diff --git a/ykval-common.php b/ykval-common.php
index 0885839..681e09b 100644
--- a/ykval-common.php
+++ b/ykval-common.php
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ function retrieveURLasync($ident, $urls, $logger, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $ret
 		$ch[$handle] = $handle;
 	}
 
-	$str = false;
 	$ans_arr = array();
 
 	do
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ function retrieveURLasync($ident, $urls, $logger, $ans_req=1, $match="^OK", $ret
 	if (count($ans_arr) > 0)
 		return $ans_arr;
 
-	return $str;
+	return false;
 }
 
 function KSMdecryptOTP($urls, $logger, $curlopts)
@@ -237,15 +236,14 @@ function KSMdecryptOTP($urls, $logger, $curlopts)
 
 	$response = retrieveURLasync('YK-KSM', $urls, $logger, $ans_req=1, $match='^OK', $returl=False, $timeout=10, $curlopts);
 
-	if (is_array($response))
+	if ($response === FALSE)
 	{
-		$response = $response[0];
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	if ($response)
-	{
-		$logger->log(LOG_DEBUG, log_format('YK-KSM response: ', $response));
-	}
+	$response = array_shift($response);
+
+	$logger->log(LOG_DEBUG, log_format('YK-KSM response: ', $response));
 
 	if (sscanf($response,
 		'OK counter=%04x low=%04x high=%02x use=%02x',
diff --git a/ykval-synclib.php b/ykval-synclib.php
index 3e6e947..e335736 100644
--- a/ykval-synclib.php
+++ b/ykval-synclib.php
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ class SyncLib
     */
     $ans_arr = retrieveURLasync('YK-VAL sync', $urls, $this->myLog, $ans_req, $match='status=OK', $returl=True, $timeout, $this->curlopts);
 
-    if (!is_array($ans_arr)) {
+    if ($ans_arr === FALSE) {
       $this->log(LOG_WARNING, 'No responses from validation server pool');
-      $ans_arr=array();
+      $ans_arr = array();
     }
 
     /*