diff --git a/apier/v1/apier_local_test.go b/apier/v1/apier_local_test.go
index 25b753aa7..10ed9ec9d 100644
--- a/apier/v1/apier_local_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/apier_local_test.go
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ func TestApierLocalGetScheduledActions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var rply []*ScheduledActions
 	if err := rater.Call("ApierV1.GetScheduledActions", AttrsGetScheduledActions{}, &rply); err != nil {
-		t.Error("Unexpected error: ", err.Error())
+		t.Error("Unexpected error: ", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/apier/v1/scheduler.go b/apier/v1/scheduler.go
index 5fbcb7591..69871f61a 100644
--- a/apier/v1/scheduler.go
+++ b/apier/v1/scheduler.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (self *ApierV1) GetScheduledActions(attrs AttrsGetScheduledActions, reply *
 	if self.Sched == nil {
 		return errors.New("SCHEDULER_NOT_ENABLED")
 	}
-	var schedActions []*ScheduledActions
+	schedActions := make([]*ScheduledActions, 0) // needs to be initialized if remains empty
 	scheduledActions := self.Sched.GetQueue()
 	for _, qActions := range scheduledActions {
 		sas := &ScheduledActions{ActionsId: qActions.ActionsId, ActionPlanId: qActions.Id, ActionPlanUuid: qActions.Uuid}