--- deliantra/server/common/shstr.C	2006/09/03 09:00:05	1.5
+++ deliantra/server/common/shstr.C	2006/09/03 11:37:25	1.6
@@ -103,15 +103,18 @@
     i = ht.begin ();
 
   // go through all strings roughly once every 4 minutes
-  for (int n = ht.size () / 256 + 16; --n; )
+  int n = ht.size () / 256 + 16;
+
+  for (;;)
     {
       if (i == ht.end ())
         {
           curpos = 0;
           return;
         }
-
-      if (!refcnt (*i))
+      else if (!--n)
+        break;
+      else if (!refcnt (*i))
         {
           HT::iterator o = i++;
           const char *s = *o;