diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientLevel.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientLevel.java
index 1244f0d08..1e69502c9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientLevel.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientLevel.java
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public class DhClientLevel extends AbstractDhClientLevel implements IDhClientLev
 	@Override
 	public void close()
 	{
+		this.f3Message.close();
+		
 		this.baseClose();
 		LOGGER.info("Closed "+DhClientLevel.class.getSimpleName()+" for "+this.clientLevelWrapper);
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
index cffa6f40f..72faa4739 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/level/DhClientServerLevel.java
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ public class DhClientServerLevel extends AbstractDhClientLevel implements IDhCli
 	public void close()
 	{
 		super.baseClose();
+		this.f3Message.close();
 		
 		WorldGenState worldGenState = this.worldGenStateRef.get();
 		if (worldGenState != null)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/logging/f3/F3Screen.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/logging/f3/F3Screen.java
index f8f56a9a4..1879fb33e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/logging/f3/F3Screen.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/logging/f3/F3Screen.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.seibel.lod.core.logging.f3;
 
 import com.seibel.lod.coreapi.ModInfo;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -11,22 +12,19 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class F3Screen
 {
-	public static boolean renderCustomF3 = true;
-	
-	private static final String[] DEFAULT_STR = {
-			"",
+	private static final String[] DEFAULT_STRING = {
+			"", // blank line for spacing
 			ModInfo.READABLE_NAME + " version: " + ModInfo.VERSION
 	};
-	private static final LinkedList<WeakReference<Message>> selfUpdateMessages = new LinkedList<>();
+	private static final LinkedList<Message> SELF_UPDATE_MESSAGE_LIST = new LinkedList<>();
 	
 	public static void addStringToDisplay(List<String> list)
 	{
-		list.addAll(Arrays.asList(DEFAULT_STR));
-		Iterator<WeakReference<Message>> iterator = selfUpdateMessages.iterator();
+		list.addAll(Arrays.asList(DEFAULT_STRING));
+		Iterator<Message> iterator = SELF_UPDATE_MESSAGE_LIST.iterator();
 		while (iterator.hasNext())
-		{
-			WeakReference<Message> ref = iterator.next();
-			Message message = ref.get();
+		{ 
+			Message message = iterator.next();
 			if (message == null)
 			{
 				iterator.remove();
@@ -44,72 +42,59 @@ public class F3Screen
 	// helper classes //
 	//================//
 	
-	public static abstract class Message
+	// we are using Closeable instead of AutoCloseable because the close method should never throw exceptions
+	// and because this class shouldn't be used in a try {} block.
+	public static abstract class Message implements Closeable
 	{
-		protected Message()
-		{
-			selfUpdateMessages.add(new WeakReference<>(this));
-		}
+		protected Message() { SELF_UPDATE_MESSAGE_LIST.add(this); }
 		
 		public abstract void printTo(List<String> output);
+		
+		@Override 
+		public void close() { SELF_UPDATE_MESSAGE_LIST.remove(this); }
 	}
 	
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	public static class StaticMessage extends Message
 	{
 		private final String[] lines;
 		
-		public StaticMessage(String... lines)
-		{
-			this.lines = lines;
-		}
+		public StaticMessage(String... lines) { this.lines = lines; }
 		
 		@Override
-		public void printTo(List<String> output)
-		{
-			output.addAll(Arrays.asList(lines));
-		}
+		public void printTo(List<String> output) { output.addAll(Arrays.asList(this.lines)); }
 	}
 	
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	public static class DynamicMessage extends Message
 	{
 		private final Supplier<String> supplier;
 		
-		public DynamicMessage(Supplier<String> message)
-		{
-			this.supplier = message;
-		}
+		public DynamicMessage(Supplier<String> message) { this.supplier = message; }
 		
 		public void printTo(List<String> list)
 		{
-			String msg = supplier.get();
-			if (msg != null)
+			String message = this.supplier.get();
+			if (message != null)
 			{
-				list.add(msg);
+				list.add(message);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	public static class MultiDynamicMessage extends Message
 	{
-		private final Supplier<String>[] supplier;
+		private final Supplier<String>[] supplierList;
 		
 		@SafeVarargs
-		public MultiDynamicMessage(Supplier<String>... messages)
-		{
-			this.supplier = messages;
-		}
+		public MultiDynamicMessage(Supplier<String>... suppliers) { this.supplierList = suppliers; }
 		
 		public void printTo(List<String> list)
 		{
-			for (Supplier<String> s : supplier)
+			for (Supplier<String> supplier : this.supplierList)
 			{
-				String msg = s.get();
-				if (msg != null)
+				String message = supplier.get();
+				if (message != null)
 				{
-					list.add(msg);
+					list.add(message);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -126,10 +111,10 @@ public class F3Screen
 		
 		public void printTo(List<String> list)
 		{
-			String[] msg = supplier.get();
-			if (msg != null)
+			String[] message = this.supplier.get();
+			if (message != null)
 			{
-				list.addAll(Arrays.asList(msg));
+				list.addAll(Arrays.asList(message));
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/world/DhClientServerWorld.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/world/DhClientServerWorld.java
index c91417010..676e00faf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/world/DhClientServerWorld.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/world/DhClientServerWorld.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public class DhClientServerWorld extends AbstractDhWorld implements IDhClientWor
 	{
 		// at this point the levels are probably unloaded, so this save call usually generally won't do anything
 		this.saveAndFlush().join();
+		this.f3Message.close();
 		
 		for (DhClientServerLevel level : this.dhLevels)
 		{