diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 891e77b59..fe9836a24 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 html_header("ScummVM", '<script src="'.$file_root.'/screenshots.js" type="text/javascript"></script>');
 sidebar_start();
 
-$shownews = empty($_GET['shownews']) ? 0 : 1;
+$shownews = isset($_GET['shownews']) ? 1 : 0;
 
 // display welcome table
 // don't show this if we are in news mode
diff --git a/screenshots.php b/screenshots.php
index 3f0088ffa..945db1178 100644
--- a/screenshots.php
+++ b/screenshots.php
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 
 <?php
 
-$view = empty($_GET['view']) ? "" : $_GET['view'];
-$offset = empty($_GET['offset']) ? 0 : $_GET['offset'];
+$view = isset($_GET['view']) ? $_GET['view'] : -1;
+$offset = isset($_GET['offset']) ? $_GET['offset'] : -1;
+
+print "view: $view\noffset: $offset\n";
 
 // if in single view
-if ($view != "")
+if ($view != -1)
 {
 	if (!is_numeric($view))
 	{