diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e278ef6..70c3d145 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0.23</version>
+  <version>1.0.24</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index 22c91916..01b363f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
                             historyList.clearSelection();
                             historyList.setSelectedIndex(i);
                             Thread t = ripAlbum( (String) historyListModel.get(i) );
+                            if (t == null) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
                             try {
                                 synchronized (t) {
                                     t.wait();
@@ -562,7 +565,9 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         StyleConstants.setForeground(sas, color);
         StyledDocument sd = logText.getStyledDocument();
         try {
-            sd.insertString(sd.getLength(), text + "\n", sas);
+            synchronized (this) {
+                sd.insertString(sd.getLength(), text + "\n", sas);
+            }
         } catch (BadLocationException e) { }
 
         logText.setCaretPosition(sd.getLength());
@@ -579,7 +584,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
     }
 
     private Thread ripAlbum(String urlString) {
-        shutdownCleanup();
+        //shutdownCleanup();
         if (!logPanel.isVisible()) {
             optionLog.doClick();
         }
@@ -603,7 +608,9 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         statusProgress.setValue(100);
         openButton.setVisible(false);
         statusLabel.setVisible(true);
-        mainFrame.pack();
+        synchronized (this) {
+            mainFrame.pack();
+        }
         boolean failed = false;
         try {
             ripper = AbstractRipper.getRipper(url);
@@ -664,7 +671,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         }
     }
     
-    private void handleEvent(StatusEvent evt) {
+    private synchronized void handleEvent(StatusEvent evt) {
         if (ripper.isStopped()) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index 8d935ae4..3773a653 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0.23";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0.24";
     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";
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipperTest.java
index c45383e2..77ef6e59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipperTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class InstagramRipperTest extends RippersTest {
         testURLs.put(new URL("http://instagram.com/Test_User"), "Test_User");
         testURLs.put(new URL("http://instagram.com/_test_user_"), "_test_user_");
         testURLs.put(new URL("http://instagram.com/-test-user-"), "-test-user-");
+        testURLs.put(new URL("http://statigr.am/username"), "username");
         for (URL url : testURLs.keySet()) {
             InstagramRipper ripper = new InstagramRipper(url);
             assertEquals(testURLs.get(url), ripper.getGID(ripper.getURL()));