diff --git a/src/p_spec.c b/src/p_spec.c
index 06cda1111..bbe27f166 100644
--- a/src/p_spec.c
+++ b/src/p_spec.c
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ void P_InitPicAnims(void)
 
 		if (lastanim->numpics < 2)
 		{
-			free(anims);
-			I_Error("P_InitPicAnims: bad cycle from %s to %s",
+			CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "P_InitPicAnims: bad cycle from %s to %s.\n",
 				animdefs->startname, animdefs->endname);
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		lastanim->speed = animdef->speed;
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.cpp b/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
index d26831bb1..d5fde7000 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
@@ -355,15 +355,15 @@ static void I_ShowErrorMessageBox(const char *messagefordevelopers, boolean dump
 		finalmessage,
 		sizeof(finalmessage),
 			"\"SRB2Kart V2\" has encountered an unrecoverable error and needs to close.\n"
-			"The %s log file is located at (%s).\n"
+			"The %slog file is located at (%s).\n"
 			"\n"
 			"\n"
 			"%s",
 		dumpmade ?
 #if defined (UNIXBACKTRACE)
-			"crash-log.txt"
+			"crash-log.txt "
 #elif defined (_WIN32)
-			".rpt crash dump"
+			".rpt crash dump "
 #endif
 			: "",
 		logfilename,