diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
index 46335029..71f53c55 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ void StatusCallback(void *param)
         curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, &CurlCallback);
         curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, param);
 
-        if (curl_easy_perform(hCurl) != 0)
+        if (statusUrl[0] && curl_easy_perform(hCurl) != 0) // only perform request if there's actually a URL set
             PostMessage(hwnd, WM_USER_SETSTATUSMSG, 0, (LPARAM) curlError);
         
         for(unsigned i = 0; i < UPDATE_STATUSMSG_SECONDS && s_loginDlgRunning; ++i)
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/Main.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/Main.cpp
index 88347521..4fa804a8 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/Main.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/Main.cpp
@@ -605,39 +605,19 @@ static size_t CurlCallback(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *)
 //============================================================================
 static void StatusCallback(void *)
 {
-    CURL *hCurl;
+    char *serverUrl = hsWStringToString(GetServerStatusUrl());
 
-    char *serverStatus = hsWStringToString(BuildTypeServerStatusPath());
-    char  serverUrl[256];
-    snprintf(serverUrl, 256, "http://support.cyanworlds.com%s", serverStatus);
-    delete [] serverStatus;
-
-    hCurl = curl_easy_init();
+    CURL * hCurl = curl_easy_init();
     curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, s_curlError);
 
     // update while we are running
     while(!s_shutdown)
     {
-        if(BuildTypeServerStatusPath())
-        {
-            //TODO: Get a server status path from the server.ini, without
-            //      pulling in all the annoying pfConsole dependencies.
-            //      Alternatively, make a better launcher...
-
-            curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "UruClient/1.0");
-            curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_URL, serverUrl);
-
-            if(StrLen(s_postKey))
-            {
-                char *safeData = curl_easy_escape(hCurl, s_postKey, strlen(s_postKey));
-                curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-                curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, safeData);
-                curl_free(safeData);
-            }
+        curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "UruClient/1.0");
+        curl_easy_setopt(hCurl, CURLOPT_URL, serverUrl);
 
-            if (curl_easy_perform(hCurl) != 0)
-                SetStatusText(s_curlError);
-        }
+        if (serverUrl[0] && curl_easy_perform(hCurl) != 0) // only perform request if there's actually a URL set
+            SetStatusText(s_curlError);
 
         for(unsigned i = 0; i < UPDATE_STATUSMSG_SECONDS && !s_shutdown; ++i)
         {
@@ -646,6 +626,7 @@ static void StatusCallback(void *)
     }
 
     curl_easy_cleanup(hCurl);
+    delete [] serverUrl;
 
     s_statusEvent.Signal();
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/NucleusLib/pnNetBase/Private/pnNbSrvs.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/NucleusLib/pnNetBase/Private/pnNbSrvs.cpp
index 62accab6..ed8297a2 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/NucleusLib/pnNetBase/Private/pnNbSrvs.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/NucleusLib/pnNetBase/Private/pnNbSrvs.cpp
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ void SetGateKeeperSrvHostname (const wchar addr[]) {
 //============================================================================
 // User-visible Server
 //============================================================================
-static wchar s_serverStatusUrl[256];
-static wchar s_serverSignupUrl[256];
-static wchar s_serverName[256];
+static wchar s_serverStatusUrl[256] = {0};
+static wchar s_serverSignupUrl[256] = {0};
+static wchar s_serverName[256] = {0};
 
 //============================================================================
 const wchar *GetServerStatusUrl () {