diff --git a/library/defines.php b/library/defines.php
index 7aad1b192..573d3b052 100644
--- a/library/defines.php
+++ b/library/defines.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ define('LOG_MAX_SIZE', 1048576); // bytes
 ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
 ini_set('display_errors', 0);
 ini_set('display_startup_errors', 0);
-define('MYSQLI_ERROR_REPORTING', MYSQLI_REPORT_ALL ^ MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+define('MYSQLI_ERROR_REPORTING', MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR);
 ini_set('log_errors', 1);
 ini_set('error_log', LOG_DIR . '/php_errors.log'); // path to log file enabled only if log_errors == 1 (native)
 define('WHOOPS_LOG_FILE', LOG_DIR . '/php_whoops.log'); // log file enabled only if log_errors == 1 (whoops)
diff --git a/styles/templates/default/viewtopic.tpl b/styles/templates/default/viewtopic.tpl
index 4a993d0dd..75c754239 100644
--- a/styles/templates/default/viewtopic.tpl
+++ b/styles/templates/default/viewtopic.tpl
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ function build_poll_add_form (src_el)
 		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_RANK --><p class="rank_txt">{postrow.POSTER_RANK}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF postrow.RANK_IMAGE --><p class="rank_img">{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_AVATAR --><p class="avatar">{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
-		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_GENDER --><p class="joined"><em>{L_GENDER}:</em> {postrow.POSTER_GENDER}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
+		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_GENDER --><p class="joined"><em>{L_GENDER}:</em>&nbsp;{postrow.POSTER_GENDER}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_JOINED --><p class="joined" title="{postrow.POSTER_JOINED_DATE}"><em>{L_LONGEVITY}:</em> {postrow.POSTER_JOINED}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_POSTS --><p class="posts"><em>{L_POSTS}:</em> {postrow.POSTER_POSTS}</p><!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_FROM --><p class="from"><em>{L_LOCATION}:</em> {postrow.POSTER_FROM}</p><!-- ENDIF -->