diff --git a/ext/crlib/cr-http.h b/ext/crlib/cr-http.h
index 7687b4c..ceb3c33 100644
--- a/ext/crlib/cr-http.h
+++ b/ext/crlib/cr-http.h
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ public:
    bool downloadFile (StringRef url, StringRef localPath, int32 timeout = DefaultSocketTimeout) {
       if (plat.win && !initialized_) {
          plat.abort ("Sockets not initialized.");
+         return false;
       }
 
       if (File::exists (localPath)) {
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ public:
    bool uploadFile (StringRef url, StringRef localPath, const int32 timeout = DefaultSocketTimeout) {
       if (plat.win && !initialized_) {
          plat.abort ("Sockets not initialized.");
+         return false;
       }
 
       if (!File::exists (localPath)) {
diff --git a/src/engine.cpp b/src/engine.cpp
index 2ca103e..16a5995 100644
--- a/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine.cpp
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ bool Game::postload () {
    // set out user agent for http stuff
    http.setUserAgent (strings.format ("%s/%s", product.name, product.version));
 
+   // startup the sockets on windows
+   http.startup ();
+
    // startup the sockets
    http.startup ();
 
diff --git a/src/graph.cpp b/src/graph.cpp
index bc26c09..b33825e 100644
--- a/src/graph.cpp
+++ b/src/graph.cpp
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@ bool BotGraph::checkNodes (bool teleportPlayer) {
 
    // perform DFS instead of floyd-warshall, this shit speedup this process in a bit
    PathWalk walk;
+   walk.init (m_paths.length ());
+
    Array <bool> visited;
    visited.resize (m_paths.length ());