diff --git a/stepmania/src/Background.cpp b/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
index e420356136..813c142b77 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Background::Background()
 
 	m_BackgroundMode = MODE_STATIC_BG;
 
-	m_BGADanger.LoadFromAniDir( THEME->GetPathTo("BGAnimations","danger") );
+	m_BGADanger.LoadFromAniDir( THEME->GetPathTo("BGAnimations","gameplay danger") );
 
 	m_quadBGBrightness.StretchTo( RECT_BACKGROUND );
 	m_quadBGBrightness.SetDiffuse( D3DXCOLOR(0,0,0,1-PREFSMAN->m_fBGBrightness) );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
index 35f963b2b1..c0a07fd3a9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void RageBitmapTexture::Create(
 
 	
 	/////////////////////
-	// Figure out whether the texture can fit into texture memory unscaled
+	// Get info about the bitmap
 	/////////////////////
 	D3DXIMAGE_INFO ddii;
 	if( FAILED( hr = D3DXGetImageInfoFromFile(m_sFilePath,&ddii) ) )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp b/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
index 2c036af4f1..ecba0db945 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,16 @@ bool Sprite::LoadFromSpriteFile( CString sSpritePath, bool bForceReload, int iMi
 
 	CString sTextureFile;
 	ini.GetValue( "Sprite", "Texture", sTextureFile );
-	if( sTextureFile == "" )
+	if( sTextureFile == ""  )
 		throw RageException( "Error reading value 'Texture' from %s.", m_sSpritePath );
 
 	CString sTexturePath = sFontDir + sTextureFile;	// save the path of the new texture
 
+	if( !DoesFileExist(sTexturePath) )
+		throw RageException( "The sprite file '%s' points to a texture '%s' which doesn't exist.", m_sSpritePath, sTexturePath );
+
+
+
 	// Load the texture
 	if( !LoadTexture( sTexturePath ) )
 		return FALSE;