diff --git a/Projects/Server/Insensitive.cs b/Projects/Server/Insensitive.cs
index c46c0a6e4..8156b85a1 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Insensitive.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Insensitive.cs
@@ -25,45 +25,20 @@ namespace Server
 {
   public static class Insensitive
   {
-    public static IComparer<string> Comparer{ get; } = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;
+    public static IComparer<string> Comparer { get; } = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;
 
     public static int Compare(string a, string b) => Comparer.Compare(a, b);
 
-    public static bool Equals(string a, string b)
-    {
-      if (a == null && b == null)
-        return true;
-      if (a == null || b == null || a.Length != b.Length)
-        return false;
+    public static bool Equals(string a, string b) =>
+      a == null && b == null || a != null && b != null && a.Length == b.Length && Comparer.Compare(a, b) == 0;
 
-      return Comparer.Compare(a, b) == 0;
-    }
+    public static bool StartsWith(string a, string b) =>
+      a != null && b != null && a.Length >= b.Length && Comparer.Compare(a.Substring(0, b.Length), b) == 0;
 
-    public static bool StartsWith(string a, string b)
-    {
-      if (a == null || b == null || a.Length < b.Length)
-        return false;
+    public static bool EndsWith(string a, string b) =>
+      a != null && b != null && a.Length >= b.Length && Comparer.Compare(a.Substring(a.Length - b.Length), b) == 0;
 
-      return Comparer.Compare(a.Substring(0, b.Length), b) == 0;
-    }
-
-    public static bool EndsWith(string a, string b)
-    {
-      if (a == null || b == null || a.Length < b.Length)
-        return false;
-
-      return Comparer.Compare(a.Substring(a.Length - b.Length), b) == 0;
-    }
-
-    public static bool Contains(string a, string b)
-    {
-      if (a == null || b == null || a.Length < b.Length)
-        return false;
-
-      a = a.ToLower();
-      b = b.ToLower();
-
-      return a.IndexOf(b) >= 0;
-    }
+    public static bool Contains(string a, string b) =>
+      a != null && b != null && a.Length >= b.Length && a.IndexOf(b, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Main.cs b/Projects/Server/Main.cs
index db8a9a209..53a975885 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Main.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Main.cs
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ namespace Server
           m_Signal.WaitOne();
 
           Task.WaitAll(
-            Task.Run(() => Mobile.ProcessDeltaQueue()),
-            Task.Run(() => Item.ProcessDeltaQueue())
+            Task.Run(Mobile.ProcessDeltaQueue),
+            Task.Run(Item.ProcessDeltaQueue)
           );
 
           Timer.Slice();
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/MessagePump.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/MessagePump.cs
index 30243de09..0919630d9 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/MessagePump.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/MessagePump.cs
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ namespace Server.Network
 
     public void DoWork()
     {
-      int count = m_WorkQueue.Count;
-      while (count-- > 0)
+      int count = 0;
+      while (!m_WorkQueue.IsEmpty && count++ < 250)
       {
         if (!m_WorkQueue.TryDequeue(out Work work))
           break;