diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
index 4dd8c424..d05ccb16 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAgeLoader/plResPatcher.cpp
@@ -269,10 +269,6 @@ void plResPatcher::Finish(bool success)
 {
     while (fRequests.size())
         fRequests.pop();
-    if (fProgress) {
-        delete fProgress;
-        fProgress = nil;
-    }
 
     fPatching = false;
     if (success)
@@ -280,16 +276,14 @@ void plResPatcher::Finish(bool success)
     else
     {
         PatcherLog(kHeader, "--- Patch Killed by Error ---");
-        fProgress->SetAborting();
+        if (fProgress)
+            fProgress->SetAborting();
     }
+    delete fProgress; fProgress = nil;
 
     plResPatcherMsg* pMsg = new plResPatcherMsg(success, sLastError);
+    delete[] sLastError; sLastError = nil;
     pMsg->Send(); // whoosh... off it goes
-    if (sLastError)
-    {
-        delete[] sLastError;
-        sLastError = nil;
-    }
 }
 
 void plResPatcher::RequestFile(const wchar_t* srvName, const wchar_t* cliName)
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
index d9ad0ef4..6f757801 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClient/plNetLinkingMgr.cpp
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ void plNetLinkingMgr::NCAgeJoinerCallback (
     // In the future, we might want to try graceful recovery (link back to Relto?)
     if (!params->success) {
         plNetClientApp::GetInstance()->ErrorMsg(params->msg);
-#ifdef PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
         plNetClientApp::GetInstance()->QueueDisableNet(true, params->msg);
-#endif
-        return;
     }
     
     plNetLinkingMgr * lm = plNetLinkingMgr::GetInstance();