--- deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2008/09/11 12:43:17	1.120
+++ deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2008/09/14 23:13:25	1.121
@@ -562,11 +562,10 @@
           case KW_tag:          f.get_ornull (tag); break;
 
           case KW_arch:
-            {
-              object *tmp = object::read (f);
-              tmp->deactivate ();
-
+            if (object *tmp = object::read (f))
               {
+                tmp->deactivate ();
+
                 // was: insert_ob_in_ob (tmp, op);
                 // but manually adding it can improve map loading times a lot
                 // also, appending instead of prepending keeps the
@@ -593,7 +592,6 @@
                 tmp->env = this;
                 op_inv = tmp;
               }
-            }
             continue;
 
           case KW_other_arch: