diff --git a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0060.py b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0060.py
index 09c580f4..8c3cc691 100644
--- a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0060.py
+++ b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0060.py
@@ -1181,7 +1181,10 @@ class XEP_0060(object):
             log.warning(f"Error while parsing item: {failure_.value}")
 
         d = defer.gatherResults([item_cb(item).addErrback(eb) for item in items])
-        d.addCallback(lambda parsed_items: (parsed_items, metadata))
+        d.addCallback(lambda parsed_items: (
+            [i for i in parsed_items if i is not None],
+            metadata
+        ))
         return d
 
     def serDList(self, results, failure_result=None):
diff --git a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index c89ce14e..8e0682e7 100644
--- a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -415,12 +415,19 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 )
 
         # author
+        publisher = item_elt.getAttribute("publisher")
         try:
             author_elt = next(entry_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, "author"))
         except StopIteration:
             log.debug("Can't find author element in item {}".format(id_))
+            if publisher:
+                microblog_data["author_jid"] = publisher
+                microblog_data["author_jid_verified"] = True
+            else:
+                iq_elt = xml_tools.findAncestor(item_elt, "iq", C.NS_CLIENT)
+                microblog_data["author_jid"] = iq_elt["from"]
+                microblog_data["author_jid_verified"] = False
         else:
-            publisher = item_elt.getAttribute("publisher")
             # name
             try:
                 name_elt = next(author_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, "name"))
@@ -470,12 +477,12 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
             else:
                 microblog_data["author_email"] = str(email_elt)
 
-            # categories
-            categories = [
-                category_elt.getAttribute("term", "")
-                for category_elt in entry_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, "category")
-            ]
-            microblog_data["tags"] = categories
+        # categories
+        categories = [
+            category_elt.getAttribute("term", "")
+            for category_elt in entry_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, "category")
+        ]
+        microblog_data["tags"] = categories
 
         ## the trigger ##
         # if other plugins have things to add or change