diff --git a/src/meta.js b/src/meta.js
index d95614b082..fd344b460e 100644
--- a/src/meta.js
+++ b/src/meta.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 		minFile: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public/src/nodebb.min.js'),
 		get: function (callback) {
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:scripts.get', this.scripts, function(err, scripts) {
-				var mtime,
+				var ctime,
 					jsPaths = scripts.map(function (jsPath) {
 						jsPath = path.normalize(jsPath);
 
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 				if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
 					async.parallel({
-						mtime: function (next) {
+						ctime: function (next) {
 							async.map(jsPaths, fs.stat, function (err, stats) {
 								async.reduce(stats, 0, function (memo, item, next) {
 									if(item) {
-										mtime = +new Date(item.mtime);
-										next(null, mtime > memo ? mtime : memo);
+										ctime = +new Date(item.ctime);
+										next(null, ctime > memo ? ctime : memo);
 									} else {
 										next(null, memo);
 									}
@@ -286,14 +286,15 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 							}
 
 							fs.stat(Meta.js.minFile, function (err, stat) {
-								next(err, +new Date(stat.mtime));
+								next(err, +new Date(stat.ctime));
 							});
 						}
 					}, function (err, results) {
-						if (results.minFile > results.mtime) {
+						if (results.minFile > results.ctime) {
 							winston.info('No changes to client-side libraries -- skipping minification');
 							callback(null, [path.relative(path.join(__dirname, '../public'), Meta.js.minFile)]);
 						} else {
+							winston.info('Minifying client-side libraries -- please wait');
 							Meta.js.minify(function () {
 								callback(null, [
 									path.relative(path.join(__dirname, '../public'), Meta.js.minFile)
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 1d0d17535b..93806a8a9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 					plugins.push(meta.config['theme:id']);
 
 					async.each(plugins, function(plugin, next) {
-
-						if (!plugin) {
+						if (!plugin || typeof plugin !== 'string') {
 							return next();
 						}
 
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 1a048c9d73..39f0befef9 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -1136,8 +1136,9 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs'),
 				async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
 					notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notifObj) {
 						if(!notifObj) {
-							next(false);
+							return next(false);
 						}
+
 						if (notifObj.uniqueId === uniqueId) {
 							next(true);
 						} else {