diff --git a/code/client/cl_main.c b/code/client/cl_main.c
index 67c6745c..502c4e9e 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_main.c
@@ -3392,8 +3392,8 @@ void CL_Shutdown(char *finalmsg, qboolean disconnect)
 	if(disconnect)
 		CL_Disconnect(qtrue);
 	
-	CL_Snd_Shutdown();
 	CL_ClearMemory(qtrue);
+	CL_Snd_Shutdown();
 
 	Cmd_RemoveCommand ("cmd");
 	Cmd_RemoveCommand ("configstrings");
diff --git a/code/qcommon/common.c b/code/qcommon/common.c
index c5ff163f..cf7fbbe5 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/common.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/common.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void Com_StartupVariable( const char *match ) {
 			if(Cvar_Flags(s) == CVAR_NONEXISTENT)
 				Cvar_Get(s, Cmd_Argv(2), CVAR_USER_CREATED);
 			else
-				Cvar_Set(s, Cmd_Argv(2));
+				Cvar_Set2(s, Cmd_Argv(2), qfalse);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -2391,9 +2391,10 @@ void Com_GameRestart(int checksumFeed, qboolean disconnect)
 	// make sure no recursion can be triggered
 	if(!com_gameRestarting && com_fullyInitialized)
 	{
-		int clWasRunning = com_cl_running->integer;
+		int clWasRunning;
 		
 		com_gameRestarting = qtrue;
+		clWasRunning = com_cl_running->integer;
 		
 		// Kill server if we have one
 		if(com_sv_running->integer)
@@ -2441,7 +2442,16 @@ Expose possibility to change current running mod to the user
 
 void Com_GameRestart_f(void)
 {
-	Cvar_Set("fs_game", Cmd_Argv(1));
+	if(!FS_FilenameCompare(Cmd_Argv(1), com_basegame->string))
+	{
+		// This is the standard base game. Servers and clients should
+		// use "" and not the standard basegame name because this messes
+		// up pak file negotiation and lots of other stuff
+		
+		Cvar_Set("fs_game", "");
+	}
+	else
+		Cvar_Set("fs_game", Cmd_Argv(1));
 
 	Com_GameRestart(0, qtrue);
 }
@@ -2703,7 +2713,6 @@ void Com_Init( char *commandLine ) {
 	if(!com_basegame->string[0])
 		Cvar_ForceReset("com_basegame");
 
-	// Com_StartupVariable(
 	FS_InitFilesystem ();
 
 	Com_InitJournaling();
diff --git a/code/qcommon/cvar.c b/code/qcommon/cvar.c
index 2c3f1f4f..68f25070 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/cvar.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/cvar.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ int			cvar_numIndexes;
 #define FILE_HASH_SIZE		256
 static	cvar_t	*hashTable[FILE_HASH_SIZE];
 
-cvar_t *Cvar_Set2( const char *var_name, const char *value, qboolean force);
-
 /*
 ================
 return a hash value for the filename
diff --git a/code/qcommon/files.c b/code/qcommon/files.c
index af031422..59ede021 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/files.c
@@ -3792,9 +3792,12 @@ void FS_InitFilesystem( void ) {
 	// we have to specially handle this, because normal command
 	// line variable sets don't happen until after the filesystem
 	// has already been initialized
-	Com_StartupVariable( "fs_basepath" );
-	Com_StartupVariable( "fs_homepath" );
-	Com_StartupVariable( "fs_game" );
+	Com_StartupVariable("fs_basepath");
+	Com_StartupVariable("fs_homepath");
+	Com_StartupVariable("fs_game");
+
+	if(!FS_FilenameCompare(Cvar_VariableString("fs_game"), com_basegame->string))
+		Cvar_Set("fs_game", "");
 
 	// try to start up normally
 	FS_Startup(com_basegame->string);
diff --git a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
index c80209d3..cc114633 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
+++ b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
@@ -504,6 +504,9 @@ void	Cvar_Update( vmCvar_t *vmCvar );
 void 	Cvar_Set( const char *var_name, const char *value );
 // will create the variable with no flags if it doesn't exist
 
+cvar_t	*Cvar_Set2(const char *var_name, const char *value, qboolean force);
+// same as Cvar_Set, but allows more control over setting of cvar
+
 void	Cvar_SetSafe( const char *var_name, const char *value );
 // sometimes we set variables from an untrusted source: fail if flags & CVAR_PROTECTED