diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acbf2afb..c111e82f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -232,4 +232,5 @@ bootstrap-custom.min.css
 launchSettings.json
 /VpnDetectionPrivate.js
 /Plugins/ScriptPlugins/VpnDetectionPrivate.js
-**/Master/env_master
\ No newline at end of file
+**/Master/env_master
+/GameLogServer/log_env
diff --git a/Application/IW4MServer.cs b/Application/IW4MServer.cs
index 15488428..17f5c0ad 100644
--- a/Application/IW4MServer.cs
+++ b/Application/IW4MServer.cs
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin
         override public async Task OnClientConnected(EFClient clientFromLog)
         {
             Logger.WriteDebug($"Client slot #{clientFromLog.ClientNumber} now reserved");
-            Clients[clientFromLog.ClientNumber] = new EFClient();
-
+  
             try
             {
                 EFClient client = await Manager.GetClientService().GetUnique(clientFromLog.NetworkId);
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin
 
                 Clients[client.ClientNumber] = client;
 
-                client.State = EFClient.ClientState.Connected;
+                client.State = ClientState.Connected;
 #if DEBUG == true
                 Logger.WriteDebug($"End PreConnect for {client}");
 #endif
@@ -207,7 +206,14 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin
 
                 var existingClient = GetClientsAsList().FirstOrDefault(_client => _client.Equals(E.Origin));
 
+                // they're already connected
+                if (existingClient != null)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
             CONNECT:
+                // we can go ahead and put them in
                 if (Clients[E.Origin.ClientNumber] == null)
                 {
 #if DEBUG == true
@@ -229,17 +235,12 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin
                 }
 
                 // for some reason there's still a client in the spot
-                else if (existingClient == null)
+                else
                 {
                     Logger.WriteWarning($"{E.Origin} is connecteding but {Clients[E.Origin.ClientNumber]} is currently in that client slot");
                     await OnClientDisconnected(Clients[E.Origin.ClientNumber]);
                     goto CONNECT;
                 }
-
-                else
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
             }
 
             else if (E.Type == GameEvent.EventType.Flag)
diff --git a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer.pyproj b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer.pyproj
index 8361eddb..d1c464b0 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer.pyproj
+++ b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer.pyproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <SuppressCollectPythonCloudServiceFiles>true</SuppressCollectPythonCloudServiceFiles>
     <Name>GameLogServer</Name>
     <RootNamespace>GameLogServer</RootNamespace>
-    <InterpreterId>MSBuild|env|$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)</InterpreterId>
+    <InterpreterId>MSBuild|log_env|$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)</InterpreterId>
     <EnableNativeCodeDebugging>False</EnableNativeCodeDebugging>
     <Environment>DEBUG=True</Environment>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <Folder Include="GameLogServer\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="requirements.txt" />
     <None Include="Stable.pubxml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -63,6 +62,18 @@
       <PathEnvironmentVariable>PYTHONPATH</PathEnvironmentVariable>
       <Architecture>X64</Architecture>
     </Interpreter>
+    <Interpreter Include="log_env\">
+      <Id>log_env</Id>
+      <Version>3.6</Version>
+      <Description>log_env (Python 3.6 (64-bit))</Description>
+      <InterpreterPath>Scripts\python.exe</InterpreterPath>
+      <WindowsInterpreterPath>Scripts\pythonw.exe</WindowsInterpreterPath>
+      <PathEnvironmentVariable>PYTHONPATH</PathEnvironmentVariable>
+      <Architecture>X64</Architecture>
+    </Interpreter>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="requirements.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Python Tools\Microsoft.PythonTools.Web.targets" />
   <!-- Specify pre- and post-build commands in the BeforeBuild and 
diff --git a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_reader.py b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_reader.py
index 10cea5f4..d9d274ac 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_reader.py
+++ b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_reader.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ class LogReader(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.log_file_sizes = {}
         # (if the time between checks is greater, ignore ) - in seconds
-        # self.max_file_time_change = 60
-        self.max_file_time_change = 10
+        self.max_file_time_change = 30
 
     def read_file(self, path):
         # this removes old entries that are no longer valid
@@ -17,33 +16,34 @@ class LogReader(object):
             print('could not clear old logs')
             print(e)
 
+        if os.name != 'nt':
+            path = re.sub(r'^[A-Z]\:', '', path)
+            path = re.sub(r'\\+', '/', path)
+
         # prevent traversing directories
         if re.search('r^.+\.\.\\.+$', path):
             return False
         # must be a valid log path and log file
         if not re.search(r'^.+[\\|\/](.+)[\\|\/].+.log$', path):
             return False
-        # set the initial size to the current file size
-        file_size = 0
 
