diff --git a/RestConnection.inc b/RestConnection.inc
index bd1de7e6..f4671e92 100644
--- a/RestConnection.inc
+++ b/RestConnection.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ class RestConnection {
    */
   public $repository = NULL;
 
-  function RestConnection($user) {
+  function RestConnection($user = NULL) {
+    if(!isset($user)) {
+      global $user;
+    }
+    
     if(!isset($user) || $user->uid == 0){
       $user_string = 'anonymous';
       $pass_string = 'anonymous';
diff --git a/includes/islandora.ingest.inc b/includes/islandora.ingest.inc
index 2d61e41e..0aa310a6 100644
--- a/includes/islandora.ingest.inc
+++ b/includes/islandora.ingest.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function islandora_ingest_get_object($content_models, $collection_pid, $relation
   global $user;
   $connection = new RestConnection($user);
   $object = $connection->repository->constructObject($namespace);
-  foreach($content_models as $contentmodel) {
+  foreach($content_models as $content_model) {
     $object->relationships->add(FEDORA_MODEL_URI, 'hasModel', $content_model);
   }
   $object->relationships->add($relationship['uri'], $relationship['value'], $collection_pid);
diff --git a/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.module b/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.module
index 9e196085..ca76e816 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.module
+++ b/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.module
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@ function islandora_basic_collection_islandora_ingest_get_information($models, $o
       drupal_set_message(t('Islandora Error getting collection info for %s', array('%s' => $object->id)), 'error');
     }
   }
-}
+}
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