diff --git a/OpenSim/Client/Linden/LLProxyLoginModule.cs b/OpenSim/Client/Linden/LLProxyLoginModule.cs
index 195feaf390..f9cb3a9337 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Client/Linden/LLProxyLoginModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Client/Linden/LLProxyLoginModule.cs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Client.Linden
         protected void AddHttpHandlers()
         {
             //we will add our handlers to the first scene we received, as all scenes share a http server. But will this ever change?
-            MainServer.Instance.AddXmlRPCHandler("expect_user", ExpectUser);
-            MainServer.Instance.AddXmlRPCHandler("logoff_user", LogOffUser);
+            MainServer.Instance.AddXmlRPCHandler("expect_user", ExpectUser, false);
+            MainServer.Instance.AddXmlRPCHandler("logoff_user", LogOffUser, false);
         }
 
         protected void AddScene(Scene scene)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
index 9622555af1..901144a289 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
@@ -397,10 +397,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Permissions
         // with the powers requested (powers = 0 for no powers check)
         protected bool IsGroupMember(UUID groupID, UUID userID, ulong powers)
         {
-            IClientAPI client = m_scene.GetScenePresence(userID).ControllingClient;
-    
-            return ((groupID == client.ActiveGroupId) && (client.ActiveGroupPowers != 0) &&
-                ((powers == 0) || ((client.ActiveGroupPowers & powers) == powers)));
+            ScenePresence sp = m_scene.GetScenePresence(userID);
+            if (sp != null)
+            {
+                IClientAPI client = sp.ControllingClient;
+
+                return ((groupID == client.ActiveGroupId) && (client.ActiveGroupPowers != 0) &&
+                    ((powers == 0) || ((client.ActiveGroupPowers & powers) == powers)));
+            }
+            return false;
         }
             
         /// <summary>