diff --git a/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLoggerFactory.php b/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLoggerFactory.php
index 24a884a5f9..e71eb219f9 100644
--- a/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLoggerFactory.php
+++ b/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLoggerFactory.php
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ final class SyslogLoggerFactory implements LoggerFactory
 	 */
 	public function createLogger(string $logLevel, string $logChannel): LoggerInterface
 	{
-		$logOpts     = (string) $this->config->get('system', 'syslog_flags')    ?? SyslogLogger::DEFAULT_FLAGS;
-		$logFacility = (string) $this->config->get('system', 'syslog_facility') ?? SyslogLogger::DEFAULT_FACILITY;
+		$logOpts     = (int) $this->config->get('system', 'syslog_flags')    ?? SyslogLogger::DEFAULT_FLAGS;
+		$logFacility = (int) $this->config->get('system', 'syslog_facility') ?? SyslogLogger::DEFAULT_FACILITY;
 
 		if (!array_key_exists($logLevel, SyslogLogger::logLevels)) {
 			throw new LogLevelException(sprintf('The log level "%s" is not supported by "%s".', $logLevel, SyslogLogger::class));
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ final class SyslogLoggerFactory implements LoggerFactory
 		return new SyslogLogger(
 			$logChannel,
 			$this->introspection,
-			(string) SyslogLogger::logLevels[$logLevel],
+			SyslogLogger::logLevels[$logLevel],
 			$logOpts,
 			$logFacility
 		);
diff --git a/src/Module/Photo.php b/src/Module/Photo.php
index 8faef5aa6d..ddd7b1994d 100644
--- a/src/Module/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Module/Photo.php
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ class Photo extends BaseApi
 
 				// For local users directly use the photo record that is marked as the profile
 				if (DI::baseUrl()->isLocalUrl($contact['url'])) {
-					$contact = Contact::selectFirst($fields, ['nurl' => $contact['nurl'], 'self' => true]);
+					$nurl    = $contact['nurl'];
+					$contact = Contact::selectFirst($fields, ['nurl' => $nurl, 'self' => true]);
+
 					if (!empty($contact)) {
 						if ($customsize <= Proxy::PIXEL_MICRO) {
 							$scale = 6;
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ class Photo extends BaseApi
 							$this->logger->notice('Profile photo was not loaded', ['scale' => $scale, 'uid' => $contact['uid']]);
 						}
 					} else {
-						$this->logger->notice('Local Contact was not found', ['url' => $contact['nurl']]);
+						$this->logger->notice('Local Contact was not found', ['url' => $nurl]);
 					}
 				}