diff --git a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpHtml.cs b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpHtml.cs
index aa38bff9b..cb0759960 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpHtml.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpHtml.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
         public bool Scrollbar { get; set; }
 
         public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) =>
-            $"{{ htmlgump {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text)} {(Background ? 1 : 0)} {(Scrollbar ? 1 : 0)} }}";
+            $"{{ htmlgump {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "")} {(Background ? 1 : 0)} {(Scrollbar ? 1 : 0)} }}";
 
         public override void AppendTo(ref SpanWriter writer, OrderedHashSet<string> strings, ref int entries, ref int switches)
         {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(Height.ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
-            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text).ToString());
+            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "").ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(Background ? '1' : '0');
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabel.cs b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabel.cs
index 95ec04503..7f3b40e94 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabel.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabel.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
         public int Hue { get; set; }
 
         public string Text { get; set; }
-        public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) => $"{{ text {X} {Y} {Hue} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text)} }}";
+        public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) => $"{{ text {X} {Y} {Hue} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "")} }}";
 
         public override void AppendTo(ref SpanWriter writer, OrderedHashSet<string> strings, ref int entries, ref int switches)
         {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(Hue.ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
-            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text).ToString());
+            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "").ToString());
             writer.Write((ushort)0x207D); // " }"
         }
     }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabelCropped.cs b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabelCropped.cs
index f31a1a6a1..18e7d67be 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabelCropped.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpLabelCropped.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
         public string Text { get; set; }
 
         public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) =>
-            $"{{ croppedtext {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text)} }}";
+            $"{{ croppedtext {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "")} }}";
 
         public override void AppendTo(ref SpanWriter writer, OrderedHashSet<string> strings, ref int entries, ref int switches)
         {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(Hue.ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
-            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text).ToString());
+            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(Text ?? "").ToString());
             writer.Write((ushort)0x207D); // " }"
         }
     }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntry.cs b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntry.cs
index 43740cc1c..1eb0aa84c 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntry.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntry.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
         public string InitialText { get; set; }
 
         public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) =>
-            $"{{ textentry {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {EntryID} {strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText)} }}";
+            $"{{ textentry {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {EntryID} {strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText ?? "")} }}";
 
         public override void AppendTo(ref SpanWriter writer, OrderedHashSet<string> strings, ref int entries, ref int switches)
         {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(EntryID.ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
-            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText).ToString());
+            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText ?? "").ToString());
             writer.Write((ushort)0x207D); // " }"
 
             entries++;
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntryLimited.cs b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntryLimited.cs
index 906582b59..029a2d127 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntryLimited.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Gumps/GumpTextEntryLimited.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
         public int Size { get; set; }
 
         public override string Compile(OrderedHashSet<string> strings) =>
-            $"{{ textentrylimited {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {EntryID} {strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText)} {Size} }}";
+            $"{{ textentrylimited {X} {Y} {Width} {Height} {Hue} {EntryID} {strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText ?? "")} {Size} }}";
 
         public override void AppendTo(ref SpanWriter writer, OrderedHashSet<string> strings, ref int entries, ref int switches)
         {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(EntryID.ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
-            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText).ToString());
+            writer.WriteAscii(strings.GetOrAdd(InitialText ?? "").ToString());
             writer.WriteAscii(' ');
             writer.WriteAscii(Size.ToString());
             writer.Write((ushort)0x207D); // " }"
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
index 0b333abfd..43f3bdeab 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ namespace Server.Network
 
         public bool HandleReceive()
         {
-            if (Connection == null)
+            if (Connection == null || !_running)
             {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/Packets/IncomingVendorPackets.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/Packets/IncomingVendorPackets.cs
index 9cd88f01f..8589126e3 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/Packets/IncomingVendorPackets.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/Packets/IncomingVendorPackets.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Server.Network
 
             if (!vendor.Deleted && Utility.RangeCheck(vendor.Location, state.Mobile.Location, 10) && flag == 0x02)
             {
-                var msgSize = reader.Remaining;
+                var msgSize = packetLength - 8; // Remaining bytes
 
                 if (msgSize / 7 > 100)
                 {