diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
index 905c27cee6529c5485380d2247e3df1f0d3458cf..c909a112f011aa4de23efb4014c80eba3b89803a 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
@@ -425,9 +425,18 @@ public class SnarkManager implements Snark.CompleteListener {
                 FileInputStream fis = null;
                 try {
                     fis = new FileInputStream(sfile);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    // catch this here so we don't try do delete it below
+                    addMessage(_("Cannot open \"{0}\"", sfile.getName()) + ": " + ioe.getMessage());
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                try {
                     MetaInfo info = new MetaInfo(fis);
-                    fis.close();
-                    fis = null;
+                    try {
+                        fis.close();
+                        fis = null;
+                    } catch (IOException e) {}
                     
                     if (!TrackerClient.isValidAnnounce(info.getAnnounce())) {
                         if (_util.shouldUseOpenTrackers() && _util.getOpenTrackers() != null) {
diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Storage.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Storage.java
index cf3fcdc4b0bb9caaa01aa4951fffa5de84c2d5db..63787fe0530e292da24222ba4f3f2e2ace4147ed 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Storage.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Storage.java
@@ -420,13 +420,29 @@ public class Storage
       }
   }
 
+  private static final char[] ILLEGAL = new char[] {
+        '<', '>', ':', '"', '/', '\\', '|', '?', '*',
+        0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
+        16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 };
+
   /**
-   * Removes 'suspicious' characters from the give file name.
+   * Removes 'suspicious' characters from the given file name.
+   * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx
    */
   private static String filterName(String name)
   {
-    // XXX - Is this enough?
-    return name.replace(File.separatorChar, '_');
+    if (name.equals(".") || name.equals(" "))
+        return "_";
+    String rv = name;
+    if (rv.startsWith("."))
+        rv = '_' + rv.substring(1);
+    if (rv.endsWith(".") || rv.endsWith(" "))
+        rv = rv.substring(0, rv.length() - 1) + '_';
+    for (int i = 0; i < ILLEGAL.length; i++) {
+        if (rv.indexOf(ILLEGAL[i]) >= 0)
+            rv = rv.replace(ILLEGAL[i], '_');
+    }
+    return rv;
   }
 
   private File createFileFromNames(File base, List names) throws IOException
@@ -577,6 +593,9 @@ public class Storage
     if (rafs == null) return;
     for (int i = 0; i < rafs.length; i++)
       {
+        // if we had an IOE in check(), the RAFlock may be null
+        if (RAFlock[i] == null)
+            continue;
         try {
           synchronized(RAFlock[i]) {
             closeRAF(i);
diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/bencode/BEValue.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/bencode/BEValue.java
index c32fa9e100c629a5c05ea52a1e668a3c21eb06e1..cba6b973fd2d70f846e32dd690228cdcb6996e03 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/bencode/BEValue.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/bencode/BEValue.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class BEValue
     if (value instanceof byte[])
       {
         byte[] bs = (byte[])value;
-        // XXX - Stupid heuristic...
+        // XXX - Stupid heuristic... and not UTF-8
         if (bs.length <= 12)
           valueString = new String(bs);
         else