diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
index a98d146d..c7599db3 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
@@ -59,15 +59,28 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 class plResDownloadStream : public plZlibStream
 {
     plOperationProgress* fProgress;
+    char* fFilename;
     bool fIsZipped;
 
 public:
     plResDownloadStream(plOperationProgress* prog, const wchar_t* reqFile)
-        : fProgress(prog) 
+        : fProgress(prog), fFilename(nil)
     { 
         fIsZipped = wcscmp(plFileUtils::GetFileExt(reqFile), L"gz") == 0;
     }
 
+    ~plResDownloadStream()
+    {
+        if (fFilename)
+            delete[] fFilename;
+    }
+
+    hsBool Open(const char* filename, const char* mode)
+    {
+        fFilename = hsStrcpy(filename);
+        return plZlibStream::Open(filename, mode);
+    }
+
     uint32_t Write(uint32_t count, const void* buf)
     {
         fProgress->Increment((float)count);
@@ -78,6 +91,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     bool IsZipped() const { return fIsZipped; }
+    void Unlink() const { plFileUtils::RemoveFile(fFilename); }
 };
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -93,7 +107,6 @@ static void FileDownloaded(
     if (((plResDownloadStream*)writer)->IsZipped())
         plFileUtils::StripExt(name); // Kill off .gz
     writer->Close();
-    delete writer;
 
     switch (result)
     {
@@ -107,6 +120,7 @@ static void FileDownloaded(
             // Continue down the warpath
             patcher->IssueRequest();
             delete[] name;
+            delete writer;
             return;
         case kNetErrFileNotFound:
             PatcherLog(kError, "    Download Failed: %s not found", name);
@@ -119,8 +133,10 @@ static void FileDownloaded(
     }
 
     // Failure case
+    ((plResDownloadStream*)writer)->Unlink();
     patcher->Finish(false);
     delete[] name;
+    delete writer;
 }
 
 static void ManifestDownloaded(
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
index ea092f92..9c0fdc9d 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #include "plNetTransport/plNetTransportMember.h"        // OfferLinkToPlayer()
 
 #include "plgDispatch.h"
+#include "pnMessage/plClientMsg.h"
 #include "pnMessage/plTimeMsg.h"
 #include "plMessage/plLinkToAgeMsg.h"
 #include "pnKeyedObject/plKey.h"
@@ -159,8 +160,21 @@ void plNetLinkingMgr::NCAgeJoinerCallback (
     void *                  notify,
     void *                  userState
 ) {
-    plNetLinkingMgr * lm = plNetLinkingMgr::GetInstance();
+    NCAgeJoinerCompleteNotify* params = (NCAgeJoinerCompleteNotify*)notify;
+
+    // Tell the user we failed to link.
+    // In the future, we might want to try graceful recovery (link back to Relto?)
+    if (!params->success) {
+        plNetClientMgr::StaticErrorMsg(params->msg);
+        hsMessageBox(params->msg, "Linking Error", hsMessageBoxNormal, hsMessageBoxIconError);
+#ifdef PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
+        plClientMsg* clientMsg = new plClientMsg(plClientMsg::kQuit);
+        clientMsg->Send(hsgResMgr::ResMgr()->FindKey(kClient_KEY));
+#endif
+        return;
+    }
     
+    plNetLinkingMgr * lm = plNetLinkingMgr::GetInstance();
     switch (type) {
         case kAgeJoinerComplete: {
             ASSERT(joiner == s_ageJoiner);