diff -urN eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/configuration.c eq-xmms-0.6/src/configuration.c
--- eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/configuration.c	2004-05-16 00:11:31.000000000 +0000
+++ eq-xmms-0.6/src/configuration.c	2006-01-14 06:56:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -640,6 +640,13 @@
     gint i,chn;
     cfgfile = xmms_cfg_open_default_file();
 
+    if (!eqcfg.skin)
+        eqcfg.skin = "default";
+    if (!eqcfg.eqpreset_default_file)
+        eqcfg.eqpreset_default_file = g_strdup("eq_dir_default.preset");
+    if (!eqcfg.eqpreset_extension)
+        eqcfg.eqpreset_extension = g_strdup("eq_preset");
+
     xmms_cfg_write_int(cfgfile, "eq_plugin", "x", eqcfg.x);
     xmms_cfg_write_int(cfgfile, "eq_plugin", "y", eqcfg.y);
     xmms_cfg_write_int(cfgfile, "eq_plugin", "band_num", eqcfg.band_num);
diff -urN eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/eq.c eq-xmms-0.6/src/eq.c
--- eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/eq.c	2004-05-16 02:24:31.000000000 +0000
+++ eq-xmms-0.6/src/eq.c	2006-01-14 07:07:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 static gint raisevol(gpointer data);
 static gint monitor_song_change(gpointer data);
 static int volume_diff;
-static guint monitor_id;
+static guint monitor_id = 0;
 static gint previous_pos;
 static gchar *previous_filename;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
 static void cleanup(void)
 {
     clean_gui();
-    gtk_timeout_remove(monitor_id);
+    if (monitor_id)
+        gtk_timeout_remove(monitor_id);
     g_free(previous_filename);
 }
 
diff -urN eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/gui.c eq-xmms-0.6/src/gui.c
--- eq-xmms-0.6.orig/src/gui.c	2004-04-03 11:55:58.000000000 +0000
+++ eq-xmms-0.6/src/gui.c	2006-01-14 06:56:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -194,8 +194,16 @@
 void clean_gui(void)
 {
     eq_write_config();
-    gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(eqskinwin));
-    gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(EQequalizerwin));
+
+    if (eqskinwin) {
+        gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(eqskinwin));
+        eqskinwin = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (EQequalizerwin) {
+        gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(EQequalizerwin));
+        EQequalizerwin = NULL;
+    }
     
     eq_has_been_initialized = FALSE;
 }