-        # this is the first time the log has been requested
-        if path not in self.log_file_sizes:
-            self.log_file_sizes[path] = { 
-                'length' : self.file_length(path),
-                'read': time.time()
-            }
-            return ''
-
-        # grab the previous values
-        last_length = self.log_file_sizes[path]['length']
-
-        # the file is being tracked already
+        # get the new file size
         new_file_size = self.file_length(path)
           
         # the log size was unable to be read (probably the wrong path)
         if new_file_size < 0:
             return False
 
+        # this is the first time the log has been requested
+        if path not in self.log_file_sizes:
+            self.log_file_sizes[path] = { 
+                'length' : new_file_size,
+                'read': time.time()
+            }
+            return ''
+
+        # grab the previous values
+        last_length = self.log_file_sizes[path]['length']
         file_size_difference = new_file_size - last_length
 
         # update the new size and actually read the data
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class LogReader(object):
             file_handle.seek(-length, 2)
             file_data = file_handle.read(length)
             file_handle.close()
-            return file_data.decode('utf-8')
+            # using ignore errors omits the pesky 0xb2 bytes we're reading in for some reason
+            return file_data.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
         except Exception as e:
             print('could not read the log file at {0}, wanted to read {1} bytes'.format(path, length))
             print(e)
diff --git a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_resource.py b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_resource.py
index b95ed2b5..184bee62 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_resource.py
+++ b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/log_resource.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ class LogResource(Resource):
     def get(self, path):
         path = urlsafe_b64decode(path).decode('utf-8')
         log_info = reader.read_file(path)
-        print(log_info)
 
         return {
             'success' : log_info is not False,
diff --git a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/restart_resource.py b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/restart_resource.py
index 762b2d0d..3b955c87 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/restart_resource.py
+++ b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/restart_resource.py
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
-from flask_restful import Resource
-from flask import request
-import requests
-import os
-import subprocess
-import re
+#from flask_restful import Resource
+#from flask import request
+#import requests
+#import os
+#import subprocess
+#import re
 
-def get_pid_of_server_windows(port):
-    process = subprocess.Popen('netstat -aon', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    output = process.communicate()[0]
-    matches = re.search(' *(UDP) +([0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}):'+ str(port) + ' +[^\w]*([0-9]+)', output.decode('utf-8'))
-    if matches is not None:
-        return matches.group(3)
-    else:
-        return 0
+#def get_pid_of_server_windows(port):
+#    process = subprocess.Popen('netstat -aon', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+#    output = process.communicate()[0]
+#    matches = re.search(' *(UDP) +([0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}):'+ str(port) + ' +[^\w]*([0-9]+)', output.decode('utf-8'))
+#    if matches is not None:
+#        return matches.group(3)
+#    else:
+#        return 0
 
