diff --git a/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/sportsmanager.php b/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/sportsmanager.php
index 4cddd72..e5678b5 100644
--- a/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/sportsmanager.php
+++ b/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/sportsmanager.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if ($task == "spielerbild") {
terminDokument();
} else if ($task == "spieler_details") {
spielerDetails();
-} else if (str_starts_with($task, "admin_")) {
+} else if ($task !== null && str_starts_with($task, "admin_")) {
// in some cases there are no breaks needed due to no return from method
switch ($task) {
case 'admin_einstellungen':
diff --git a/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/views/sportsmanager/view_ticker.php b/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/views/sportsmanager/view_ticker.php
index 5e78cda..993a441 100644
--- a/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/views/sportsmanager/view_ticker.php
+++ b/src/structure/components/com_sportsmanager/views/sportsmanager/view_ticker.php
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ class HTML_sportsmanager_ticker
type="text/css"/>
-