diff --git a/AndorsTrail/res/values/worldmap_template.xml b/AndorsTrail/res/values/worldmap_template.xml
index dab32b651..35cf40a25 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/res/values/worldmap_template.xml
+++ b/AndorsTrail/res/values/worldmap_template.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <resources><string name="worldmap_template">"<![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd\">
 <html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">
 <head>
-	<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\" />
+	<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" />
 	<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=0.02, maximum-scale=5.0\" />
 	<title></title>
 	<style type=\"text/css\">
diff --git a/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/DisplayWorldMapActivity.java b/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/DisplayWorldMapActivity.java
index 76e3a79a1..d0b71b144 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/DisplayWorldMapActivity.java
+++ b/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/DisplayWorldMapActivity.java
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@ package com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.activity;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
-import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
-import android.app.Activity;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
-import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.webkit.WebView;
-import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
-import android.widget.Button;
-import android.widget.Toast;
-
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.AndorsTrailApplication;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.R;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.context.WorldContext;
@@ -25,6 +13,17 @@ import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.util.Coord;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.util.L;
 import com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail.util.ThemeHelper;
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.webkit.WebView;
+import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+
 public final class DisplayWorldMapActivity extends Activity {
 	private WorldContext world;
 
diff --git a/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/LoadingActivity.java b/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/LoadingActivity.java
index 76096298f..0a4a93c7c 100644
--- a/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/LoadingActivity.java
+++ b/AndorsTrail/src/com/gpl/rpg/AndorsTrail/activity/LoadingActivity.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public final class LoadingActivity extends Activity implements OnResourcesLoaded
 	private CloudsAnimatorView clouds_back, clouds_mid, clouds_front;
 	boolean loaded = false;
 
+	private Object semaphore = new Object();
+	
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 		setTheme(ThemeHelper.getBaseTheme());
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public final class LoadingActivity extends Activity implements OnResourcesLoaded
 			if (progressDialog == null) {
 				progressDialog = CustomDialogFactory.createDialog(this, getResources().getString(R.string.dialog_loading_message), 
 						getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.loading_anim), null, null, false, false);
-				synchronized (progressDialog) {
+				synchronized (semaphore) {
 					if (!loaded) {
 						progressDialog.setOwnerActivity(this);
 						CustomDialogFactory.show(progressDialog);
@@ -136,13 +138,13 @@ public final class LoadingActivity extends Activity implements OnResourcesLoaded
 		setup.startCharacterSetup(this);
 	}
 
+	
+	
 	@Override
 	public void onSceneLoaded() {
-		if (progressDialog != null) {
-			synchronized (progressDialog) {
-				if (progressDialog != null) progressDialog.dismiss();
-				loaded =true;
-			}
+		synchronized (semaphore) {
+			if (progressDialog != null) progressDialog.dismiss();
+			loaded =true;
 		}
 		startActivity(new Intent(this, MainActivity.class));
 		this.finish();
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ public final class LoadingActivity extends Activity implements OnResourcesLoaded
 
 	@Override
 	public void onSceneLoadFailed(Savegames.LoadSavegameResult loadResult) {
-		synchronized (progressDialog) {
+		synchronized (semaphore) {
 			if (progressDialog != null) progressDialog.dismiss();
 			loaded =true;
 		}
