diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 388db28..d3ce4be 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [1.2.3] - 2021-01-08
 ### Fixed
 - [2021-01-08] Fix a bunch of stupid edge cases [@carbotaniuman].
+- [2021-01-08] Fix pathological shutdown issues [@carbotaniuman].
+- [2021-01-08] Provide messages on request failures [@carbotaniuman].
+- [2021-01-08] Exempt well-known test images [@carbotaniuman].
+- [2021-01-08] Give actual errors and not 500  [@carbotaniuman].
 
 ## [1.2.2] - 2020-08-21
 ### Changed
@@ -246,7 +250,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - [2020-06-11] Tweaked logging configuration to reduce log file sizes by [@carbotaniuman].
 
-[Unreleased]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.2.2...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.2.3...HEAD
+[1.2.3]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3
 [1.2.2]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.2.1...1.2.2
 [1.2.1]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1
 [1.2.0]: https://gitlab.com/mangadex/mangadex_at_home/-/compare/1.1.5...1.2.0
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/ServerManager.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/ServerManager.kt
index 6a9c3d9..b4bc1e1 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/ServerManager.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/ServerManager.kt
@@ -172,16 +172,22 @@ class ServerManager(serverSettings: ServerSettings, devSettings: DevSettings, ma
     }
 
     private fun pingControl() {
+        // this is currentSettings, other is newSettings
+        // if tls is null that means same as previous ping
+        fun RemoteSettings.logicalEqual(other: RemoteSettings): Boolean {
+            val test = if (other.tls != null) {
+                other
+            } else {
+                other.copy(tls = this.tls)
+            }
+
+            return this == test
+        }
+
         val state = this.state as Running
 
-        val newSettings = serverHandler.pingControl(state.settings)?.run {
-            // copy the old tls over so we can do a simply equality check
-            if (tls == null) {
-                copy(tls = state.settings.tls)
-            } else {
-                this
-            }
-        }
+        val newSettings = serverHandler.pingControl(state.settings)
+
         if (newSettings != null) {
             LOGGER.info { "Server settings received: $newSettings" }
 
@@ -190,9 +196,9 @@ class ServerManager(serverSettings: ServerSettings, devSettings: DevSettings, ma
                     "Outdated build detected! Latest: ${newSettings.latestBuild}, Current: ${Constants.CLIENT_BUILD}"
                 }
             }
-            if (state.settings != newSettings) {
+            if (!state.settings.logicalEqual(newSettings)) {
                 // certificates or upstream url must have changed, restart webserver
-                LOGGER.info { "Doing internal restart of HTTP server to refresh certs/upstream URL" }
+                LOGGER.info { "Doing internal restart of HTTP server to refresh settings" }
 
                 this.state = GracefulStop(lastRunning = state) {
                     loginAndStartServer()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
index d9af41f..d3b5782 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/server/ImageServer.kt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import org.http4k.client.Apache4Client
 import org.http4k.core.*
 import org.http4k.filter.CachingFilters
 import org.http4k.filter.ServerFilters
+import org.http4k.lens.LensFailure
 import org.http4k.lens.Path
 import org.http4k.routing.bind
 import org.http4k.routing.routes
@@ -106,9 +107,15 @@ class ImageServer(
                 return@then Response(Status.FORBIDDEN)
             }
 
-            if (tokenized || remoteSettings.forceTokens) {
+            if ((tokenized || remoteSettings.forceTokens) && !isTestImage(chapterHash)) {
                 val tokenArr = try {
-                    Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(Path.of("token")(request))
+                    val toDecode = try {
+                        Path.of("token")(request)
+                    } catch (e: LensFailure) {
+                        LOGGER.info(e) { "Request for $sanitizedUri rejected for missing token" }
+                        return@then Response(Status.FORBIDDEN).body("Token is missing")
+                    }
+                    Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(toDecode)
                 } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
                     LOGGER.info(e) { "Request for $sanitizedUri rejected for non-base64 token" }
                     return@then Response(Status.FORBIDDEN).body("Token is invalid base64")
@@ -338,6 +345,10 @@ class ImageServer(
                         .header("timing-allow-origin", "https://mangadex.org")
                     }
                 })
+
+        private fun isTestImage(chapter: String): Boolean {
+            return chapter == "1b682e7b24ae7dbdc5064eeeb8e8e353" || chapter == "8172a46adc798f4f4ace6663322a383e"
+        }
     }
 }