diff --git a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/feeds_controller.rb b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/feeds_controller.rb
index 2534f914f8f..c61c5d80a24 100644
--- a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/feeds_controller.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/feeds_controller.rb
@@ -21,12 +21,20 @@ def commits
       return
     end
     unless params[:starting_at].blank?
-      @start = (Time.zone.parse(params[:starting_at]) rescue nil)
+      @start = (begin
+                  Time.zone.parse(params[:starting_at])
+                rescue
+                  nil
+                end)
     end
     @start ||= 7.days.ago
     @finish = nil
     unless params[:ending_at].blank?
-      @finish = (Time.zone.parse(params[:ending_at]) rescue nil)
+      @finish = (begin
+                   Time.zone.parse(params[:ending_at])
+                 rescue
+                   nil
+                 end)
     end
     @commits = @project.project_log_entries.where(event_type: 'commit').where(["datetime >= ?", @start])
     @commits = @commits.where(["datetime <= ?", @finish]) unless @finish.nil?
diff --git a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/project_controller.rb b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/project_controller.rb
index 90ca8177eaa..45cc306e9f5 100644
--- a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/project_controller.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/project_controller.rb
@@ -435,7 +435,11 @@ def monitor
     @name_filter = params[:pkgname]
     @lastbuild_switch = params[:lastbuild]
     if params[:defaults]
-      defaults = (Integer(params[:defaults]) rescue 1) > 0
+      defaults = (begin
+                    Integer(params[:defaults])
+                  rescue
+                    1
+                  end) > 0
     else
       defaults = true
     end
@@ -874,7 +878,11 @@ def monitor_set_filter(defaults)
     @avail_status_values.each { |s|
       id = s.delete(' ')
       if params.has_key?(id)
-        next unless (Integer(params[id]) rescue 1) > 0
+        next unless (begin
+                       Integer(params[id])
+                     rescue
+                       1
+                     end) > 0
       else
         next unless defaults
       end
diff --git a/src/api/test/functional/webui/owner_search_test.rb b/src/api/test/functional/webui/owner_search_test.rb
index d4abf52bc7c..894f92d0b93 100644
--- a/src/api/test/functional/webui/owner_search_test.rb
+++ b/src/api/test/functional/webui/owner_search_test.rb
@@ -46,9 +46,21 @@ def search_results
     raw_results = page.all("div.search_result")
     raw_results.collect do |row|
       {
-        project: (row.find("a.project").text rescue nil),
-        package: (row.find("a.package").text rescue nil),
-        owners:  (row.find("p").text rescue nil)
+        project: (begin
+                    row.find("a.project").text
+                  rescue
+                    nil
+                  end),
+        package: (begin
+                    row.find("a.package").text
+                  rescue
+                    nil
+                  end),
+        owners:  (begin
+                    row.find("p").text
+                  rescue
+                    nil
+                  end)
       }
     end
   end