-class RestartResource(Resource):
-    def get(self):
-        try:
-            response = requests.get('http://' + request.remote_addr + ':1624/api/restartapproved')
-            if response.status_code == 200:
-                pid = get_pid_of_server_windows(response.json()['port'])
-                subprocess.check_output("Taskkill /PID %s /F" % pid)
-            else:
-                return {}, 400
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
-            return {}, 500
-        return {}, 200
+#class RestartResource(Resource):
+#    def get(self):
+#        try:
+#            response = requests.get('http://' + request.remote_addr + ':1624/api/restartapproved')
+#            if response.status_code == 200:
+#                pid = get_pid_of_server_windows(response.json()['port'])
+#                subprocess.check_output("Taskkill /PID %s /F" % pid)
+#            else:
+#                return {}, 400
+#        except Exception as e:
+#            print(e)
+#            return {}, 500
+#        return {}, 200
diff --git a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/server.py b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/server.py
index 71595c83..ba555932 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/server.py
+++ b/GameLogServer/GameLogServer/server.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_restful import Api
 from .log_resource import LogResource
-from .restart_resource import RestartResource
+#from .restart_resource import RestartResource
 import logging
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ def init():
     log.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
     api = Api(app)
     api.add_resource(LogResource, '/log/<string:path>')
-    api.add_resource(RestartResource, '/restart')
+    #api.add_resource(RestartResource, '/restart')
diff --git a/GameLogServer/requirements.txt b/GameLogServer/requirements.txt
index 424e5303..3ee54e69 100644
--- a/GameLogServer/requirements.txt
+++ b/GameLogServer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
-aniso8601==3.0.2
-APScheduler==3.5.3
-certifi==2018.10.15
-chardet==3.0.4
-click==6.7
+aniso8601==6.0.0
+Click==7.0
 Flask==1.0.2
-Flask-JWT==0.3.2
-Flask-JWT-Extended==3.8.1
-Flask-RESTful==0.3.6
-idna==2.7
-itsdangerous==0.24
+Flask-RESTful==0.3.7
+itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.10
-MarkupSafe==1.0
-marshmallow==3.0.0b8
-pip==9.0.3
-psutil==5.4.8
-pygal==2.4.0
-PyJWT==1.4.2
-pytz==2018.7
-requests==2.20.0
-setuptools==40.5.0
-six==1.11.0
-timeago==1.0.8
-tzlocal==1.5.1
-urllib3==1.24
-Werkzeug==0.14.1
+MarkupSafe==1.1.1
+pip==10.0.1
+pytz==2018.9
+setuptools==39.0.1
+six==1.12.0
+Werkzeug==0.15.2
diff --git a/Plugins/Stats/Plugin.cs b/Plugins/Stats/Plugin.cs
index 89e3237c..3de5aee6 100644
--- a/Plugins/Stats/Plugin.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Stats/Plugin.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Plugins.Stats
                     {
                         await Manager.AddMessageAsync(E.Origin.ClientId, await StatManager.GetIdForServer(E.Owner), E.Data);
                     }
-
                     break;
                 case GameEvent.EventType.MapChange:
                     Manager.SetTeamBased(await StatManager.GetIdForServer(E.Owner), E.Owner.Gametype != "dm");
@@ -79,6 +78,22 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Plugins.Stats
                     string[] killInfo = (E.Data != null) ? E.Data.Split(';') : new string[0];
                     if (killInfo.Length >= 14)
                     {
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1 && E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
+                        // this treats "world" damage as self damage
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            E.Origin = E.Target;
+                        }
+
+                        if (E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            E.Target = E.Origin;
+                        }
+
                         await Manager.AddScriptHit(false, E.Time, E.Origin, E.Target, await StatManager.GetIdForServer(E.Owner), S.CurrentMap.Name, killInfo[7], killInfo[8],
                             killInfo[5], killInfo[6], killInfo[3], killInfo[4], killInfo[9], killInfo[10], killInfo[11], killInfo[12], killInfo[13], killInfo[14], killInfo[15]);
                     }
@@ -86,13 +101,18 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Plugins.Stats
                 case GameEvent.EventType.Kill:
                     if (!E.Owner.CustomCallback)
                     {
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1 && E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
                         // this treats "world" damage as self damage
-                        if (E.Origin.ClientId == 1)
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1)
                         {
                             E.Origin = E.Target;
                         }
 
-                        if (E.Target.ClientId == 1)
+                        if (E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
                         {
                             E.Target = E.Origin;
                         }
@@ -103,13 +123,18 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Plugins.Stats
                 case GameEvent.EventType.Damage:
                     if (!E.Owner.CustomCallback)
                     {
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1 && E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
                         // this treats "world" damage as self damage
-                        if (E.Origin.ClientId == 1)
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1)
                         {
                             E.Origin = E.Target;
                         }
 
-                        if (E.Target.ClientId == 1)
+                        if (E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
                         {
                             E.Target = E.Origin;
                         }
@@ -121,6 +146,22 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin.Plugins.Stats
                     killInfo = (E.Data != null) ? E.Data.Split(';') : new string[0];
                     if (killInfo.Length >= 14)
                     {
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1 && E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
+                        // this treats "world" damage as self damage
+                        if (E.Origin.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            E.Origin = E.Target;
+                        }
+
+                        if (E.Target.ClientId <= 1)
+                        {
+                            E.Target = E.Origin;
+                        }
+
                         await Manager.AddScriptHit(true, E.Time, E.Origin, E.Target, await StatManager.GetIdForServer(E.Owner), S.CurrentMap.Name, killInfo[7], killInfo[8],
                             killInfo[5], killInfo[6], killInfo[3], killInfo[4], killInfo[9], killInfo[10], killInfo[11], killInfo[12], killInfo[13], killInfo[14], killInfo[15]);
                     }
diff --git a/Plugins/Tests/ManagerFixture.cs b/Plugins/Tests/ManagerFixture.cs
index e8dca5a3..69ab998d 100644
--- a/Plugins/Tests/ManagerFixture.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Tests/ManagerFixture.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Tests
         {
             File.WriteAllText("test_mp.log", "test_log_file");
 
-            IW4MAdmin.Application.Localization.Configure.Initialize("en-US");
+            //IW4MAdmin.Application.Localization.Configure.Initialize("en-US");
 
