diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_plugin.c b/apps/backend/backend_plugin.c
index 244196c8..b98c498e 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_plugin.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_plugin.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ clixon_plugin_statedata(clicon_handle    h,
 	    goto done;
 	if (fn(h, nsc, xpath, x) < 0)
 	    goto fail;  /* Dont quit here on user callbacks */
+	/* if x contains no data, then continue? */
 #if 1
 	if (debug)
 	    clicon_log_xml(LOG_DEBUG, x, "%s STATE:", __FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
index a77cb956..e9da81b4 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Types
- * Add error here, but must also add an entry in EV variable.
+ * Add error category here, but must also add an entry in EV variable.
  */ 
 enum clicon_err{
     /* 0 means error not set) */  
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_path.c b/lib/src/clixon_path.c
index 138da6f2..01ce4751 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_path.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_path.c
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ api_path2xpath_cvv(cvec       *api_path,
     char      *namespace = NULL;
     cvec      *nsc = NULL;
 			
+    cprintf(xpath, "/");
     /* Initialize namespace context */
     if ((nsc = xml_nsctx_init(NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
 	goto done;