diff --git a/includes/add_datastream.form.inc b/includes/add_datastream.form.inc
index 1a577fb8..fa94148f 100644
--- a/includes/add_datastream.form.inc
+++ b/includes/add_datastream.form.inc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function islandora_add_datastream_form(array $form, array &$form_state, FedoraOb
     '#attributes' => array(
       'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data',
     ),
-    'fieldset' => array(
+    'dsid' => array(
       '#type' => 'fieldset',
       '#title' => 'Add a datastream',
       '#collapsible' => FALSE,
diff --git a/includes/dublin_core.inc b/includes/dublin_core.inc
index 53879623..a53cfcfb 100644
--- a/includes/dublin_core.inc
+++ b/includes/dublin_core.inc
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ class DublinCore {
    */
   public static function importFromXMLString($dc_xml) {
     $dc_doc = new DomDocument();
-    if ($dc_doc->loadXML($dc_xml)) {
+    // a fix for the potential error of a missing DC (patching a possible fcrepo4 error)
+    if (!empty($dc_xml) && $dc_doc->loadXML($dc_xml)) {
       $oai_dc = $dc_doc->getElementsByTagNameNS('http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/', '*');
       $new_dc = new DublinCore();
       foreach ($oai_dc as $child) {
diff --git a/theme/theme.inc b/theme/theme.inc
index a37cda74..f0fdcbfa 100644
--- a/theme/theme.inc
+++ b/theme/theme.inc
@@ -108,9 +108,19 @@ function islandora_preprocess_islandora_default(&$variables) {
   }
   $variables['datastreams'] = $datastreams;
   try {
-    $dc = $islandora_object['DC']->content;
-    $dc_object = DublinCore::importFromXMLString($dc);
-    $dc_array = $dc_object->asArray();
+    //pp,jm added missing value checks for fcrepo4
+    $datastream = $islandora_object['DC'];
+    if (isset($datastream)) {
+      $dc = $datastream->content;
+      $dc_object = DublinCore::importFromXMLString($dc);
+
+      if (isset($dc_object)) {
+        $dc_array = $dc_object->asArray();
+      }
+      else {
+        $dc_array = array();
+      }
+    }
   }
   catch (Exception $e) {
     drupal_set_message(t('Error retrieving object %s %t', array('%s' => $islandora_object->id, '%t' => $e->getMessage())), 'error', FALSE);