diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index c571a54ea9..fdff8a9ef5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
             #region Region Config
 
-            try
+            // Region config overrides global config
+            //
+            if (m_config.Configs["Startup"] != null)
             {
-                // Region config overrides global config
-                //
                 IConfig startupConfig = m_config.Configs["Startup"];
 
                 m_defaultDrawDistance = startupConfig.GetFloat("DefaultDrawDistance",m_defaultDrawDistance);
@@ -765,46 +765,39 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
                 SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates = startupConfig.GetBoolean("SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates", SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates);
             }
-            catch
-            {
-                m_log.Warn("[SCENE]: Failed to load StartupConfig");
-            }
 
             #endregion Region Config
 
             #region Interest Management
 
-            if (m_config != null)
+            IConfig interestConfig = m_config.Configs["InterestManagement"];
+            if (interestConfig != null)
             {
-                IConfig interestConfig = m_config.Configs["InterestManagement"];
-                if (interestConfig != null)
+                string update_prioritization_scheme = interestConfig.GetString("UpdatePrioritizationScheme", "Time").Trim().ToLower();
+
+                try
                 {
-                    string update_prioritization_scheme = interestConfig.GetString("UpdatePrioritizationScheme", "Time").Trim().ToLower();
-
-                    try
-                    {
-                        m_priorityScheme = (UpdatePrioritizationSchemes)Enum.Parse(typeof(UpdatePrioritizationSchemes), update_prioritization_scheme, true);
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception)
-                    {
-                        m_log.Warn("[PRIORITIZER]: UpdatePrioritizationScheme was not recognized, setting to default prioritizer Time");
-                        m_priorityScheme = UpdatePrioritizationSchemes.Time;
-                    }
-
-                    m_reprioritizationEnabled = interestConfig.GetBoolean("ReprioritizationEnabled", true);
-                    m_reprioritizationInterval = interestConfig.GetDouble("ReprioritizationInterval", 5000.0);
-                    m_rootReprioritizationDistance = interestConfig.GetDouble("RootReprioritizationDistance", 10.0);
-                    m_childReprioritizationDistance = interestConfig.GetDouble("ChildReprioritizationDistance", 20.0);
+                    m_priorityScheme = (UpdatePrioritizationSchemes)Enum.Parse(typeof(UpdatePrioritizationSchemes), update_prioritization_scheme, true);
                 }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    m_log.Warn("[PRIORITIZER]: UpdatePrioritizationScheme was not recognized, setting to default prioritizer Time");
+                    m_priorityScheme = UpdatePrioritizationSchemes.Time;
+                }
+
+                m_reprioritizationEnabled = interestConfig.GetBoolean("ReprioritizationEnabled", true);
+                m_reprioritizationInterval = interestConfig.GetDouble("ReprioritizationInterval", 5000.0);
+                m_rootReprioritizationDistance = interestConfig.GetDouble("RootReprioritizationDistance", 10.0);
+                m_childReprioritizationDistance = interestConfig.GetDouble("ChildReprioritizationDistance", 20.0);
             }
 
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SCENE]: Using the {0} prioritization scheme", m_priorityScheme);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Using the {0} prioritization scheme", m_priorityScheme);
 
             #endregion Interest Management
 
             StatsReporter = new SimStatsReporter(this);
             StatsReporter.OnSendStatsResult += SendSimStatsPackets;
-            StatsReporter.OnStatsIncorrect += m_sceneGraph.RecalculateStats;            
+            StatsReporter.OnStatsIncorrect += m_sceneGraph.RecalculateStats;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
index d9f8a148e9..7a6b1cf8d5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Common
                                                                    StartAuthenticationService(testScene);
             LocalInventoryServicesConnector   inventoryService   = StartInventoryService(testScene);
                                                                    StartGridService(testScene);
-            LocalUserAccountServicesConnector userAccountService = StartUserAccountService(testScene);            
+            LocalUserAccountServicesConnector userAccountService = StartUserAccountService(testScene);
             LocalPresenceServicesConnector    presenceService    = StartPresenceService(testScene);
 
             inventoryService.PostInitialise();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/NPCTortureTests.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/NPCTortureTests.cs
index 8078d9dfab..65732dbc1f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/NPCTortureTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/NPCTortureTests.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Torture
         [TestFixtureTearDown]
         public void TearDown()
         {
+            scene.Close();
+            GC.Collect();
+            GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
+
             // We must set this back afterwards, otherwise later tests will fail since they're expecting multiple
             // threads.  Possibly, later tests should be rewritten not to worry about such things.
             Util.FireAndForgetMethod = Util.DefaultFireAndForgetMethod;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ObjectTortureTests.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ObjectTortureTests.cs
index 0a127b1285..e3f951fb8a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ObjectTortureTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ObjectTortureTests.cs
@@ -156,11 +156,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Torture
             // objects will be clean up by the garbage collector before the next stress test is run.
             scene.Update(1);
 
-            // Currently, we need to do this in order to garbage collect the scene objects ready for the next test run.
-            // However, what we really need to do is find out why the entire scene is not garbage collected in
-            // teardown.
-            scene.DeleteAllSceneObjects();
-
             Console.WriteLine(
                 "Took {0}ms, {1}MB ({2} - {3}) to create {4} objects each containing {5} prim(s)",
                 Math.Round(elapsed.TotalMilliseconds),
@@ -170,7 +165,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Torture
                 objectsToAdd,
                 primsInEachObject);
 
-            scene = null;
+            scene.Close();
+//            scene = null;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ScriptTortureTests.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ScriptTortureTests.cs
index d94bbde680..87932cb7f8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ScriptTortureTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Torture/ScriptTortureTests.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Torture
             m_scene.StartScripts();
         }
 
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            m_scene.Close();
+            GC.Collect();
+            GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestCompileAndStart100Scripts()
         {