'] . " " . get_version() . ".<br>");
+      echo($_ENV['APP_NAME'] . " " . get_version() . "<br>");
       if ($_ENV['APP_NAME'] != "FHeD") {
           echo("Powered by FHeD.");
       };