diff --git a/views/default/widgets/featured_groups/content.php b/views/default/widgets/featured_groups/content.php
index 62665ca7..ab430701 100644
--- a/views/default/widgets/featured_groups/content.php
+++ b/views/default/widgets/featured_groups/content.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	
 	$featured = elgg_list_entities_from_metadata($featured_options);
 	
+	$random = "";
 	if($show_random == "yes"){
 		$dbprefix = elgg_get_config("dbprefix");
 		$featured_id = add_metastring("featured_group");
diff --git a/views/default/widgets/index_discussions/edit.php b/views/default/widgets/index_discussions/edit.php
index ab6e31b1..e3137197 100644
--- a/views/default/widgets/index_discussions/edit.php
+++ b/views/default/widgets/index_discussions/edit.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-	$widget = elgg_extract("entity");
+	$widget = elgg_extract("entity", $vars);
 	
 	$limit = (int) $widget->num_display;
 	if($limit < 1){