diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardEntityListener.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardEntityListener.java
index 28fb4581..3b0b1a15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardEntityListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardEntityListener.java
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@ public void onCreatureSpawn(CreatureSpawnEvent event) {
         if (wcfg.useRegions) {
             Vector pt = toVector(eventLoc);
             RegionManager mgr = plugin.getGlobalRegionManager().get(eventLoc.getWorld());
+            // @TODO get victims' stacktraces and find out why it's null anyway
+            if (mgr == null) return;
             ApplicableRegionSet set = mgr.getApplicableRegions(pt);
 
             if (!set.allows(DefaultFlag.MOB_SPAWNING)) {
@@ -635,8 +637,8 @@ public void onCreatureSpawn(CreatureSpawnEvent event) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            Set<CreatureType> blockTypes = set.getFlag(DefaultFlag.DENY_SPAWN);
-            if (blockTypes != null && blockTypes.contains(creaType)) {
+            Set<CreatureType> creatureTypes = set.getFlag(DefaultFlag.DENY_SPAWN);
+            if (creatureTypes != null && creatureTypes.contains(creaType)) {
                 event.setCancelled(true);
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
index e242eb96..18d34f3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
@@ -150,9 +150,14 @@ public RegionManager load(World world) {
             
             return manager;
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            logger.warning("WorldGuard: Region file for world \""
+                    + name + "\" missing or inaccessible.");
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.warning("WorldGuard: Failed to load regions from file "
                     + file.getAbsolutePath() + " : " + e.getMessage());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.warning("WorldGuard: Error loading regions for world \""
+                    + name + "\":" + e.getMessage());
         }
         
         // @TODO: THIS CREATES PROBLEMS!!