diff --git a/actions/apitimelinegroup.php b/actions/apitimelinegroup.php
index d0af49844c..e30a08fb5d 100644
--- a/actions/apitimelinegroup.php
+++ b/actions/apitimelinegroup.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ApiTimelineGroupAction extends ApiPrivateAuthAction
 
                 // @todo set all this Atom junk up inside the feed class
 
-                $atom->setId($id);
+                #$atom->setId($id);
                 $atom->setTitle($title);
                 $atom->setSubtitle($subtitle);
                 $atom->setLogo($logo);
diff --git a/classes/User_group.php b/classes/User_group.php
index 1a5ddf2533..0460c9870a 100644
--- a/classes/User_group.php
+++ b/classes/User_group.php
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ class User_group extends Memcached_DataObject
         $group = new User_group();
 
         $group->query('BEGIN');
+        
+        if (empty($uri)) {
+            // fill in later...
+            $uri = null;
+        }
 
         $group->nickname    = $nickname;
         $group->fullname    = $fullname;