diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/gui/AddFeedDialog.cpp b/plugins/FeedReader/gui/AddFeedDialog.cpp
index a82c9aa85..f094fdd4e 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/gui/AddFeedDialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/gui/AddFeedDialog.cpp
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void AddFeedDialog::loadForumGroups(const uint32_t &token)
 		const RsGxsForumGroup &group = *it;
 
 		/* show only own forums */
-		if (IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(group.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags) && IS_GROUP_ADMIN(group.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags)) {
+		if (IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(group.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags) && IS_GROUP_ADMIN(group.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags) && !group.mMeta.mAuthorId.isNull()) {
 			ui->forumComboBox->addItem(QString::fromUtf8(group.mMeta.mGroupName.c_str()), QString::fromStdString(group.mMeta.mGroupId.toStdString()));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp b/plugins/FeedReader/gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp
index 0141a3927..c94544eb5 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ QString FeedReaderStringDefs::errorString(RsFeedReaderErrorState errorState, con
 	case RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_ADMIN:
 		errorText = QApplication::translate("FeedReaderStringDefs", "You are not admin of the forum");
 		break;
+	case RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_AUTHOR:
+		errorText = QApplication::translate("FeedReaderStringDefs", "Forum has no author");
+		break;
 
 	case RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_HTML_ERROR:
 		errorText = QApplication::translate("FeedReaderStringDefs", "Can't read html");
diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/interface/rsFeedReader.h b/plugins/FeedReader/interface/rsFeedReader.h
index 8814297f0..85879e239 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/interface/rsFeedReader.h
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/interface/rsFeedReader.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum RsFeedReaderErrorState {
 	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_CREATE           = 100,
 	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NOT_FOUND        = 101,
 	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_ADMIN         = 102,
+	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_AUTHOR        = 103,
 
 	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_HTML_ERROR             = 150,
 	RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_XPATH_INTERNAL_ERROR   = 151,
diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/lang/FeedReader_en.ts b/plugins/FeedReader/lang/FeedReader_en.ts
index abcdeba97..e0337a6a6 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/lang/FeedReader_en.ts
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/lang/FeedReader_en.ts
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="74"/>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="167"/>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="170"/>
         <source>Unknown</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
@@ -714,57 +714,62 @@
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="124"/>
-        <source>Can&apos;t read html</source>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="123"/>
+        <source>Forum has no author</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="127"/>
-        <source>Internal XPath error</source>
+        <source>Can&apos;t read html</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="130"/>
-        <source>Wrong XPath expression</source>
+        <source>Internal XPath error</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="133"/>
-        <source>Empty XPath result</source>
+        <source>Wrong XPath expression</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="136"/>
-        <source>XSLT format error</source>
+        <source>Empty XPath result</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="139"/>
-        <source>XSLT transformation error</source>
+        <source>XSLT format error</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="142"/>
+        <source>XSLT transformation error</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="145"/>
         <source>Empty XSLT result</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="146"/>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="149"/>
         <source>Unknown error</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="160"/>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="163"/>
         <source>No transformation</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="162"/>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="165"/>
         <source>XPath</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="164"/>
+        <location filename="../gui/FeedReaderStringDefs.cpp" line="167"/>
         <source>XSLT</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
diff --git a/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReader.cc b/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReader.cc
index 3bd03e09d..0a53ad548 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReader.cc
+++ b/plugins/FeedReader/services/p3FeedReader.cc
@@ -1920,6 +1920,10 @@ void p3FeedReader::onProcessSuccess_addMsgs(const std::string &feedId, std::list
 						if (IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(forumGroup.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags) && IS_GROUP_ADMIN(forumGroup.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags)) {
 							forumId = fi->forumId;
 							authorId = forumGroup.mMeta.mAuthorId;
+
+							if (authorId.isNull()) {
+								errorState = RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_AUTHOR;
+							}
 						} else {
 							errorState = RS_FEED_ERRORSTATE_PROCESS_FORUM_NO_ADMIN;
 						}