diff --git a/evennia/objects/objects.py b/evennia/objects/objects.py
index 1c6c006bf1..70497dd703 100644
--- a/evennia/objects/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/objects/objects.py
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ class ObjectSessionHandler(object):
         self._recache()
 
     def _recache(self):
+        global _SESSIONS
+        if not _SESSIONS:
+            from evennia.server.sessionhandler import SESSIONS as _SESSIONS
         self._sessid_cache = list(set(int(val) for val in (self.obj.db_sessid or "").split(",") if val))
+        if any(sessid for sessid in self._sessid_cache if sessid not in _SESSIONS):
+            # cache is out of sync with sessionhandler! Only retain the ones in the handler.
+            self.sessid_cache = [sessid for sessid in self._sessid_cache if sessid in _SESSIONS]
+            self.obj.db_sessid = ",".join(str(val) for val in self._sessid_cache)
+            self.obj.save(update_fields=["db_sessid"])
 
     def get(self, sessid=None):
         """
@@ -73,9 +81,14 @@ class ObjectSessionHandler(object):
         if not _SESSIONS:
             from evennia.server.sessionhandler import SESSIONS as _SESSIONS
         if sessid:
-            return [_SESSIONS[sessid]] if sessid in self._sessid_cache and sessid in _SESSIONS else []
+            sessions = [_SESSIONS[sessid] if sessid in _SESSIONS else None] if sessid in self._sessid_cache else []
         else:
-            return [_SESSIONS[sessid] for sessid in self._sessid_cache if sessid in _SESSIONS]
+            sessions = [_SESSIONS[sessid] if sessid in _SESSIONS else None for sessid in self._sessid_cache]
+        if None in sessions:
+            # this happens only if our cache has gone out of sync with the SessionHandler.
+            self._recache()
+            return self.get(sessid=sessid)
+        return sessions
 
     def all(self):
         """
diff --git a/evennia/server/server.py b/evennia/server/server.py
index 028447daa9..12bad1862c 100644
--- a/evennia/server/server.py
+++ b/evennia/server/server.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class Evennia(object):
             # flag to avoid loops.
             self.shutdown_complete = True
             # kill the server
-            reactor.callLater(0, reactor.stop)
+            reactor.callLater(1, reactor.stop)
 
     # server start/stop hooks
 
diff --git a/evennia/server/serversession.py b/evennia/server/serversession.py
index 0e728bb544..d714ca051d 100644
--- a/evennia/server/serversession.py
+++ b/evennia/server/serversession.py
@@ -419,7 +419,10 @@ class ServerSession(Session):
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         "Handle session comparisons"
-        return self.address == other.address
+        try:
+            return self.address == other.address
+        except AttributeError:
+            return False
 
     def __str__(self):
         """