diff --git a/public/src/forum/recent.js b/public/src/forum/recent.js
index 7a7dbc26f1..4694152125 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/recent.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ define(function() {
 
 			$('#category-no-topics').remove();
 
-			html = $(html);
+			html = $(translatedHTML);
 			container.append(html);
 			$('span.timeago').timeago();
 			app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 2be8c7b83b..88d9330a56 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 
 		if(meta.config.imgurClientID) {
 			if(!image || !image.data) {
-				return callback('invalid image', null);
+				return callback(new Error('invalid image'), null);
 			}
 
 			require('./imgur').upload(meta.config.imgurClientID, image.data, 'base64', function(err, data) {
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 48dc5c26d0..b8d385e3fd 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 			os.on('error', function (err) {
 				fs.unlinkSync(tempPath);
-				winston.err(err);
+				winston.error(err.message);
 			});
 
 			is.pipe(os);