diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 900fa9eb..5bf7e8f0 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ NOFLATTEN = []
 DELETE_ORIGINAL = None
 TORRENT_DEFAULTDIR = None
 
-REMOTEPATHS = None
+REMOTEPATHS = []
 
 UTORRENTWEBUI = None
 UTORRENTUSR = None
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ PLEXSSL = None
 PLEXHOST = None
 PLEXPORT = None
 PLEXTOKEN = None
-PLEXSEC = None
+PLEXSEC = []
 
 EXTCONTAINER = []
 COMPRESSEDCONTAINER = []
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     DELUGEUSR = CFG["Torrent"]["DelugeUSR"]  # mysecretusr
     DELUGEPWD = CFG["Torrent"]["DelugePWD"]  # mysecretpwr
 
-    REMOTEPATHS = CFG["Network"]["mount_points"] or None
+    REMOTEPATHS = CFG["Network"]["mount_points"] or []
     if REMOTEPATHS:
         if isinstance(REMOTEPATHS, list): REMOTEPATHS = ','.join(REMOTEPATHS)  # fix in case this imported as list.
         REMOTEPATHS = [ tuple(item.split(',')) for item in REMOTEPATHS.split('|') ]  # /volume1/Public/,E:\|/volume2/share/,\\NAS\
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     PLEXHOST = CFG["Plex"]["plex_host"]
     PLEXPORT = CFG["Plex"]["plex_port"]
     PLEXTOKEN = CFG["Plex"]["plex_token"]
-    PLEXSEC = CFG["Plex"]["plex_sections"] or None
+    PLEXSEC = CFG["Plex"]["plex_sections"] or []
     if PLEXSEC:
         if isinstance(PLEXSEC, list): PLEXSEC = ','.join(PLEXSEC)  # fix in case this imported as list.
         PLEXSEC = [ tuple(item.split(',')) for item in PLEXSEC.split('|') ]
diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index f7f4fe67..f6491274 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -1056,13 +1056,15 @@ def server_responding(baseURL):
         return False
 
 def plex_update(category):
-    logger.debug("Attempting to update Plex Library for category %s." %(category), 'PLEX')
     if core.PLEXSSL:
         ulr = 'https://'
     else:
         url = 'http://'
     url = url + core.PLEXHOST + ':' + core.PLEXPORT + '/library/sections/'
     section = None
+    if not core.PLEXSEC:
+        return
+    logger.debug("Attempting to update Plex Library for category %s." %(category), 'PLEX')
     for item in core.PLEXSEC:
         if item[0] == category:
             section = item[1]