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diff --git a/perl/USDB.pm b/perl/USDB.pm
index cba7ddb9..042e9190 100644
--- a/perl/USDB.pm
+++ b/perl/USDB.pm
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ use File::Copy;
 use DXDebug;
 #use Compress::Zlib;
 
-use vars qw($VERSION $BRANCH);
-$VERSION = sprintf( "%d.%03d", q$Revision$ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/ );
-$BRANCH = sprintf( "%d.%03d", q$Revision$ =~ /\d+\.\d+\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/  || (0,0));
-$main::build += $VERSION;
-$main::branch += $BRANCH;
-
 use vars qw(%db $present $dbfn);
 
 $dbfn = "$main::data/usdb.v1";
@@ -133,6 +127,8 @@ sub load
 	for (@_) {
 		my $ofn = shift;
 
+		return "Cannot find $ofn" unless -r $ofn;
+		
 		# conditionally handle compressed files (don't cha just lurv live code, this is
 		# a rave from the grave and is "in memoriam Flossie" the ICT 1301G I learnt on.
 		# {for pedant computer historians a 1301G is an ICT 1301A that has been 
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ sub load
 		if ($nfn =~ /.gz$/i) {
 			my $gz;
 			eval qq{use Compress::Zlib; \$gz = gzopen(\$ofn, "rb")};
-			return "Cannot read compressed files $@" if $@;
+			return "Cannot read compressed files $@ $!" if $@ || !$gz;
 			$nfn =~ s/.gz$//i;
 			my $of = new IO::File ">$nfn" or return "Cannot write to $nfn $!";
 			my ($l, $buf);