diff --git a/class2.php b/class2.php
index 577ee66a7..9b5f985d1 100755
--- a/class2.php
+++ b/class2.php
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ if(!defined('e_ROOT'))
 // D: Setup PHP error handling
 //    (Now we can see PHP errors) -- but note that DEBUG is not yet enabled!
 //
+global $error_handler;
 $error_handler = new error_handler();
 
 //
@@ -2412,8 +2413,8 @@ function force_userupdate($currentUser)
 class error_handler
 {
 
-	var $errors;
-	var $debug = false;
+	public $errors = [];
+	public $debug = false;
 	protected $xdebug = false;
 	protected $docroot = '';
 	protected $label = array();
diff --git a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
index 71321d1fa..e27d6aef7 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class e_array {
 
 	     //   e107::getDebug()->log("Json data found");
 
-	        if(json_last_error() !=  JSON_ERROR_NONE && (e_DEBUG === true))
+	        if(json_last_error() !=  JSON_ERROR_NONE && e_DEBUG === true && !e107::isCli())
 	        {
 	            echo "<div class='alert alert-danger'><h4>e107::unserialize() Parser Error (json)</h4></div>";
 		        echo "<pre>";