diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index 7750fca..a4a1dc6 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function httprl_override_core($url, $options = array()) {
   // Execute request.
   $request = httprl_send_request();
   // Send back results.
-  return is_array($request) && is_string($url) && array_key_exists($url, $request) ? $request[$url] : array_pop($request);
+  return is_array($request) && is_string($url) && array_key_exists($url, $request) ? $request[$url] : is_array($request) ? array_pop($request) : $request;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1222,8 +1222,12 @@ function httprl_request($urls, $options = array()) {
     drupal_alter('httprl_request', $results);
   }
 
-  httprl_send_request($results);
-  return $return;
+  if (httprl_send_request($results)) {
+    return $return;
+  }
+  else {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1247,6 +1251,9 @@ function httprl_send_request($results = NULL) {
   static $static_stall_freads = FALSE;
 
   if (!is_null($results)) {
+    if (empty($results)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
     // Put the connection information into the responses array.
     foreach ($results as $result) {
       $responses[$counter] = $result;