diff --git a/lib/private/group/database.php b/lib/private/group/database.php
index b7148f38fe34eb0d478cd0fd591bc6cd5e76eda0..8d6ea1f50a58668d76707dcb0740f81cd7689f64 100644
--- a/lib/private/group/database.php
+++ b/lib/private/group/database.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class OC_Group_Database extends OC_Group_Backend {
 	public function groupExists($gid) {
 		$query = OC_DB::prepare('SELECT `gid` FROM `*PREFIX*groups` WHERE `gid` = ?');
 		$result = $query->execute(array($gid))->fetchOne();
-		if ($result) {
+		if ($result !== false) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		return false;
diff --git a/lib/private/group/manager.php b/lib/private/group/manager.php
index 368fa3851d7ade9a8822b2c934ae796fba075a8b..bea7ad193bf0d3025285837d280c638a18924ea7 100644
--- a/lib/private/group/manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/group/manager.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Manager extends PublicEmitter implements IGroupManager {
 	 * @return \OC\Group\Group
 	 */
 	public function createGroup($gid) {
-		if (!$gid) {
+		if ($gid === '' || is_null($gid)) {
 			return false;
 		} else if ($group = $this->get($gid)) {
 			return $group;
diff --git a/lib/private/user.php b/lib/private/user.php
index a8431af97fdac628dc81946efd7cfd3a9c7af46a..5efe205ced9d66e8c0a3592f1d072bbb47da4b69 100644
--- a/lib/private/user.php
+++ b/lib/private/user.php
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class OC_User {
 	 * Checks if the user is logged in
 	 */
 	public static function isLoggedIn() {
-		if (\OC::$session->get('user_id') && self::$incognitoMode === false) {
+		if (\OC::$session->get('user_id') !== null && self::$incognitoMode === false) {
 			return self::userExists(\OC::$session->get('user_id'));
 		}
 		return false;
diff --git a/lib/private/user/session.php b/lib/private/user/session.php
index 8c9b3e264e3371f249393c70bc432972f16dfd82..6abf8fb80d2ad4eaecc39dc454c0a01101e713ef 100644
--- a/lib/private/user/session.php
+++ b/lib/private/user/session.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Session implements IUserSession, Emitter {
 			return $this->activeUser;
 		} else {
 			$uid = $this->session->get('user_id');
-			if ($uid) {
+			if ($uid !== null) {
 				$this->activeUser = $this->manager->get($uid);
 				return $this->activeUser;
 			} else {