diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index 187c87f2..6f3b21e7 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ function get_domain_properties ($domain) {
         die("Error: " . join("\n", $handler->errormsg));
     }
 
-    $result = $handler->return;
+    $result = $handler->result();
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -631,14 +631,8 @@ function list_domains () {
 function list_admins () {
     $handler = new AdminHandler();
 
-    if ($handler->getList('1=1')) {
-        $list = $handler->result();
-    } else {
-        $list = array();
-        # TODO: check if there was an error or simply no admins (which shouldn't happen because nobody could login then...)
-    }
-
-    return $list;
+    $handler->getList('');
+    return $handler->result();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/list-domain.php b/list-domain.php
index 8e18c473..60834522 100644
--- a/list-domain.php
+++ b/list-domain.php
@@ -37,13 +37,8 @@ if (authentication_has_role('global-admin')) { # more permissions? Fine!
 }
 
 $handler = new DomainHandler(0, $admin_username);
-if ($handler->getList('1=1')) {
-   $domain_properties = $handler->result();
-} else {
-   $domain_properties = array();
-   # TODO: check if there was an error or simply no domains
-}
-
+$handler->getList('');
+$domain_properties = $handler->result();
 
 $smarty->assign ('domain_properties', $domain_properties);
 $smarty->assign ('select_options', select_options($list_admins, array ($fUsername)), false);
diff --git a/list-virtual.php b/list-virtual.php
index f3f30fba..d2a8daea 100644
--- a/list-virtual.php
+++ b/list-virtual.php
@@ -103,21 +103,16 @@ if (Config::bool('alias_domain')) {
     }
 
     $handler = new AliasdomainHandler(0, $admin_username);
-    if ($handler->getList($list_param)) {
-        $tAliasDomains = $handler->result();
-    } else {
-        $tAliasDomains = array();
-        # TODO: check if there was an error or simply no alias domains
-    }
+    $handler->getList($list_param);
+    $tAliasDomains = $handler->result();
 
     $can_create_alias_domain = 1;
     foreach ($tAliasDomains as $row) {
         if ($row['alias_domain'] == $fDomain) $can_create_alias_domain = 0; # domain is already an alias domain
     }
     # set $can_create_alias_domain = 0 if all domains (of this admin) are already used as alias domains
-    if ($handler->getList("1=1")) {
-        if ( count($handler->result()) + 1 >= count($list_domains) ) $can_create_alias_domain = 0; # all domains (of this admin) are already alias domains
-    }
+    $handler->getList("");
+    if ( count($handler->result()) + 1 >= count($list_domains) ) $can_create_alias_domain = 0; # all domains (of this admin) are already alias domains
 }
 
 #
@@ -150,12 +145,8 @@ $query = "
 */
 
 $handler = new AliasHandler(0, $admin_username);
-if ($handler->getList($list_param, $page_size, $fDisplay)) {
-    $tAlias = $handler->result();
-} else {
-    $tAlias= array();
-    # TODO: check if there was an error or simply no aliases
-}
+$handler->getList($list_param, $page_size, $fDisplay);
+$tAlias = $handler->result();
 
 
 
diff --git a/model/PFAHandler.php b/model/PFAHandler.php
index dda3f587..b968e033 100644
--- a/model/PFAHandler.php
+++ b/model/PFAHandler.php
@@ -513,19 +513,20 @@ abstract class PFAHandler {
      * @param array or string $condition - see read_from_db for details
      * @param integer limit - maximum number of rows to return
      * @param integer offset - number of first row to return
-     * @return bool - true if at least one item was found
+     * @return bool - always true, no need to check ;-) (if $result is not an array, getList die()s)
      * The data is stored in $this->result (as array of rows, each row is an associative array of column => value)
      */
     public function getList($condition, $limit=-1, $offset=-1) {
         $result = $this->read_from_db($condition, $limit, $offset);
-        if (count($result) >= 1) {
-            $this->result = $result;
-            return true;
+
+        if (!is_array($result)) {
+            error_log('getList: read_from_db didn\'t return an array. table: ' . $this->db_table . ' - condition: $condition - limit: $limit - offset: $offset');
+            error_log('getList: This is most probably caused by read_from_db_postprocess()');
+            die('Unexpected error while reading from database! (Please check the error log for details, and open a bugreport)');
         }
 
-#        $this->errormsg[] = Lang::read($this->msg['error_does_not_exist']);
-#        $this->errormsg[] = $result['error'];
-        return false;
+        $this->result = $result;
+        return true;
     }