diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch_location.java b/htroot/yacysearch_location.java
index 028362220..aa1b7b761 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch_location.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch_location.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class yacysearch_location {
             //i.e. http://localhost:8090/yacysearch_location.kml?query=berlin&maximumTime=2000&maximumRecords=100
 
             int placemarkCounter = 0;
-            if (search_query) {
+            if (query.length() > 0 && search_query) {
                 final Set<Location> locations = LibraryProvider.geoLoc.find(query, true);
                 for (final String qp: query.split(" ")) {
                     locations.addAll(LibraryProvider.geoLoc.find(qp, true));
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class yacysearch_location {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (metatag || search_title || search_publisher || search_creator || search_subject) try {
+            if (query.length() > 0 && (metatag || search_title || search_publisher || search_creator || search_subject)) try {
                 // get a queue of search results
                 final String rssSearchServiceURL = "http://127.0.0.1:" + sb.getConfig("port", "8090") + "/yacysearch.rss";
                 final BlockingQueue<RSSMessage> results = new LinkedBlockingQueue<RSSMessage>();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java b/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
index 124e311a1..0149047ad 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/content/DCEntry.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class DCEntry extends TreeMap<String, String> {
 
     public String[] getSubject() {
         String t = this.get("categories");
-        if (t == null) this.get("dc:subject");
+        if (t == null) t = this.get("dc:subject");
         t = stripCDATA(t);
         if (t == null) return new String[]{};
         return t.split(";");
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class DCEntry extends TreeMap<String, String> {
 
     public double getLon() {
         String t = this.get("geo:long");
-        if (t == null) this.get("geo:lon");
+        if (t == null) t = this.get("geo:lon");
         t = stripCDATA(t);
         if (t == null) return 0.0d;
         return Double.parseDouble(t);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class DCEntry extends TreeMap<String, String> {
 
     public double getLat() {
         String t = this.get("geo:lat");
-        if (t == null) this.get("geo:lat");
+        if (t == null) t = this.get("geo:lat");
         t = stripCDATA(t);
         if (t == null) return 0.0d;
         return Double.parseDouble(t);