diff --git a/app/vars/app_languages.php b/app/vars/app_languages.php
index a99e802bfe..a91e570988 100644
--- a/app/vars/app_languages.php
+++ b/app/vars/app_languages.php
@@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ $text['label-codec_information']['zh-cn'] = "编解码器信息";
 $text['label-codec_information']['ja-jp'] = "コーデック情報";
 $text['label-codec_information']['ko-kr'] = "코덱 정보";
 
+$text['label-other']['en-us'] = "Other...";
+$text['label-other']['en-gb'] = "Other...";
+$text['label-other']['ar-eg'] = "أخرى";
+$text['label-other']['de-at'] = "Andere...";
+$text['label-other']['de-ch'] = "Andere...";
+$text['label-other']['de-de'] = "Andere...";
+$text['label-other']['es-cl'] = "Otro...";
+$text['label-other']['es-mx'] = "Otro...";
+$text['label-other']['fr-ca'] = "Autre...";
+$text['label-other']['fr-fr'] = "Autre...";
+$text['label-other']['he-il'] = "אחר";
+$text['label-other']['it-it'] = "Altro...";
+$text['label-other']['nl-nl'] = "Andere...";
+$text['label-other']['pl-pl'] = "Inne...";
+$text['label-other']['pt-br'] = "Outro...";
+$text['label-other']['pt-pt'] = "Outro...";
+$text['label-other']['ro-ro'] = "Alte...";
+$text['label-other']['ru-ru'] = "Другие";
+$text['label-other']['sv-se'] = "Annat...";
+$text['label-other']['uk-ua'] = "Інше";
+$text['label-other']['zh-cn'] = "其他";
+$text['label-other']['ja-jp'] = "その他";
+$text['label-other']['ko-kr'] = "다른";
+
 $text['header-variables_advanced']['en-us'] = "Switch Variables: Advanced";
 $text['header-variables_advanced']['en-gb'] = "Switch Variables: Advanced";
 $text['header-variables_advanced']['ar-eg'] = "تبديل المتغيرات: متقدم";
diff --git a/app/vars/resources/classes/vars.php b/app/vars/resources/classes/vars.php
index 9fe4e62827..3f137327d5 100644
--- a/app/vars/resources/classes/vars.php
+++ b/app/vars/resources/classes/vars.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
  Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
- Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2019
+ Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2023
  the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 
  Contributor(s):
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if (!class_exists('vars')) {
 
 										//overwrite
 											$array[$this->table][$x][$this->uuid_prefix.'uuid'] = uuid();
-											$array[$this->table][$x]['var_description'] = trim($row['var_description']).' ('.$text['label-copy'].')';
+											$array[$this->table][$x]['var_description'] = trim($row['var_description'] ?? '').trim(' ('.$text['label-copy'].')');
 
 									}
 								}
diff --git a/app/vars/var_edit.php b/app/vars/var_edit.php
index 13f9cec1b5..4824876469 100644
--- a/app/vars/var_edit.php
+++ b/app/vars/var_edit.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 		//check for all required data
 			$msg = '';
-			//if (empty($var_category)) { $msg .= $text['message-required'].$text['label-category']."<br>\n"; }
+			if (empty($var_category)) { $msg .= $text['message-required'].$text['label-category']."<br>\n"; }
 			if (empty($var_name)) { $msg .= $text['message-required'].$text['label-name']."<br>\n"; }
 			//if (empty($var_value)) { $msg .= $text['message-required'].$text['label-value']."<br>\n"; }
 			//if (empty($var_command)) { $msg .= $text['message-required'].$text['label-command']."<br>\n"; }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 			}
 
 		//add or update the database
-			if ($_POST["persistformvar"] != "true") {
+			if (empty($_POST["persistformvar"]) || $_POST["persistformvar"] != "true") {
 				if ($action == "add" && permission_exists('var_add')) {
 					//begin insert array
 						$var_uuid = uuid();
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 	$field_name = 'var_category';
 	$sql_where_optional = "";
 	$field_current_value = $var_category;
-	echo html_select_other($table_name, $field_name, $sql_where_optional, $field_current_value);
+	echo html_select_other($table_name, $field_name, $sql_where_optional, $field_current_value, $field_name.' asc', $text['label-other']);
 	echo $text['description-category']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "</tr>\n";
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 	echo "</tr>\n";
 
 	echo "<tr>\n";
-	echo "<td class='vncellreq' valign='top' align='left' nowrap='nowrap'>\n";
+	echo "<td class='vncell' valign='top' align='left' nowrap='nowrap'>\n";
 	echo "	".$text['label-value']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' align='left'>\n";