diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 6db186c..3b83425 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 Fixed a collision in webfinger caching. This may affect federation with some software, so I recommend an upgrade.
 
+Fixed crashes in some command-line options.
+
 New command-line option `state`, that dumps some information about the running server and the state of each thread.
 
 Mastodon API: added some fixes for integration with the Mona iOS app (contributed by jamesoff).
diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 97cd94f..b71436e 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -1508,6 +1508,13 @@ int actor_get(const char *actor, xs_dict **data)
         return status;
     }
 
+    /* if the object is corrupted, discard it */
+    if (xs_is_null(xs_dict_get(d, "id")) || xs_is_null(xs_dict_get(d, "type"))) {
+        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("corrupted actor object %s", actor));
+        d = xs_free(d);
+        return 404;
+    }
+
     if (data)
         *data = d;
     else
@@ -2169,7 +2176,7 @@ void enqueue_output_raw(const char *keyid, const char *seckey,
     qmsg = xs_dict_append(qmsg, "seckey", seckey);
 
     /* if it's to be sent right now, bypass the disk queue and post the job */
-    if (retries == 0)
+    if (retries == 0 && p_state != NULL)
         job_post(qmsg, 0);
     else {
         qmsg = _enqueue_put(fn, qmsg);
diff --git a/snac.h b/snac.h
index 506257a..326b9f1 100644
--- a/snac.h
+++ b/snac.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ typedef struct {
     enum { THST_STOP, THST_WAIT, THST_IN, THST_QUEUE } th_state[MAX_THREADS];
 } srv_state;
 
+extern srv_state *p_state;
+
 void snac_log(snac *user, xs_str *str);
 #define snac_debug(user, level, str) do { if (dbglevel >= (level)) \
     { snac_log((user), (str)); } } while (0)