diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs b/MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs
index 08933c3a..4d94ad03 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs
@@ -273,18 +273,19 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public static void LogToConsole(string text)
         {
             ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8[BOT] " + text);
+            string logfile = Settings.expandVars(Settings.chatbotLogFile);
 
-            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Settings.chatbotLogFile))
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(logfile))
             {
-                if (!File.Exists(Settings.chatbotLogFile))
+                if (!File.Exists(logfile))
                 {
-                    try { Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(Settings.chatbotLogFile)); }
+                    try { Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(logfile)); }
                     catch { return; /* Invalid path or access denied */ }
-                    try { File.WriteAllText(Settings.chatbotLogFile, ""); }
+                    try { File.WriteAllText(logfile, ""); }
                     catch { return; /* Invalid file name or access denied */ }
                 }
 
-                File.AppendAllLines(Settings.chatbotLogFile, new string[] { getTimestamp() + ' ' + text });
+                File.AppendAllLines(logfile, new string[] { getTimestamp() + ' ' + text });
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/McTcpClient.cs b/MinecraftClient/McTcpClient.cs
index e2c1b6c6..ceaedfb9 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/McTcpClient.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/McTcpClient.cs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public void OnTextReceived(string text)
         {
             ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted(text, false);
-            foreach (ChatBot bot in bots)
+            foreach (ChatBot bot in new List<ChatBot>(bots))
                 bot.GetText(text);
         }
 
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
-                    ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8Got error from " + bots[i].ToString() + ": " + e.ToString());
+                    if (!(e is ThreadAbortException))
+                    {
+                        ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8Got error from " + bots[i].ToString() + ": " + e.ToString());
+                    }
+                    else throw; //ThreadAbortException should not be caught
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
index df814e01..c65a6ab3 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
 
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("Console Client for MC 1.4.6 to 1.8.0 - v" + Version + " - By ORelio & Contributors");
+            Console.WriteLine("Console Client for MC 1.4.6 to 1.8.1 - v" + Version + " - By ORelio & Contributors");
 
             //Basic Input/Output ?
             if (args.Length >= 1 && args[args.Length - 1] == "BasicIO")
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProtocolHandler.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProtocolHandler.cs
index 059a60a2..ce3a704b 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProtocolHandler.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProtocolHandler.cs
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol
             {
                 return LoginResult.SSLError;
             }
+            catch (System.IO.IOException e)
+            {
+                if (e.Message.Contains("authentication"))
+                {
+                    return LoginResult.SSLError;
+                }
+                else return LoginResult.OtherError;
+            }
             catch
             {
                 return LoginResult.OtherError;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs b/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
index 327b2438..6ccbe85e 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
 
         public static bool setServerIP(string server)
         {
+            server = server.ToLower();
             string[] sip = server.Split(':');
             string host = sip[0];
             short port = 25565;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/config/README.txt b/MinecraftClient/config/README.txt
index 6e1ee675..2a07bdd2 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/config/README.txt
+++ b/MinecraftClient/config/README.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ==================================================================
- Minecraft Client v1.8.0 for Minecraft 1.4.6 to 1.8.0 - By ORelio
+ Minecraft Client v1.8.1 for Minecraft 1.4.6 to 1.8.0 - By ORelio
 ==================================================================
 
 Thanks for dowloading Minecraft Console Client!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5c03ad1..7464b1dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ send commands and receive text messages in a fast and easy way without having to
 
 ##How to use
 
-Downloads, help and more info at http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1314800-/
+Downloads, help and more info available on the [Minecraft Forum thread](http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1314800-/)'s first post.<br/>
+Alternatively, you can take a look at the [README](https://github.com/ORelio/Minecraft-Console-Client/blob/master/MinecraftClient/config/README.txt) file from the latest stable binary release.
 
 ##License