diff --git a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
index c0e1f08bb..e015d0e14 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
@@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ export class ServerService {
     if (!this.configObservable) {
       this.configObservable = this.http.get<ServerConfig>(ServerService.BASE_CONFIG_URL)
                                   .pipe(
-                                    tap(this.saveConfigLocally),
-                                    tap(() => this.configLoaded = true),
+                                    tap(config => this.saveConfigLocally(config)),
+                                    tap(config => {
+                                      this.config = config
+                                      this.configLoaded = true
+                                    }),
                                     tap(() => {
                                       if (this.configReset) {
                                         this.configReloaded.next()
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video-playlist/video-playlist.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video-playlist/video-playlist.service.ts
index bae6f9e04..38d915c6b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video-playlist/video-playlist.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video-playlist/video-playlist.service.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ export class VideoPlaylistService {
     return this.authHttp.post<{ videoPlaylist: { id: number } }>(VideoPlaylistService.BASE_VIDEO_PLAYLIST_URL, data)
                .pipe(
                  tap(res => {
+                   if (!this.myAccountPlaylistCache) return
+
                    this.myAccountPlaylistCache.total++
 
                    this.myAccountPlaylistCache.data.push({
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ export class VideoPlaylistService {
                .pipe(
                  map(this.restExtractor.extractDataBool),
                  tap(() => {
+                   if (!this.myAccountPlaylistCache) return
+
                    const playlist = this.myAccountPlaylistCache.data.find(p => p.id === videoPlaylist.id)
                    playlist.displayName = body.displayName
 
@@ -175,6 +179,8 @@ export class VideoPlaylistService {
                .pipe(
                  map(this.restExtractor.extractDataBool),
                  tap(() => {
+                   if (!this.myAccountPlaylistCache) return
+
                    this.myAccountPlaylistCache.total--
                    this.myAccountPlaylistCache.data = this.myAccountPlaylistCache.data
                                                           .filter(p => p.id !== videoPlaylist.id)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
index fd934443b..9eabef4b0 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ async function updateActorAvatarInstance (actor: MActorDefault, info: AvatarInfo
   if (!info.name) return actor
 
   if (actor.Avatar) {
-    // Don't update the avatar if the filename did not change
-    if (actor.Avatar.fileUrl === info.fileUrl) return actor
+    // Don't update the avatar if the file URL did not change
+    if (info.fileUrl && actor.Avatar.fileUrl === info.fileUrl) return actor
 
     try {
       await actor.Avatar.destroy({ transaction: t })
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-follow.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-follow.ts
index 85f22d654..0b98d4af2 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-follow.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-follow.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function processFollow (byActor: MActorSignature, targetActorURL: string)
       transaction: t
     })
 
-    if (actorFollow.state !== 'accepted' && CONFIG.FOLLOWERS.INSTANCE.MANUAL_APPROVAL === false) {
+    if (actorFollow.state !== 'accepted' && isFollowingInstance && CONFIG.FOLLOWERS.INSTANCE.MANUAL_APPROVAL === false) {
       actorFollow.state = 'accepted'
       await actorFollow.save({ transaction: t })
     }