diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 51ae32f43..b2bb2f9c2 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ var (
 	log     = util.NewLogger("main")
 	cfgFile string
 
-	ignoreErrors = []string{"warn", "error"}        // don't add to cache
+	ignoreEmpty  = ""                               // ignore empty keys
+	ignoreErrors = []string{"warn", "error"}        // ignore errors
 	ignoreMqtt   = []string{"auth", "releaseNotes"} // excessive size may crash certain brokers
 )
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func runRoot(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	// publish to UI
-	go socketHub.Run(tee.Attach(), cache)
+	go socketHub.Run(pipe.NewDropper(ignoreEmpty).Pipe(tee.Attach()), cache)
 
 	// setup values channel
 	valueChan := make(chan util.Param)
@@ -192,13 +193,13 @@ func runRoot(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	// setup database
 	if err == nil && conf.Influx.URL != "" {
-		configureInflux(conf.Influx, site, tee.Attach())
+		configureInflux(conf.Influx, site, pipe.NewDropper(append(ignoreErrors, ignoreEmpty)...).Pipe(tee.Attach()))
 	}
 
 	// setup mqtt publisher
 	if err == nil && conf.Mqtt.Broker != "" {
 		publisher := server.NewMQTT(strings.Trim(conf.Mqtt.Topic, "/"))
-		go publisher.Run(site, pipe.NewDropper(ignoreMqtt...).Pipe(tee.Attach()))
+		go publisher.Run(site, pipe.NewDropper(append(ignoreMqtt, ignoreEmpty)...).Pipe(tee.Attach()))
 	}
 
 	// announce on mDNS
diff --git a/util/pipe/limiter.go b/util/pipe/limiter.go
index cc5d2a44a..8b8772cdf 100644
--- a/util/pipe/limiter.go
+++ b/util/pipe/limiter.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 // Piper is the interface that data flow plugins must implement
@@ -113,17 +114,11 @@ func NewDropper(filter ...string) Piper {
 
 func (l *Dropper) pipe(in <-chan util.Param, out chan<- util.Param) {
 	for p := range in {
-		var remove bool
-		for _, filtered := range l.filter {
-			if p.Key == filtered {
-				remove = true
-				break
-			}
+		if slices.Contains(l.filter, p.Key) {
+			continue
 		}
 
-		if !remove {
-			out <- p
-		}
+		out <- p
 	}
 }