diff --git a/NEWS.mdtext b/NEWS.mdtext
index ffedb47..e4e1349 100644
--- a/NEWS.mdtext
+++ b/NEWS.mdtext
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
-- Fix the display of empty project statistics
+- Fix two bugs in the project list view if no project
+  is visible to the user or available in the forge
 
 # InDefero 1.3.1 - Sun May 06 20:32 2012 UTC
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/Views.php b/src/IDF/Views.php
index e6442eb..bcc1492 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Views.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Views.php
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ class IDF_Views
         $db =& Pluf::db();
         // the administrator can see all projects
         if ($user->administrator) {
+            $ids = array();
             $sql_results = $db->select(
                 'SELECT id FROM '.Pluf::f('db_table_prefix', '').'idf_projects'
             );