diff --git a/src/families.php b/src/families.php
index 3579959..06495a0 100644
--- a/src/families.php
+++ b/src/families.php
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ $action = empty($_GET["action"]) ? "" : $_GET["action"];
 
 if (!empty($_GET["familyid"]))
 	$familyid = (int) $_GET["familyid"];
+else
+	$familyid = 1;
 
 if ($action == "insert" || $action == "update") {
 	/* validate the data. */
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ try {
 		$smarty->assign('familyname_error', $familyname_error);
 	}
 	$smarty->assign('families', $families);
-	$smarty->assign('familyid',	$familyid);
+	$smarty->assign('familyid', $familyid);
 	$smarty->assign('familyname', $familyname);
 	if (isset($nonmembers)) {
 		$smarty->assign('nonmembers', $nonmembers);
diff --git a/src/signup.php b/src/signup.php
index 778e7fb..7e87023 100644
--- a/src/signup.php
+++ b/src/signup.php
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/includes/MySmarty.class.php");
 $smarty = new MySmarty();
 $opt = $smarty->opt();
 
+if (!isset($username)) $username = "";
+if (!isset($fullname)) $fullname = "";
+if (!isset($email)) $email = "";
+
 if (isset($_POST["action"]) && $_POST["action"] == "signup") {
 	$username = isset($_REQUEST["username"]) ? $_POST["username"] : "";
 	$fullname = isset($_REQUEST["fullname"]) ? $_POST["fullname"] : "";
@@ -110,7 +114,9 @@ $smarty->assign('fullname', $fullname);
 $smarty->assign('email', $email);
 $smarty->assign('familyid', $familyid);
 $smarty->assign('familycount', count($families));
-$smarty->assign('action', $_POST["action"]);
+if (isset($_POST["action"])) {
+	$smarty->assign('action', $_POST["action"]);
+}
 if (isset($error)) {
 	$smarty->assign('error', $error);
 }