             Manager = ApplicationManager.GetInstance();
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Tests
                 Maps = new List<MapConfiguration>(),
                 RConPollRate = 10000
             };
-            Manager.ConfigHandler = new BaseConfigurationHandler<ApplicationConfiguration>("test.json");
+            Manager.ConfigHandler = new BaseConfigurationHandler<ApplicationConfiguration>("test");
             Manager.ConfigHandler.Set(config);
 
             Manager.Init().Wait();
diff --git a/Plugins/Tests/ManagerTests.cs b/Plugins/Tests/ManagerTests.cs
index 736023f3..e462448c 100644
--- a/Plugins/Tests/ManagerTests.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Tests/ManagerTests.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Tests
         [Fact]
         public void AreCommandAliasesUnique()
         {
-            var mgr = IW4MAdmin.Application.Program.ServerManager;
+            var mgr = Program.ServerManager;
             bool test = mgr.GetCommands().Count == mgr.GetCommands().Select(c => c.Alias).Distinct().Count();
 
             Assert.True(test, "command aliases are not unique");
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Configuration/ApplicationConfiguration.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Configuration/ApplicationConfiguration.cs
index 1f8771ce..1923ee14 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Configuration/ApplicationConfiguration.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Configuration/ApplicationConfiguration.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Configuration
         public string WebfrontBindUrl { get; set; }
         [LocalizedDisplayName("WEBFRONT_CONFIGURATION_MANUAL_URL")]
         public string ManualWebfrontUrl { get; set; }
-        public string WebfrontUrl => string.IsNullOrEmpty(ManualWebfrontUrl) ? WebfrontBindUrl.Replace("0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1") : ManualWebfrontUrl;
+        public string WebfrontUrl => string.IsNullOrEmpty(ManualWebfrontUrl) ? WebfrontBindUrl?.Replace("0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1") : ManualWebfrontUrl;
         [LocalizedDisplayName("SETUP_USE_CUSTOMENCODING")]
         public bool EnableCustomParserEncoding { get; set; }
         [LocalizedDisplayName("WEBFRONT_CONFIGURATION_ENCODING")]
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Services/ClientService.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Services/ClientService.cs
index e1ad2787..e241e51b 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Services/ClientService.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Services/ClientService.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Services
         {
             using (var context = new DatabaseContext())
             {
-
                 int? linkId = null;
                 int? aliasId = null;
 
@@ -45,23 +44,31 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Services
                     NetworkId = entity.NetworkId
                 };
 
-                if (linkId.HasValue)
-                {
-                    client.AliasLinkId = linkId.Value;
-                }
-
-                else
-                {
-                    client.AliasLink = new EFAliasLink();
-                }
-
+                // they're just using a new GUID
                 if (aliasId.HasValue)
                 {
                     client.CurrentAliasId = aliasId.Value;
+                    client.AliasLinkId = linkId.Value;
                 }
 
+                // link was found but they don't have an exact alias
+                else if (!aliasId.HasValue && linkId.HasValue)
+                {
+                    client.AliasLinkId = linkId.Value;
+                    client.CurrentAlias = new Alias()
+                    {
+                        Name = entity.Name,
+                        DateAdded = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                        IPAddress = entity.IPAddress,
+                        LinkId = linkId.Value
+                    };
+                }
+
+                // brand new players (supposedly)
                 else
                 {
+                    client.AliasLink = new EFAliasLink();
+
                     client.CurrentAlias = new Alias()
                     {
                         Name = entity.Name,
@@ -69,11 +76,6 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Services
                         IPAddress = entity.IPAddress,
                         Link = client.AliasLink,
                     };
-
-                    if (client.CurrentAlias.Link == null)
-                    {
-                        client.CurrentAlias.LinkId = linkId.Value;
-                    }
                 }
 
                 context.Clients.Add(client);
@@ -126,6 +128,11 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore.Services
 
                 var oldAliasLink = entity.AliasLink;
 
+                // update all the clients that have the old alias link
+                await context.Clients
+                    .Where(_client => _client.AliasLinkId == oldAliasLink.AliasLinkId)
+                    .ForEachAsync(_client => _client.AliasLinkId = newAliasLink.AliasLinkId);
+
                 entity.AliasLink = newAliasLink;
                 entity.AliasLinkId = newAliasLink.AliasLinkId;
 
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
index 2b92a046..29141ee0 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Utilities.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
     public static class Utilities
     {
 #if DEBUG == true
-        public static string OperatingDirectory => $"{Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location)}{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}";
+        public static string OperatingDirectory => @"X:\IW4MAdmin\Application\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.2\";
+        //public static string OperatingDirectory => $"{Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location)}{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}";
 #else
         public static string OperatingDirectory => $"{Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location)}{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}..{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}";
 #endif