diff --git a/bl-kernel/helpers/filesystem.class.php b/bl-kernel/helpers/filesystem.class.php
index c7417afa..9cc0261c 100644
--- a/bl-kernel/helpers/filesystem.class.php
+++ b/bl-kernel/helpers/filesystem.class.php
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class Filesystem {
 	/**
 	 * Get Size of file or directory in bytes
 	 * @param  [string] $fileOrDirectory
-	 * @return [int|bool                  [bytes or false on error]
+	 * @return [int|bool]                  [bytes or false on error]
 	 */
 	public static function getSize($fileOrDirectory) {
 		// Files
@@ -278,8 +278,10 @@ class Filesystem {
 		// Directories
 		if (file_exists($fileOrDirectory)) {
 		    $size = 0;
-		    foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($fileOrDirectory)) as $file){
-		        $size += $file->getSize();
+		    foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($fileOrDirectory, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS)) as $file){
+		    	if (file_exists($file)) {
+			        $size += $file->getSize();
+		    	}
 		    }
 		    return $size;
 		}
diff --git a/bl-kernel/helpers/text.class.php b/bl-kernel/helpers/text.class.php
index 9f7093ea..2a53cebd 100644
--- a/bl-kernel/helpers/text.class.php
+++ b/bl-kernel/helpers/text.class.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Text {
 		 $characteres = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!@#%^&*";
 		 $text = '';
 		 for($i=0; $i<$length; $i++) {
-			$text .= $characteres{rand(0,41)};
+			$text .= $characteres[rand(0,41)];
 		 }
 		 return $text;
 	}