diff --git a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
index a6f22291b..93a667bd8 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
@@ -4816,6 +4816,12 @@ var_dump($select_options);*/
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if(empty($attributes['type']))
+		{
+			e107::getDebug()->log("Field '".$field."' is missing a value for 'type'.");
+		}
+
+
 		switch($attributes['type'])
 		{
 			case 'number':
diff --git a/e107_handlers/news_class.php b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
index c20633566..f7c140e61 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/news_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class news {
 				$parms['caption'] = constant($parms['caption']);
 			}
 
-
+			/** @var e_news_tree $ntree */
 			$ntree = e107::getObject('e_news_tree');
 
 			if($legacyTemplate  = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'grid')) // BC