diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 515b3d87..0e5688c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0.34</version>
+  <version>1.0.35</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index 3941b16e..d8955ef2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -290,9 +290,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
             rip();
         } catch (HttpStatusException e) {
             logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
+            waitForThreads();
             sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, "Status=" + e.getStatusCode() + ", URL=" + e.getUrl());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
+            waitForThreads();
             sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, e.getMessage());
         } finally {
             if (this.workingDir.list().length == 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/IrarchivesRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/IrarchivesRipper.java
index 3eacc87f..94197f77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/IrarchivesRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/IrarchivesRipper.java
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public class IrarchivesRipper extends AlbumRipper {
     public URL sanitizeURL(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
         String u = url.toExternalForm();
         String searchTerm = u.substring(u.indexOf("?") + 1);
+        if (searchTerm.startsWith("url=")) {
+            if (!searchTerm.contains("http")
+                    && !searchTerm.contains(":")) {
+                searchTerm = searchTerm.replace("url=", "user=");
+            }
+        }
         return new URL("http://i.rarchives.com/search.cgi?" + searchTerm);
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +64,14 @@ public class IrarchivesRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             JSONObject post = (JSONObject) posts.get(i);
             String theUrl = post.getString("url");
             if (theUrl.contains("imgur.com/a/")) {
-                ImgurAlbum album = ImgurRipper.getImgurAlbum(new URL(theUrl));
+                ImgurAlbum album = null;
+                try {
+                    album = ImgurRipper.getImgurAlbum(new URL(theUrl));
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    logger.error("Error loading imgur album " + theUrl, e);
+                    sendUpdate(STATUS.DOWNLOAD_ERRORED, "Can't download " + theUrl + " : " + e.getMessage());
+                    continue;
+                }
                 int albumIndex = 0;
                 for (ImgurImage image : album.images) {
                     albumIndex++;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index 8b5556cf..6df993d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0.34";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0.35";
     private static final String updateJsonURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.json";
     private static final String updateJarURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.jar";
     private static final String mainFileName = "ripme.jar";