diff --git a/ExpCore/commands.lua b/ExpCore/commands.lua
index 137ebc83..5367343b 100644
--- a/ExpCore/commands.lua
+++ b/ExpCore/commands.lua
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ local function run_custom_command(command)
     -- runs the command
     local success, err = pcall(command_calls[command.name],command,args)
     if not success then error(err) end
-    if err ~= commands.error then player_return({'commands.command-ran'},defines.text_color.info) end
+    if err ~= commands.error and player_name ~= 'server' then player_return({'commands.command-ran'},defines.text_color.info) end
     game.write_file('commands.log',
         game.tick
         ..' Player: "'..player_name..'"'
diff --git a/ExpCore/ranks.lua b/ExpCore/ranks.lua
index 0560b900..b1ba5252 100644
--- a/ExpCore/ranks.lua
+++ b/ExpCore/ranks.lua
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function Ranking._auto_edit_ranks()
         end
     end
     for power = #ranks, 1, -1 do
-        rank = ranks[power]
+        local rank = ranks[power]
         rank:edit('disallow',false,rank.group.disallow)
         if ranks[power+1] then
             rank:edit('allow',false,ranks[power+1].allow)