diff --git a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/SteamAPI/APIConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/SteamAPI/APIConnection.java
index 857526f..f2be238 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/SteamAPI/APIConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/SteamAPI/APIConnection.java
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ public class APIConnection
         String apiData = this.querySteamAPI(this.baseURL + this.friendListURL +
                 this.apiKey + "&steamid=" + steamid);
 
+        if(apiData.equals(""))
+            return friendsId; //private url
+
         JSONObject object = new JSONObject(apiData);
 
         if(object.has("friendslist"))
@@ -171,6 +174,9 @@ public class APIConnection
 
             String apiResult = this.querySteamAPI(queryUrl);
 
+            if(apiResult.equals(""))
+                return map;
+
             JSONObject object = new JSONObject(apiResult);
 
             if(object.has("response"))
@@ -262,6 +268,7 @@ public class APIConnection
     {
         APIConnection con = new APIConnection();
 
+        //steam id of jrtechs
         con.getFriends("76561198188400721").forEach(System.out::println);
 
         System.out.println(con.getPlayerName("76561198188400721"));
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/ConfigLoader.java b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/ConfigLoader.java
index 8cd748f..50d4b44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/ConfigLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/ConfigLoader.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class ConfigLoader
                     jsonString += line;
                 }
             }
+            br.close();
         }
         catch(Exception e)
         {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/WebScraper.java b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/WebScraper.java
index c880cb1..a4809fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/WebScraper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/utils/WebScraper.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class WebScraper
         {
             html += line;
         }
+        br.close();
         return html;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/webCrawler/FileIO.java b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/webCrawler/FileIO.java
index ca6b444..93b3bcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/webCrawler/FileIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/jrtechs/www/webCrawler/FileIO.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public class FileIO
     public boolean playerExists(String id)
     {
         String fileName = baseFilePath + id + ".json";
-
         return new File(fileName).isFile();
     }