--- deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/01/03 00:05:26	1.127
+++ deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/01/03 00:28:47	1.128
@@ -1715,7 +1715,8 @@
 
       # this weird shuffling is so that direct followup queries
       # get handled first
-      my $queue = delete $ns->{query_queue};
+      my $queue = delete $ns->{query_queue}
+         or return; # be conservative, not sure how that cna happen, but we saw a crash here
 
       (shift @$queue)->[1]->($msg);