diff --git a/lib/private/ocsclient.php b/lib/private/ocsclient.php
index dc52fc27b5e027d4b7744efe6ead029702b26c57..e4cce6b2260238c508aa3268fda80eb4fe6eb9f8 100644
--- a/lib/private/ocsclient.php
+++ b/lib/private/ocsclient.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 
 	/**
 	 * Get all the categories from the OCS server
-	 * @return array an array of category ids
+	 * @return array|null an array of category ids or null
 	 * @note returns NULL if config value appstoreenabled is set to false
 	 * This function returns a list of all the application categories on the OCS server
 	 */
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 
 	/**
 	 * Get all the applications from the OCS server
-	 * @return array an array of application data
+	 * @return array|null an array of application data or null
 	 *
 	 * This function returns a list of all the applications on the OCS server
 	 * @param array|string $categories
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 	/**
 	 * Get an the applications from the OCS server
 	 * @param string $id
-	 * @return array an array of application data
+	 * @return array|null an array of application data or null
 	 *
-	 * This function returns an  applications from the OCS server
+	 * This function returns an applications from the OCS server
 	 */
 	public static function getApplication($id) {
 		if(OC_Config::getValue('appstoreenabled', true)==false) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 		$xml=OC_OCSClient::getOCSresponse($url);
 
 		if($xml==false) {
-			OC_Log::write('core', 'Unable to parse OCS content', OC_Log::FATAL);
+			OC_Log::write('core', 'Unable to parse OCS content for app ' . $id, OC_Log::FATAL);
 			return null;
 		}
 		$loadEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 		libxml_disable_entity_loader($loadEntities);
 
 		$tmp=$data->data->content;
+		if (is_null($tmp)) {
+			OC_Log::write('core', 'Invalid OCS content returned for app ' . $id, OC_Log::FATAL);
+			return null;
+		}
 		$app=array();
 		$app['id']=$tmp->id;
 		$app['name']=$tmp->name;
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the download url for an application from the OCS server
-	 * @return array an array of application data
+	 * @return array|null an array of application data or null
 	 *
 	 * This function returns an download url for an applications from the OCS server
 	 * @param string $id
@@ -223,6 +227,4 @@ class OC_OCSClient{
 		return $app;
 	}
 
-
-
 }