diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a5fe6bf4f..9d83c5974 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 EQEMu Changelog (Started on Sept 24, 2003 15:50)
 -------------------------------------------------------
 == 08/24/2014 ==
+Uleat: Fix (attempted) for zone crashes related to zone shut-down. This change disables all Mob AI and disables/deletes all Mob timers once Zone::ShutDown() is called. More areas will be addressed as reports come in.
+Note: Perl and Lua quests tested to work..please post any aberrant behavior. (I finally set my spell-check to US English...)
 Akkadius: Character creation process crash fix and query cleanup
 Akkadius: Created `character_lookup` table for applications that mirrors all `character_` table fields minus blob fields for application lookups
 	- A 2.4GB character_ table will take 7 seconds to query on a SSD versus .1s on the character_lookup table
diff --git a/zone/entity.cpp b/zone/entity.cpp
index 45c203dc5..2ca3f640d 100644
--- a/zone/entity.cpp
+++ b/zone/entity.cpp
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ Corpse *EntityList::GetCorpseByName(const char *name)
 
 Spawn2 *EntityList::GetSpawnByID(uint32 id)
 {
-	if (!zone)
+	if (!zone || !zone->IsLoaded())
 		return nullptr;
 
 	LinkedListIterator<Spawn2 *> iterator(zone->spawn2_list);
diff --git a/zone/mob_ai.cpp b/zone/mob_ai.cpp
index 87fc2ea79..10d41c78e 100644
--- a/zone/mob_ai.cpp
+++ b/zone/mob_ai.cpp
@@ -541,13 +541,40 @@ void NPC::AI_Start(uint32 iMoveDelay) {
 void Mob::AI_Stop() {
 	if (!IsAIControlled())
 		return;
+
 	pAIControlled = false;
+
 	safe_delete(AIthink_timer);
 	safe_delete(AIwalking_timer);
 	safe_delete(AImovement_timer);
-	safe_delete(AItarget_check_timer)
+	safe_delete(AItarget_check_timer);
 	safe_delete(AIscanarea_timer);
 	safe_delete(AIfeignremember_timer);
+	safe_delete(PathingLOSCheckTimer);
+	safe_delete(PathingRouteUpdateTimerShort);
+	safe_delete(PathingRouteUpdateTimerLong);
+
+	attack_timer.Disable();
+	attack_dw_timer.Disable();
+	ranged_timer.Disable();
+	tic_timer.Disable();
+	mana_timer.Disable();
+	spellend_timer.Disable();
+	projectile_timer.Disable();
+	rewind_timer.Disable();
+	bindwound_timer.Disable();
+	stunned_timer.Disable();
+	spun_timer.Disable();
+	bardsong_timer.Disable();
+	gravity_timer.Disable();
+	viral_timer.Disable();
+	flee_timer.Disable();
+
+	for (int sat = 0; sat < MAX_SPECIAL_ATTACK; ++sat) {
+		if (SpecialAbilities[sat].timer)
+			SpecialAbilities[sat].timer->Disable();
+	}
+
 	hate_list.Wipe();
 }
 
diff --git a/zone/queryserv.cpp b/zone/queryserv.cpp
index 2b02d193c..ad7de0424 100644
--- a/zone/queryserv.cpp
+++ b/zone/queryserv.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ void QueryServ::PlayerLogEvent(int Event_Type, int Character_ID, std::string Eve
 {
 	std::string query = StringFormat(
 			"INSERT INTO `qs_player_events` (event, char_id, event_desc, time) VALUES (%i, %i, '%s', UNIX_TIMESTAMP(now()))",
-			Event_Type, Character_ID, EscapeString(Event_Desc.c_str()).c_str()); 
+			Event_Type, Character_ID, EscapeString(Event_Desc).c_str());
 	SendQuery(query);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/zone/quest_parser_collection.cpp b/zone/quest_parser_collection.cpp
index 376c121d3..8fc0f9c43 100644
--- a/zone/quest_parser_collection.cpp
+++ b/zone/quest_parser_collection.cpp
@@ -600,9 +600,8 @@ QuestInterface *QuestParserCollection::GetQIByNPCQuest(uint32 npcid, std::string
 }
 
 QuestInterface *QuestParserCollection::GetQIByPlayerQuest(std::string &filename) {
-
-	if(!zone)
-	return nullptr;
+	if(!zone || !zone->IsLoaded())
+		return nullptr;
 
 	//first look for /quests/zone/player_v[instance_version].ext (precedence)
 	filename = "quests/";
diff --git a/zone/zone.cpp b/zone/zone.cpp
index a3026425c..77ac4401b 100644
--- a/zone/zone.cpp
+++ b/zone/zone.cpp
@@ -718,11 +718,24 @@ void Zone::DBAWComplete(uint8 workpt_b1, DBAsyncWork* dbaw) {
 	}
 }
 
+bool Zone::IsLoaded() {
+	return ZoneLoaded;
+}
+
 void Zone::Shutdown(bool quite)
 {
 	if (!ZoneLoaded)
 		return;
 
+	std::list<Mob*> mob_list;
+	entity_list.GetMobList(mob_list);
+	std::list<Mob*>::iterator mob_itr = mob_list.begin();
+	while (mob_itr != mob_list.end()) {
+		Mob* mob_inst = *mob_itr;
+		mob_inst->AI_Stop();
+		++mob_itr;
+	}
+
 	std::map<uint32,NPCType *>::iterator itr;
 	while(zone->npctable.size()) {
 		itr=zone->npctable.begin();