diff --git a/bin/syncthing/syncthing-linux b/bin/syncthing/syncthing-linux
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/state/syncthing.js b/src/state/syncthing.js
index 899ac115..c2b0b34b 100644
--- a/src/state/syncthing.js
+++ b/src/state/syncthing.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const nanoid = require('nanoid')
 const winston = require('winston');
 const path = require('path');
 const { spawn } = require('child_process');
-const parser = require('fast-xml-parser');
+const xml_parser = require('fast-xml-parser');
 const axios = require('axios');
 const https = require('https');
 const kill  = require('tree-kill');
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let spawnedProcess;
 let xmlObj; // Syncthing XML Config
 let myId; // Syncthing Device ID
 const cacheObj = {};
+const parser = new xml_parser.XMLParser();
 let uiAddress;
 
 killQueue.addToKillQueue(
diff --git a/src/util/admin.js b/src/util/admin.js
index e6e3c583..570abc56 100644
--- a/src/util/admin.js
+++ b/src/util/admin.js
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ exports.lockAdminApi = async (val) => {
 
 exports.enableFederation = async (val) => {
   const loadConfig = await this.loadFile(config.configFile);
+  if (!loadConfig.federation) { loadConfig.federation = {}; }
   loadConfig.federation.enabled = val;
   await this.saveFile(loadConfig, config.configFile);