diff --git a/src/ripple_app/websocket/WSConnection.h b/src/ripple_app/websocket/WSConnection.h
index 8c2f12c68..101139ab3 100644
--- a/src/ripple_app/websocket/WSConnection.h
+++ b/src/ripple_app/websocket/WSConnection.h
@@ -124,17 +124,14 @@ public:
     void disconnect ()
     {
         connection_ptr ptr = m_connection.lock ();
-
-        if (ptr)
-        {
-            m_io_service.dispatch (ptr->get_strand ().wrap (boost::bind (
-                &WSConnectionType <endpoint_type>::handle_disconnect, m_connection)));
-        }
+        m_io_service.dispatch (ptr->get_strand ().wrap (boost::bind (
+            &WSConnectionType <endpoint_type>::handle_disconnect,
+                m_connection)));
     }
 
-    void handle_disconnect()
+    static void handle_disconnect(weak_connection_ptr c)
     {
-        connection_ptr ptr = m_connection.lock ();
+        connection_ptr ptr = c.lock ();
 
         if (ptr)
             ptr->close (websocketpp::close::status::PROTOCOL_ERROR, "overload");
diff --git a/src/ripple_data/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/ripple_data/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
index 9059d889d..859319147 100644
--- a/src/ripple_data/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_data/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ char const* BuildInfo::getRawVersionString ()
     //
     //  The build version number (edit this for each release)
     //
-        "0.13.0-rc1"
+        "0.13.0-rc2"
     //
     //  Must follow the format described here:
     //