diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index 65feb50bf..4f6eb472d 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@ void the_game(
 		sound_is_dummy = true;
 	}
 
+	Server *server = NULL;
+
+	try{
 	// Event manager
 	EventManager eventmgr;
 
@@ -1007,9 +1010,8 @@ void the_game(
 
 	/*
 		Create server.
-		SharedPtr will delete it when it goes out of scope.
 	*/
-	SharedPtr<Server> server;
+
 	if(address == ""){
 		draw_load_screen(L"Creating server...", driver, font);
 		infostream<<"Creating server"<<std::endl;
@@ -1018,7 +1020,6 @@ void the_game(
 		server->start(port);
 	}
 
-	try{
 	do{ // Client scope (breakable do-while(0))
 	
 	/*
@@ -3290,10 +3291,25 @@ void the_game(
 				L" running a different version of Minetest.";
 		errorstream<<wide_to_narrow(error_message)<<std::endl;
 	}
+	catch(ServerError &e)
+	{
+		error_message = narrow_to_wide(e.what());
+		errorstream<<wide_to_narrow(error_message)<<std::endl;
+	}
+	catch(ModError &e)
+	{
+		errorstream<<e.what()<<std::endl;
+		error_message = narrow_to_wide(e.what()) + wgettext("\nCheck debug.txt for details.");
+	}
+
+
 	
 	if(!sound_is_dummy)
 		delete sound;
 
+	//has to be deleted first to stop all server threads
+	delete server;
+
 	delete tsrc;
 	delete shsrc;
 	delete nodedef;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 08af6a37d..b0cabfe81 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1902,16 +1902,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			error_message = wgettext("Connection error (timed out?)");
 			errorstream<<wide_to_narrow(error_message)<<std::endl;
 		}
-		catch(ServerError &e)
-		{
-			error_message = narrow_to_wide(e.what());
-			errorstream<<wide_to_narrow(error_message)<<std::endl;
-		}
-		catch(ModError &e)
-		{
-			errorstream<<e.what()<<std::endl;
-			error_message = narrow_to_wide(e.what()) + wgettext("\nCheck debug.txt for details.");
-		}
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 		catch(std::exception &e)
 		{