diff --git a/config/dmsDefaults.php b/config/dmsDefaults.php
index 1386495..9be47c9 100644
--- a/config/dmsDefaults.php
+++ b/config/dmsDefaults.php
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ class KTInit {
 
         if(PEAR::isError($dbSetup))
         {
+        	/* We need to setup the language handler to display this error correctly */
+        	$this->setupI18n();
         	$this->handleInitError($dbSetup);
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/util/ktutil.inc b/lib/util/ktutil.inc
index 3377db2..41baa4b 100644
--- a/lib/util/ktutil.inc
+++ b/lib/util/ktutil.inc
@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ class KTUtil {
 		$cacheDir = $default->cacheDirectory;
 
 		$base_url = @file_get_contents($cacheDir . '/' . KTUtil::SERVER_NAME_FILE);
-
-		$default->log->debug("kt_url: base url - $base_url");
+		
+		/* We are checking if the object exists because we could have an error pre oor during initialization */
+		if(is_object($default->log)) 
+		{
+			$default->log->debug("kt_url: base url - $base_url");	
+		}
 
 		if (false !== $base_url)
 		{
@@ -104,8 +108,12 @@ class KTUtil {
 		$rootUrl = $default->rootUrl;
 
 		$base_url = ($default->sslEnabled ? 'https' : 'http') .'://'.$serverName . $rootUrl;
-
-		$default->log->debug("kt_url: base url - $base_url");
+		
+		if(is_object($default->log)) 
+		{
+			$default->log->debug("kt_url: base url - $base_url");	
+		}
+		
 
 		return $base_url;