diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/config/ConfigLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/config/ConfigLoader.java
index 35914f950..31a041496 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/config/ConfigLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/config/ConfigLoader.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.gmail.nossr50.config;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
@@ -51,30 +53,45 @@ public abstract class ConfigLoader {
 
         InputStream inputStream = plugin.getResource(fileName);
 
-        if (inputStream != null) {
-            try {
-                copyStreamToFile(inputStream, configFile);
+        if (inputStream == null) {
+            plugin.getLogger().severe("Missing resource file: '" + fileName + "' please notify the plugin authors");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        OutputStream outputStream = null;
+
+        try {
+             outputStream = new FileOutputStream(configFile);
+
+            int read;
+            byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
+
+            while ((read = inputStream.read(bytes)) != -1) {
+                outputStream.write(bytes, 0, read);
             }
-            catch (Exception e) {
+        }
+        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (outputStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    outputStream.close();
+                }
+                catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+
+            try {
+                inputStream.close();
+            }
+            catch (IOException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
-        else {
-            plugin.getLogger().severe("Missing resource file: '" + fileName + "' please notify the plugin authors");
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void copyStreamToFile(InputStream inputStream, File file) throws Exception {
-        OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
-
-        int read = 0;
-        byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
-
-        while ((read = inputStream.read(bytes)) != -1) {
-            outputStream.write(bytes, 0, read);
-        }
-
-        inputStream.close();
-        outputStream.close();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/DatabaseManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/DatabaseManager.java
index 01725e485..cc1efe392 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/DatabaseManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/database/DatabaseManager.java
@@ -626,15 +626,6 @@ public final class DatabaseManager {
             }
         }
         finally {
-            if (resultSet != null) {
-                try {
-                    resultSet.close();
-                }
-                catch (SQLException e) {
-                    // Ignore the error, we're leaving
-                }
-            }
-
             if (statement != null) {
                 try {
                     statement.close();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/ItemUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/ItemUtils.java
index 9f882e2b1..ab9fc612e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/ItemUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/ItemUtils.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.gmail.nossr50.util;
 
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
@@ -675,13 +674,7 @@ public class ItemUtils {
      * @return true if the item is a miscellaneous drop, false otherwise
      */
     public static boolean isMiscDrop(ItemStack is) {
-        HashSet<Material> miscItems = ItemWeightConfig.getInstance().getMiscItems();
-
-        if (miscItems.contains(is.getType())) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
+        return ItemWeightConfig.getInstance().getMiscItems().contains(is.getType());
     }
 
     public static boolean isMcMMOItem(ItemStack is) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/spout/SpoutUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/spout/SpoutUtils.java
index 1f780b87f..be404e757 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/spout/SpoutUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/spout/SpoutUtils.java
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
 import org.bukkit.Material;
@@ -51,8 +49,7 @@ public class SpoutUtils {
      * @param theFilePath The name of the file path
      */
     private static void writeFile(String theFileName, String theFilePath) {
-        InputStream is = null;
-        OutputStream os = null;
+        BufferedOutputStream os = null;
         JarFile jar = null;
 
         try {
@@ -64,8 +61,9 @@ public class SpoutUtils {
             }
 
             jar = new JarFile(mcMMO.mcmmo);
-            JarEntry entry = jar.getJarEntry("resources/" + theFileName);
-            is = jar.getInputStream(entry);
+
+            @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+            InputStream is = jar.getInputStream(jar.getJarEntry("resources/" + theFileName));
 
             byte[] buf = new byte[2048];
             int nbRead;
@@ -75,8 +73,6 @@ public class SpoutUtils {
             while ((nbRead = is.read(buf)) != -1) {
                 os.write(buf, 0, nbRead);
             }
-
-            os.flush();
         }
         catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -85,9 +81,9 @@ public class SpoutUtils {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
         finally {
-            if (is != null) {
+            if (jar != null) {
                 try {
-                    is.close();
+                    jar.close();
                 }
                 catch (IOException ex) {
                     ex.printStackTrace();
@@ -101,15 +97,6 @@ public class SpoutUtils {
                     ex.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
-
-            if (jar != null) {
-                try {
-                    jar.close();
-                }
-                catch (IOException ex) {
-                    ex.printStackTrace();
-                }
-            }
         }
     }