diff --git a/xtrn/lord2/cnw/felicity.ref b/xtrn/lord2/cnw/felicity.ref
index 7f1e683a85bf8fe0f047b6c5d0419f5c764d01a5..7aa7b82a7c2ee21633dd95c3e302ec457fb1c1c2 100644
--- a/xtrn/lord2/cnw/felicity.ref
+++ b/xtrn/lord2/cnw/felicity.ref
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ Leave A New Message
 Do Nothing
 @if responce is 1 then do begin
  @begin
+ @do `s04 is nil
+ @do `s05 is nil
 @readfile felnote.txt
 `s04
 `s05
diff --git a/xtrn/lord2/lord2.js b/xtrn/lord2/lord2.js
index cb0eda0c4fa2fe999bdef2c1d51574268f5f5f9f..64aae26c807c1d654b0511e2362f825fa5dc5092 100644
--- a/xtrn/lord2/lord2.js
+++ b/xtrn/lord2/lord2.js
@@ -1574,13 +1574,9 @@ function insane_run_ref(sec, fname, refret)
 				}
 				f.close();
 			}
-			else
-				throw new Error('@readfile unable to open '+f.name);
-			// Documentation says it won't change variables if file too short...
-			// By felicity.ref ends up displaying junk...
-			//while (vs.length) {
-			//	setvar(vs.shift(), '');
-			//}
+			// Per felicity.ref, it's not an error to read past end, and
+			// variables keep previous value... which did print junk, but
+			// has been fixed.
 		},
 		'restorecursor':function(args) {
 			dk.console.gotoxy(saved_cursor.x, saved_cursor.y);