diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/Connection.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/Connection.java
index 8740e6aa4..a052fd0ed 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/Connection.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/Connection.java
@@ -280,8 +280,13 @@ public abstract class Connection implements NetEventHandler
             close();
 
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
-            Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
-                        "[channel=" + _channel + ", error=" + cnfe + "].");
+            try {
+                Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
+                            "[channel=" + _channel + ", error=" + cnfe + "].");
+            } catch (Error err) {
+                Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
+                    "and error printing channel [error=" + cnfe + "].");
+            }
             // deal with the failure
             handleFailure(new NestableIOException(
                               "Unable to decode incoming message.", cnfe));
@@ -291,8 +296,14 @@ public abstract class Connection implements NetEventHandler
             // dropped the connection" failure
             String msg = ioe.getMessage();
             if (msg == null || msg.indexOf("reset by peer") == -1) {
-                Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
-                            "[channel=" + _channel + ", error=" + ioe + "].");
+                try {
+                    Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
+                                "[channel=" + _channel +
+                                ", error=" + ioe + "].");
+                } catch (Error err) {
+                    Log.warning("Error reading message from socket " +
+                        "and error printing channel [error=" + ioe + "].");
+                }
             }
             // deal with the failure
             handleFailure(ioe);
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
index 4c065fb84..f61839052 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -583,9 +583,14 @@ public class ConnectionManager extends LoopingThread
             }
 
             if (!(channel instanceof SelectableChannel)) {
-                Log.warning("Provided with un-selectable socket as " +
-                            "result of accept(), can't cope " +
-                            "[channel=" + channel + "].");
+                try {
+                    Log.warning("Provided with un-selectable socket as " +
+                                "result of accept(), can't cope " +
+                                "[channel=" + channel + "].");
+                } catch (Error err) {
+                    Log.warning("Un-selectable channel also couldn't " +
+                        "be printed.");
+                }
                 // stick a fork in the socket
                 channel.socket().close();
                 return;