diff --git a/www/mysql_adapter.php b/www/mysql_adapter.php
index 68afc32..e0f6474 100644
--- a/www/mysql_adapter.php
+++ b/www/mysql_adapter.php
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ class MySQLAdapter {
 	}
 
 	function _normalize_post_data($post_data) {
-		if($post_data == null) {
-			return [
-				"found" => false
-        	];
-    	}
+		$post_data ??= ['found' => null];
     	
+		if(isset($post_data['found']) && $post_data['found'] == false) {
+			return $post_data;
+		}
+
 		$post_data["found"] = true;
 
 		$post_data['post_metadata'] = json_decode($post_data["post_metadata"], true) ?? [];