diff --git a/chat.php b/chat.php
index 8688c14..f319957 100644
--- a/chat.php
+++ b/chat.php
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ function get_filters() : array {
 		$filters=$memcached->get(DBNAME . '-' . PREFIX . 'filter');
 	}
 	if(!MEMCACHED || $memcached->getResultCode()!==Memcached::RES_SUCCESS){
+		$filters=[];
 		$result=$db->query('SELECT id, filtermatch, filterreplace, allowinpm, regex, kick, cs FROM ' . PREFIX . 'filter;');
 		while($filter=$result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
 			$filters[]=['id'=>$filter['id'], 'match'=>$filter['filtermatch'], 'replace'=>$filter['filterreplace'], 'allowinpm'=>$filter['allowinpm'], 'regex'=>$filter['regex'], 'kick'=>$filter['kick'], 'cs'=>$filter['cs']];
@@ -1333,6 +1334,7 @@ function get_linkfilters() : array {
 		$filters=$memcached->get(DBNAME . '-' . PREFIX . 'linkfilter');
 	}
 	if(!MEMCACHED || $memcached->getResultCode()!==Memcached::RES_SUCCESS){
+		$filters=[];
 		$result=$db->query('SELECT id, filtermatch, filterreplace, regex FROM ' . PREFIX . 'linkfilter;');
 		while($filter=$result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
 			$filters[]=['id'=>$filter['id'], 'match'=>$filter['filtermatch'], 'replace'=>$filter['filterreplace'], 'regex'=>$filter['regex']];