diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
index 105549d1..79182cb6 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 
 			if ($filter == '')
 			{
+				$search = new stdClass();
 				$search->type = '';
 				$search->status = '';
 				$search->priority = '';
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 
 			$this->load->library ('pagination');
 
-
 			if ($filter == '' && $offset == '')
 			{
 				$offset = 0;
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 			$change_post = $this->input->post('issue_change');
 			if ($change_post == 'change')
 			{
+				$change = new stdClass();
 				$change->type = $this->input->post('issue_change_type');
 				$change->status = $this->input->post('issue_change_status');
 				$change->owner = $this->input->post('issue_change_owner');
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 
 			if ($this->input->post('issue'))
 			{
+				$issue = new stdClass();
 				$issue->projectid = $this->input->post('issue_projectid');
 				$issue->id = $this->input->post('issue_id');
 				$issue->summary = $this->input->post('issue_summary');
@@ -374,6 +376,7 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 				}
 				else
 				{
+					$issue = new stdClass();
 					$issue->projectid = $projectid;
 					$issue->id = $id;
 					$issue->summary = '';
@@ -456,6 +459,7 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 
 			if($this->input->post('issue'))
 			{
+				$issue = new stdClass();
 				$issue->projectid = $this->input->post('issue_projectid');
 				$issue->id = $this->input->post('issue_id');
 				$data['issue_confirm'] = $this->input->post('issue_confirm');
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/project.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/project.php
index c3a0e73b..fdbff3ba 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/project.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/project.php
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class Project extends Controller
 
 			// recompose the project information from POST data.
 			unset ($project);
+			$project = new stdClass();
 			$project->id = $tmpid;
 			$project->name = $this->input->post('project_name');
 			$project->summary = $this->input->post('project_summary');
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ class Project extends Controller
 		if ($login['id'] == '')
 			redirect ("main/signin/" . $this->converter->AsciiTohex(current_url()));
 
+		$project = new stdClass();
 		$project->id = $projectid;
 		$project->name = '';
 		$project->summary = '';
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ class Project extends Controller
 
 			if ($filter == '')
 			{
+				$search = new stdClass();
 				$search->id = '';
 				$search->name = '';
 				$search->summary = '';
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/user.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/user.php
index 4169bec2..91f719ef 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/user.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/user.php
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class User extends Controller
 		}
 
 		$this->load->model ('ProjectModel', 'projects');
+
+		$user = new stdClass();
 		$user->id = $login['id'];
 
 		$myprojs = $this->projects->getMyProjects ($login['id']);
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ class User extends Controller
 			$numprojs = count($myprojs);
 			for ($i = 0; $i < $numprojs; $i++) 
 				$projids[$i] = $myprojs[$i]->id;
-		
+
 			$num_log_entries = $this->logs->getNumEntries ($projids);
 			if ($num_log_entries === FALSE)
 			{
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ class User extends Controller
 
 				$this->load->library ('upload');
 				$this->upload->initialize ($config);
-		
+
 				if ($this->upload->do_upload ('icon_img_file_name'))
 				{
 					$upload = $this->upload->data ();
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ class User extends Controller
 				}
 			}
 
+			
 			//
 			// make sure that these field also exist in the database
 			// also change the sanity check in LoginModel/getUser()
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@ class User extends Controller
 			if ($settings === FALSE || $settings === NULL)
 			{
 				if ($settings === FALSE) $data['message'] = 'DATABASE ERROR';
+				$settings = new stdClass();
 				$settings->code_hide_line_num = ' ';
 				$settings->code_hide_metadata = ' ';
 				$settings->icon_name = '';
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/loginmodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/loginmodel.php
index b83a648b..90ce8a5e 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/loginmodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/loginmodel.php
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class LoginModel extends Model
 			if ($settings !== NULL) 
 			{
 				$settings = @unserialize ($settings);
-				if ($settings === FALSE) $settings = NULL;
+				if ($settings === FALSE || $settings === NULL) 
+					$settings = new stdObject();
 
 				// Sanity check on the session/cookie data
 				// See Controller/User->settings() for required fields.
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_home.php b/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_home.php
index 519228c8..b0d73bc4 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_home.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_home.php
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ $(function () {
 <!---------------------------------------------------------------------------->
 
 <?php
+$user = new stdClass();
 $user->id = $login['id'];
 
 $this->load->view (
-        'projectbar',
-        array (
+	'projectbar',
+	array (
 		'banner' => NULL,
 
 		'page' => array (
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ $this->load->view (
 			'user' => $user,
 		),
 
-                'ctxmenuitems' => array ()
-        )
+		'ctxmenuitems' => array ()
+	)
 );
 ?>
 
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_settings.php b/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_settings.php
index a311db0b..98d248fa 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_settings.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/views/user_settings.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 <!---------------------------------------------------------------------------->
 
 <?php
+$user = new stdClass();
 $user->id = $login['id'];
 
 $this->load->view (