diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
index 0c007a1679..e200179be3 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
@@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ static switch_status_t conf_api_main(char *buf, switch_core_session_t *session,
             }
 
             if (argc >= 2) {
-                status = conf_api_dispatch(conference, stream, argc, argv, (const char *)buf, 1);
+                conf_api_dispatch(conference, stream, argc, argv, (const char *)buf, 1);
             } else {
                 stream->write_function(stream, "Conference command, not specified.\nTry 'help'\n");
             }
diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
index 550b45cf28..02b661103f 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
@@ -415,7 +415,9 @@ static void *SWITCH_THREAD_FUNC api_exec(switch_thread_t *thread, void *obj)
 
 	if (stream.data) {
 		if (switch_api_execute(acs->api_cmd, acs->arg, NULL, &stream) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-
+            if (!stream.data) {
+                stream.write_function(&stream, "Command returned no output!\n");
+            }
 			if (acs->bg) {
 				switch_event_t *event;