diff --git a/modules/base/rendering/screenspaceimage.cpp b/modules/base/rendering/screenspaceimage.cpp
index bf2dc21cbe..b0106d129a 100644
--- a/modules/base/rendering/screenspaceimage.cpp
+++ b/modules/base/rendering/screenspaceimage.cpp
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ void ScreenSpaceImage::render() {
 }
 
 void ScreenSpaceImage::update() {
-    bool futureReady = DownloadManager::futureReady(_futureImage);
-    if (_downloadImage && _futureImage.valid() && futureReady) {
+    bool download = _downloadImage ? (_futureImage.valid() && DownloadManager::futureReady(_futureImage)) : true;
+    if (download) {
         loadTexture();
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/onscreengui/src/gui.cpp b/modules/onscreengui/src/gui.cpp
index ae57b6d9b5..3e08132fca 100644
--- a/modules/onscreengui/src/gui.cpp
+++ b/modules/onscreengui/src/gui.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void addScreenSpaceRenderable(std::string texturePath) {
         return;
     }
     std::string luaTable =
-        "{Type = 'ScreenSpaceImage', TexturePath = '+" + absPath(texturePath) + " ' }";
+        "{Type = 'ScreenSpaceImage', TexturePath = '" + absPath(texturePath) + "' }";
     std::string script = "openspace.registerScreenSpaceRenderable(" + luaTable + ");";
     OsEng.scriptEngine().queueScript(script);
 }
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
index 5ca6d5e33f..6424492546 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
@@ -1122,7 +1122,8 @@ void RenderEngine::setDisableRenderingOnMaster(bool enabled) {
     _disableMasterRendering = enabled;
 }
 
-void RenderEngine::registerScreenSpaceRenderable(std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable> s){
+void RenderEngine::registerScreenSpaceRenderable(std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable> s)
+{
     s->initialize();
     _screenSpaceRenderables.push_back(s);
 }
diff --git a/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp b/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
index 32156b5262..8896d83b57 100644
--- a/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ void ScriptEngine::deserialize(SyncBuffer* syncBuffer){
     }
 }
 
-void ScriptEngine::postSynchronizationPreDraw(){
-    
+void ScriptEngine::postSynchronizationPreDraw() {
     std::vector<std::string> scripts;
 
     _mutex.lock();
@@ -653,14 +652,20 @@ void ScriptEngine::postSynchronizationPreDraw(){
     _receivedScripts.clear();
     _mutex.unlock();
     
-    while (!scripts.empty()){
-        runScript(scripts.back());
-        scripts.pop_back();
+    while (!scripts.empty()) {
+        try {
+            const std::string& script = scripts.back();
+            scripts.pop_back();
+            runScript(script);
+        }
+        catch (const ghoul::RuntimeError& e) {
+            LERRORC(e.component, e.message);
+        }
     }
     
 }
 
-void ScriptEngine::preSynchronization(){
+void ScriptEngine::preSynchronization() {
     
     _mutex.lock();