diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
index a9471493a7..20a3d93c06 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
@@ -122,10 +122,16 @@ Ledger::pointer LedgerMaster::closeLedger(bool recover)
 
 TER LedgerMaster::doTransaction(SerializedTransaction::ref txn, TransactionEngineParams params, bool& didApply)
 {
-	boost::recursive_mutex::scoped_lock sl(mLock);
-	TER result = mEngine.applyTransaction(*txn, params, didApply);
+	Ledger::pointer ledger;
+	TER result;
+
+	{
+		boost::recursive_mutex::scoped_lock sl(mLock);
+		result = mEngine.applyTransaction(*txn, params, didApply);
+		ledger = mEngine.getLedger();
+	}
 //	if (didApply)
-		theApp->getOPs().pubProposedTransaction(mEngine.getLedger(), txn, result);
+		theApp->getOPs().pubProposedTransaction(ledger, txn, result);
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/PlatRand.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/PlatRand.cpp
index 6db6203116..e367cbf841 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/PlatRand.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/PlatRand.cpp
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@
 
 bool AddSystemEntropy()
 { // Get entropy from the Windows crypto provider
-	RAND_screen();  // this isn't really that safe since it only works for end users not servers
-
-/* TODO: you need the cryptoAPI installed I think for the below to work. I suppose we should require people to install this to build the windows version
 	char name[512], rand[128];
 	DWORD count = 500;
-	HCRYPTOPROV cryptoHandle;
+	HCRYPTPROV cryptoHandle;
 
 	if (!CryptGetDefaultProvider(PROV_RSA_FULL, NULL, CRYPT_MACHINE_DEFAULT, name, &count))
 	{
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ bool AddSystemEntropy()
 	CryptReleaseContext(cryptoHandle, 0);
 	RAND_seed(rand, 128);
 
-*/
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
index 6d829d9495..240c8fd1f7 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static void addTxnSeqField()
 			Log(lsINFO) << i << " transactions updated";
 	}
 
+	Log(lsINFO) << "Building new index";
 	db->executeSQL("CREATE INDEX AcctTxIndex ON AccountTransactions(Account, LedgerSeq, TxnSeq, TransID);");
 	db->executeSQL("END TRANSACTION;");
 }