--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC.pm	2009/01/11 22:11:23	1.202
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC.pm	2009/12/22 00:41:47	1.209
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 our $VERSION;
 
 BEGIN {
-   $VERSION = '2.02';
+   $VERSION = '2.09';
 
    use XSLoader;
    XSLoader::load "Deliantra::Client", $VERSION;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 
    for (@RC_PATH, "") {
       $path = "$RC_BASE/$_/$_[0]";
-      return $path if -r $path;
+      return $path if -e $path;
    }
 
    die "FATAL: can't find required file \"$_[0]\" in \"$RC_BASE\"\n";
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       or return;
 
    local $/;
-   JSON::XS->new->utf8->relaxed->decode (<$fh>)
+   eval { JSON::XS->new->utf8->relaxed->decode (<$fh>) }
 }
 
 sub set_theme($) {