diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 239fc75c..681b9a2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 - Release v2.1.5-2023.09 🎉
 - Fixed cache directory auto-creating with SQLite [\#247](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/247) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
-- Minor improvements [\#245](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/245), [\#246](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/246), [\#248](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/248) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
+- Minor improvements [\#245](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/245), [\#246](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/246), [\#248](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/248), [\#249](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/249) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 
 ## [v2.1.5-2023.08-HotFix](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/tree/v2.1.5-2023.08-HotFix) (2023-09-17)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/compare/v2.1.5-2023.08...v2.1.5-2023.08-HotFix)
diff --git a/admin/admin_attachments.php b/admin/admin_attachments.php
index f7ede54f..dcc2f049 100644
--- a/admin/admin_attachments.php
+++ b/admin/admin_attachments.php
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ if ($check_upload)
 
 	if (!$error)
 	{
-		if ( !($fp = @fopen($upload_dir . '/0_000000.000', 'wb')) )
+		if ( !($fp = @fopen($upload_dir . '/0_000000.000', 'wb+')) )
 		{
 			$error = TRUE;
 			$error_msg = sprintf($lang['DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE'], $attach_config['upload_dir']) . '<br />';
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ if ($check_image_cat)
 
 	if (!$error)
 	{
-		if ( !($fp = @fopen($upload_dir . '/0_000000.000', 'wb')) )
+		if ( !($fp = @fopen($upload_dir . '/0_000000.000', 'wb+')) )
 		{
 			$error = TRUE;
 			$error_msg = sprintf($lang['DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE'], $upload_dir) . '<br />';
diff --git a/bt/announce.php b/bt/announce.php
index 6c3d66c0..30e0d3b7 100644
--- a/bt/announce.php
+++ b/bt/announce.php
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ if (strlen($info_hash) != 20)
 {
 	msg_die('Invalid info_hash: ' . bin2hex($info_hash));
 }
-if (!isset($peer_id) || strlen($peer_id) != 20)
+if (!isset($peer_id))
+{
+	msg_die('peer_id was not provided');
+}
+if (strlen($peer_id) != 20)
 {
 	msg_die('Invalid peer_id: ' . bin2hex($peer_id));
 }
diff --git a/library/config.php b/library/config.php
index 83e45189..5eac10ab 100644
--- a/library/config.php
+++ b/library/config.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $bb_cfg['bt_min_ratio_warning']      = 0.6;        // 0 - disable
 $tr_cfg = array(
 	'autoclean'             => true,
 	'off'                   => false,
-	'off_reason'            => 'temporarily disabled',
+	'off_reason'            => 'Temporarily disabled',
 	'numwant'               => 50,
 	'update_dlstat'         => true,
 	'expire_factor'         => 2.5,