diff --git a/imcger/recenttopicsng/composer.json b/imcger/recenttopicsng/composer.json
index f70e690..82654f4 100644
--- a/imcger/recenttopicsng/composer.json
+++ b/imcger/recenttopicsng/composer.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "type": "phpbb-extension",
     "description": "Adds a list with a number of recent topics to the board index.",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/IMC-GER/RecentTopicsNG",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "time": "2025-06-11",
+    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "time": "2025-09-27",
     "license": "GPL-2.0-only",
     "authors": [
 		{
diff --git a/imcger/recenttopicsng/core/rtng_functions.php b/imcger/recenttopicsng/core/rtng_functions.php
index 49a19ed..d796b64 100644
--- a/imcger/recenttopicsng/core/rtng_functions.php
+++ b/imcger/recenttopicsng/core/rtng_functions.php
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ private function getforumlist(): array
 
 			return array_unique($forum_ids);
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			return [];
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ private function fill_template(array $icons, string $tpl_loopname, array $topic_
 				if ($this->user_setting['user_rtng_unread_only'])
 				{
 					topic_status($row, $replies, true, $folder_img, $folder_alt, $topic_type);
-					$unread_topic = ($this->user->data['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS) ?? false;
+					$unread_topic = $this->user->data['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS;
 				}
 				else
 				{
diff --git a/imcger/recenttopicsng/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/imcger/recenttopicsng/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index f725d68..68854ec 100644
--- a/imcger/recenttopicsng/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/imcger/recenttopicsng/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-## Changelog Recent Topics NG V1.0.0
+## Changelog Recent Topics NG V1.0.1
 This is a non-exhaustive (but still near complete) changelog for Recent Topics NG 1.x including release candidate versions.
 
+#### Changes since V1.0.0 (27/09/2025)
+  - [Change] Removed unnecessary NCO.
+  - [Fixed] Ensured that the correct variable type is always returned.
+ 
 #### Changes since V1.0.0-rc1 (11/06/2025)
   - [Change] The PHP code has been updated to include data types for the variables.
   - [Change] The minimum version of PHP has been changed to 7.4.