diff --git a/MainForm.cs b/MainForm.cs
index 8dcc123..004abf0 100644
--- a/MainForm.cs
+++ b/MainForm.cs
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ private void cmdRun_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		private void MainForm_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
 #if !DEBUG
-            MessageBox.Show("This Alpha pre-release version is a preview version of OpenCiv1 (Open Civilization 1) project.\n" +
-				"It most certainly has bugs, but most functions should work normally, and has no sound at this point. " +
+            MessageBox.Show("This Alpha Release of OpenCiv1 (Open Civilization 1) project " +
+				"most certainly has bugs, but most functions should work normally, and has no sound at this point. " +
 				"It is compatible with old civ.exe and can save/load original game files.\n" +
 				"The Debug mode can be toggled by pressing Alt + D Key.\n\n" +
 				"Technicalities:\n\nTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR " +
@@ -635,15 +635,15 @@ private void MainForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
 				if (this.oGame != null && this.oGame.CPU != null)
 				{
 					this.oGame.CPU.OnApplicationExit();
-				}
 
-				if (this.oGameThread != null)
-				{
-					while (this.oGameThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.Running ||
-						this.oGameThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.WaitSleepJoin)
+					/*if (this.oGameThread != null)
 					{
-						Thread.Sleep(200);
-					}
+						while (this.oGameThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.Running ||
+							this.oGameThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.WaitSleepJoin)
+						{
+							Thread.Sleep(200);
+						}
+					}*/
 				}
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/MainForm.resx b/MainForm.resx
index be2e8ed..be2a8ef 100644
--- a/MainForm.resx
+++ b/MainForm.resx
@@ -140,27 +140,27 @@
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     <value>
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   </data>
   <data name="tsScreens.Image" type="System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
     <value>
         iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAYAAABzenr0AAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8
-        YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAAHNSURBVFhHxZY9T8JQGIX7R0xc3P0VDMbFxJ+gu/wCJhXB
+        YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAAHNSURBVFhHxZY9T8JQGIX7Qxxc3P0VDMbFxJ+gu/wCJhXB
         GAMyyuji5qiLxs/JRQnIZwFB5GOlpQyv95TbBrm9svStb3KG5r4956Ttk9T491nfSm6vxRLj1Y1D4hC8
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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
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-        I0PG/dcYxg9TVabPVTw0VgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
+        I0PG/dcYxg8p5KbMySHtEQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
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   </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenCiv1.cs b/OpenCiv1.cs
index f9475b9..5986c5e 100644
--- a/OpenCiv1.cs
+++ b/OpenCiv1.cs
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ public void Start()
 			this.oCPU.DS.Word = 0x3b01;
 
 			// Check for Default directory and individual Resource files
-			if (!Directory.Exists(this.oCPU.DefaultDirectory))
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.oCPU.DefaultDirectory) && !Directory.Exists(this.oCPU.DefaultDirectory))
 			{
-				MessageBox.Show($"OpenCiv1 resource files not found at '{this.oCPU.DefaultDirectory}'.\n"+
+				MessageBox.Show($"OpenCiv1 resource files not found at '{this.oCPU.DefaultDirectory}'.\n" +
 					"The OpenCiv1 depends on Civilization resource files (*.pic, *.pal and *.txt).\nPlease adjust path to these resources.",
 					"Resource path error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
 				this.oCPU.Exit(-1);