diff --git a/pages/Admin.vue b/pages/Admin.vue
index 9bac2ec9..1981eb64 100644
--- a/pages/Admin.vue
+++ b/pages/Admin.vue
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ export default {
   name: 'Admin',
   components: { Users, Places, Settings, Federation, Moderation, Announcement },
   middleware: ['auth'],
+  async asyncData ({ $axios, params, store }) {
+    try {
+      const users = await $axios.$get('/users')
+      const events = await $axios.$get('/event/unconfirmed')
+      return { users, events }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e)
+      return { users: [], events: [] }
+    }
+  },
   data () {
     return {
       perPage: 10,
@@ -94,15 +104,6 @@ export default {
   head () {
     return { title: `${this.settings.title} - ${this.$t('common.admin')}` }
   },
-  async asyncData ({ $axios, params, store }) {
-    try {
-      const users = await $axios.$get('/users')
-      const events = await $axios.$get('/event/unconfirmed')
-      return { users, events }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error(e)
-    }
-  },
   computed: {
     ...mapState(['settings']),
     unconfirmedUsers () {
diff --git a/server/api/controller/event.js b/server/api/controller/event.js
index 3a94e964..e275e5e0 100644
--- a/server/api/controller/event.js
+++ b/server/api/controller/event.js
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ const eventController = {
       const notifier = require('../../notifier')
       notifier.notifyEvent('Create', event.id)
     } catch (e) {
+      debug(e)
       res.sendStatus(404)
     }
   },
@@ -167,22 +168,28 @@ const eventController = {
       await event.update({ is_visible: false })
       res.sendStatus(200)
     } catch (e) {
+      debug(e)
       res.sendStatus(404)
     }
   },
 
   /** get all unconfirmed events */
   async getUnconfirmed (req, res) {
-    const events = await Event.findAll({
-      where: {
-        parentId: null,
-        is_visible: false,
-        start_datetime: { [Op.gt]: moment.unix() }
-      },
-      order: [['start_datetime', 'ASC']],
-      include: [Tag, Place]
-    })
-    res.json(events)
+    try {
+      const events = await Event.findAll({
+        where: {
+          parentId: null,
+          is_visible: false,
+          start_datetime: { [Op.gt]: moment().unix() }
+        },
+        order: [['start_datetime', 'ASC']],
+        include: [{ model: Tag, required: false }, Place]
+      })
+      res.json(events)
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug(e)
+      res.sendStatus(400)
+    }
   },
 
   async addNotification (req, res) {
@@ -280,8 +287,8 @@ const eventController = {
       const notifier = require('../../notifier')
       notifier.notifyEvent('Create', event.id)
     } catch (e) {
-      res.sendStatus(400)
       debug(e)
+      res.sendStatus(400)
     }
   },
 
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ const eventController = {
         defaults: { address: body.place_address }
       }).spread((place, created) => place)
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log('error', e)
+      debug(e)
     }
     await event.setPlace(place)
     await event.setTags([])
@@ -376,7 +383,7 @@ const eventController = {
     }
   },
 
-  async _select (start = moment.unix(), limit = 100) {
+  async _select (start = moment().unix(), limit = 100) {
     const where = {
       // confirmed event only
       recurrent: null,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e32c389a..c31bcb6b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1231,16 +1231,6 @@
     consola "^2.5.6"
     http-proxy-middleware "^0.19.1"
 
-"@nuxtjs/universal-storage@^0.5.5":
-  version "0.5.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/universal-storage/-/universal-storage-0.5.5.tgz#356685c36bd84a557560c868458f9334b6e7eb0a"
-  integrity sha512-/M7cdkCzB8tG4X/NyhqW9lDSRVp9x9+yvkqP8lJIR+5iQFQM9O5toMpHBlwJ9l6aKiBK5ckwqQk5bIKHaM6Isw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/cookie" "^0.3.3"
-    cookie "^0.4.1"
-    dotprop "^1.2.0"
-    uri-js "^4.2.2"
-
 "@nuxtjs/youch@^4.2.3":
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/youch/-/youch-4.2.3.tgz#36f8b22df5a0efaa81373109851e1d857aca6bed"
@@ -1284,11 +1274,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.1.tgz#1c1261bbeaa10a8055bbc5d8ab84b7b2afc846a0"
   integrity sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==
 
-"@types/cookie@^0.3.3":
-  version "0.3.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cookie/-/cookie-0.3.3.tgz#85bc74ba782fb7aa3a514d11767832b0e3bc6803"
-  integrity sha512-LKVP3cgXBT9RYj+t+9FDKwS5tdI+rPBXaNSkma7hvqy35lc7mAokC2zsqWJH0LaqIt3B962nuYI77hsJoT1gow==
-
 "@types/json-schema@^7.0.3":
   version "7.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.4.tgz#38fd73ddfd9b55abb1e1b2ed578cb55bd7b7d339"
@@ -3064,11 +3049,6 @@ cookie@^0.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie/-/cookie-0.3.1.tgz#e7e0a1f9ef43b4c8ba925c5c5a96e806d16873bb"
   integrity sha1-5+Ch+e9DtMi6klxcWpboBtFoc7s=
 
-cookie@^0.4.1:
-  version "0.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie/-/cookie-0.4.1.tgz#afd713fe26ebd21ba95ceb61f9a8116e50a537d1"
-  integrity sha512-ZwrFkGJxUR3EIoXtO+yVE69Eb7KlixbaeAWfBQB9vVsNn/o+Yw69gBWSSDK825hQNdN+wF8zELf3dFNl/kxkUA==
-
 copy-concurrently@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/copy-concurrently/-/copy-concurrently-1.0.5.tgz#92297398cae34937fcafd6ec8139c18051f0b5e0"
@@ -3815,11 +3795,6 @@ dot-prop@^5.2.0:
   dependencies:
     is-obj "^2.0.0"
 
-dotprop@^1.2.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotprop/-/dotprop-1.2.0.tgz#8fdf345c757da479ec8af218ae4239a73df721a7"
-  integrity sha512-mVQb8y5u3UkzNua2Hc8Ut/uKyCjm9GG2MRk/0fxJ9Mxo8Nb8XyWqaP0wVXerMucmu0mQmlcZm3S1mjOdcbCwQA==
-
 dottie@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dottie/-/dottie-2.0.2.tgz#cc91c0726ce3a054ebf11c55fbc92a7f266dd154"