diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 611c52bf..0d55e530 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fail2ban (0.5.4-5.13) unstable; urgency=low
+fail2ban (0.5.4-5.14) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Added a notification regarding the importance of 0.5.4-5 change of
     failregex in the config file.
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ fail2ban (0.5.4-5.13) unstable; urgency=low
     within sections.
   * Added -e command line parameter to provide enabled sections from command
     line.
+  * Added a cleanup of firewall rules on emergency shutdown when unknown
+    exception is catched.
+  * Fail2ban should not crash now if a wrong file name is specified in
+    config.
   
  -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Mon,  3 Oct 2005 22:26:28 -1000
 
diff --git a/fail2ban b/fail2ban
index 47707a99..10813d6f 100755
--- a/fail2ban
+++ b/fail2ban
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ except Exception, e:
 	logSys.error("Type: " + `type.__name__` + "\n" +
 				 "Value: " + `e.args` + "\n" +
 				 "TB: " + `tbStack`)
+	# Try to clean up after ourselves
+	# just for extreme caution - wrapping with try
+	try:
+		fail2ban.restoreFwRules()
+	except Exception:
+		pass
 	# Remove the PID lock file. Should close #1239562
 	pidLock.remove()
 	logging.shutdown()
diff --git a/logreader/logreader.py b/logreader/logreader.py
index 29991890..1bf84887 100644
--- a/logreader/logreader.py
+++ b/logreader/logreader.py
@@ -97,15 +97,17 @@ class LogReader:
 		"""
 		try:
 			self.logStats = os.stat(self.logPath)
+			
+			if self.lastModTime == self.logStats.st_mtime:
+				return False
+			else:
+				logSys.debug(self.logPath+" has been modified")
+				self.lastModTime = self.logStats.st_mtime
+			return True
 		except OSError:
 			logSys.error("Unable to get stat on "+self.logPath)
-		
-		if self.lastModTime == self.logStats.st_mtime:
 			return False
-		else:
-			logSys.debug(self.logPath+" has been modified")
-			self.lastModTime = self.logStats.st_mtime
-			return True
+
 	
 	def setFilePos(self, file):
 		""" Sets the file position. We must take care of log file rotation