diff --git a/install/updates/preconfig/0.9/preconfig_0.9.inc.php b/install/updates/preconfig/0.9/preconfig_0.9.inc.php
index e4ffd48d..b96d5e09 100644
--- a/install/updates/preconfig/0.9/preconfig_0.9.inc.php
+++ b/install/updates/preconfig/0.9/preconfig_0.9.inc.php
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ function parseAndOutputPreconfig(&$has_preconfig, &$return, $current_version)
 		if ($settings['system']['webserver'] == 'apache2') {
 			$has_preconfig = true;
 			$description = 'Froxlor now supports the new Apache 2.4. Please be aware that you need to load additional apache-modules in ordner to use it.<br />';
-			$description.= '<pre>LoadModule authz_core_module modules/mod_authz_core.so LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so</pre><br />';
+			$description.= '<pre>LoadModule authz_core_module modules/mod_authz_core.so
+LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so</pre><br />';
 			$question = '<strong>Do you want to enable the Apache-2.4 modification?:</strong>&nbsp;';
 			$question.= makeyesno('update_system_apache24', '1', '0', '0');
 			eval("\$return.=\"" . getTemplate("update/preconfigitem") . "\";");
diff --git a/lib/init.php b/lib/init.php
index 15c48af4..11ed93b3 100644
--- a/lib/init.php
+++ b/lib/init.php
@@ -276,7 +276,13 @@ $result = $db->query($query);
 while($row = $db->fetch_array($result))
 {
 	$langs[$row['language']][] = $row;
-	$iso[$row['iso']] = $row['language'];
+	// check for row[iso] cause older froxlor
+	// versions didn't have that and it will
+	// lead to a lot of undfined variables
+	// before the admin can even update
+	if (isset($row['iso'])) { 
+		$iso[$row['iso']] = $row['language'];
+	}
 }
 
 // buildup $languages for the login screen
@@ -285,43 +291,40 @@ foreach($langs as $key => $value)
 	$languages[$key] = $key;
 }
 
-if (isset($userinfo['language']) && isset($languages[$userinfo['language']]))
-{
+// set default langauge before anything else to
+// ensure that we can display messages
+$language = $settings['panel']['standardlanguage'];
+
+if (isset($userinfo['language']) && isset($languages[$userinfo['language']])) {
 	// default: use language from session, #277
 	$language = $userinfo['language'];
-}
-else
-{
-	if(!isset($userinfo['def_language'])
-	   || !isset($languages[$userinfo['def_language']]))// this will always evaluat  true, since it is the above statement inverted. @todo remove
-	{
-		if(isset($_GET['language'])
-		   && isset($languages[$_GET['language']]))
-		{
+} else {
+	if (!isset($userinfo['def_language'])
+	   || !isset($languages[$userinfo['def_language']]) // this will always evaluat  true, since it is the above statement inverted. @todo remove
+	) {
+		if (isset($_GET['language'])
+		   && isset($languages[$_GET['language']])
+		) {
 			$language = $_GET['language'];
-		}
-		else
-		{
+		} else {
 			$accept_langs = explode(',',$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
 			for($i = 0; $i<count($accept_langs); $i++) {
-			    # this only works for most common languages. some (uncommon) languages have a 3 letter iso-code.
-			    # to be able to use these also, we would have to depend on the intl extension for php (using Locale::lookup or similar)
-			    # as long as froxlor does not support any of these languages, we can leave it like that.
-				if(isset($iso[substr($accept_langs[$i],0,2)])) {
+			    // this only works for most common languages. some (uncommon) languages have a 3 letter iso-code.
+			    // to be able to use these also, we would have to depend on the intl extension for php (using Locale::lookup or similar)
+			    // as long as froxlor does not support any of these languages, we can leave it like that.
+				if (isset($iso[substr($accept_langs[$i],0,2)])) {
 					$language=$iso[substr($accept_langs[$i],0,2)];
 					break;
 				}
 			}
 			unset($iso);
-			
+
 			// if HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGES has no valid langs, use default (very unlikely)
-			if(!strlen($language)>0) {
+			if (!strlen($language)>0) {
 				$language = $settings['panel']['standardlanguage'];
 			}
 		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
+	} else {
 		$language = $userinfo['def_language'];
 	}
 }