diff --git a/routes/views/accounts/get/report.js b/routes/views/accounts/get/report.js
index e55393c5..89c7a389 100755
--- a/routes/views/accounts/get/report.js
+++ b/routes/views/accounts/get/report.js
@@ -100,16 +100,24 @@ exports = module.exports = function (req, res) {
         });
       }
 
-      fs.readFile('members/recent.json', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
-        try {
-          locals.reportable_members = JSON.parse(data);
-        } catch (e) {
-          const moment = require('moment');
-          console.log(moment().format("DD-MM-YYYY - HH:mm:ss") + "The list of reportable members could not be read from the disk: " + e.toString());
-        }
+      locals.reportable_members = {};
+      const recentMembersPath = 'members/recent.json';
+      if (fs.existsSync(recentMembersPath)){
+          fs.readFile(recentMembersPath, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
+            try {
+              locals.reportable_members = JSON.parse(data);
+            } catch (e) {
+              const moment = require('moment');
+              console.log(moment().format("DD-MM-YYYY - HH:mm:ss") + " - The list of reportable members could not be read from the disk: " + e.toString());
+            }
 
-        res.render('account/report', {flash: flash});
-      });
+            res.render('account/report', {flash: flash});
+          });
+      }
+	  else
+	  {
+		res.render('account/report', {flash: flash});
+	  }
     }
   )
 };
diff --git a/routes/views/accounts/post/report.js b/routes/views/accounts/post/report.js
index 19386217..c30243b2 100755
--- a/routes/views/accounts/post/report.js
+++ b/routes/views/accounts/post/report.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ exports = module.exports = async function (req, res) {
 
     // Checking the game exists
     if (isGameReport){
-      const gameFetchRoute = process.env.API_URL+'/data/game?filter=id=='+req.body.game_id+'&fields[game]=id';
+      const gameFetchRoute = process.env.API_URL+'/data/game?filter=id=='+req.body.game_id+'&fields[game]='; /* empty field here to fetch nothing but ID */
       try {
         const gameFetch = await promiseRequest(gameFetchRoute);
         const gameData = JSON.parse(gameFetch);