diff --git a/dist/debian/arsse.dirs b/dist/debian/arsse.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e135526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/debian/arsse.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var/lib/arsse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/init.sh b/dist/init.sh
index 85e28c88..861d1279 100644
--- a/dist/init.sh
+++ b/dist/init.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 PATH=/usr/sbin/:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 NAME=arsse
-DESC=newsfeed synchronization server
+DESC="newsfeed synchronization server"
 PIDFILE=/run/arsse.pid
 DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
 
diff --git a/lib/Service/Daemon.php b/lib/Service/Daemon.php
index 2b429fdd..c77eecfe 100644
--- a/lib/Service/Daemon.php
+++ b/lib/Service/Daemon.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Daemon {
             default:
                 fclose($pipe[1]);
                 $result = json_decode(fread($pipe[0], 100), true);
-                if ($result) {
+                if (is_array($result)) {
                     [$class, $symbol, $params] = $result;
                     throw new $class($symbol, $params);
                 }