diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/publish.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/publish.js
index 88d774dc..21de83bd 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/publish.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/publish.js
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ const publish = (publishParams, fileName, fileType) => {
     let publishResults, certificateId, channelName;
     // publish the file
     return publishClaim(publishParams)
-      .then(tx => {
-        logger.info(`Successfully published ${publishParams.name} ${fileName}`, tx);
-        publishResults = tx;
+      .then(result => {
+        logger.info(`Successfully published ${publishParams.name} ${fileName}`, result);
+
+        // Support new daemon, TODO: remove
+        publishResults = result.output && result.output.claim_id ? result.output : result;
+
         // get the channel information
         if (publishParams.channel_name) {
           logger.debug(`this claim was published in channel: ${publishParams.channel_name}`);
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/shortId/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/shortId/index.js
index e8d820e2..e78a73f5 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/shortId/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/shortId/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const claimShortId = async ({ ip, originalUrl, body, params }, res) => {
   try {
     let shortId = await chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(params.longId, params.name).catch(() => {});
 
-    if(shortId === null) {
+    if(!shortId) {
       shortId = await db.Claim.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(params.longId, params.name);
     }