diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 18acb8e22..ec2de93fc 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -973,14 +973,14 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
 
         $request = $this->getRequest();
-        $data = json_decode($request->getParam('data'));
+        $data = json_decode($request->getParam('data'), $assoc = true);
 
         foreach ($data as $pair) {
             list($id, $info) = $pair;
             // TODO : move this code into model -- RG
-            $cuein = $info->cuein;
-            $cueout = $info->cueout;
             $file = Application_Model_StoredFile::Recall($p_id = $id)->getPropelOrm();
+            $cuein = isset($info['cuein']) ? $info['cuein'] : 0;
+            $cueout = isset($info['cueout']) ? $info['cueout'] : $file->getDbLength();
             $file->setDbCuein($cuein);
             $file->setDbCueout($cueout);
             $file->setDbSilanCheck(true);
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/media/update/replaygainupdater.py b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/replaygainupdater.py
index 5466e30ce..daf63d54d 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/media/update/replaygainupdater.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/replaygainupdater.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class ReplayGainUpdater(Thread):
                         total += 1
 
                     try:
-                        self.api_client.update_replay_gain_values(processed_data)
+                        if len(processed_data):
+                            self.api_client.update_replay_gain_values(processed_data)
                     except Exception as e:
                         self.logger.error(e)
                         self.logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py
index 4d93deddf..03441d614 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ class SilanAnalyzer(Thread):
                     command = ['nice', '-n', '19', 'silan', '-b', '-f', 'JSON', full_path]
                     try:
                         proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-                        out = proc.communicate()[0].strip('\r\n')
-                        info = json.loads(out)
-                        data['cuein'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][0][0]))
-                        data['cueout'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][-1][1]))
+                        comm = proc.communicate()
+                        if len(comm):
+                            out = comm[0].strip('\r\n')
+                            info = json.loads(out)
+                            if len(info['sound']) >= 2:
+                                data['cuein'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][0][0]))
+                                data['cueout'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][-1][1]))
                     except Exception, e:
                         self.logger.error(str(command))
                         self.logger.error(e)