diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index e3b857351c..51eb396aa1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
                         MainConsole.Instance.Output(String.Format("loadOffsets <X,Y,Z> = <{0},{1},{2}>",loadOffset.X,loadOffset.Y,loadOffset.Z));
                     }
                 }
-                m_sceneManager.LoadCurrentSceneFromXml(cmdparams[0], generateNewIDS, loadOffset);
+                m_sceneManager.LoadCurrentSceneFromXml(cmdparams[2], generateNewIDS, loadOffset);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
index 605521a0fa..57ae4fd24f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -1441,6 +1441,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
         {
             TaskInventoryDictionary tinv = new TaskInventoryDictionary();
 
+            if (reader.IsEmptyElement)
+            {
+                reader.Read();
+                return tinv;
+            }
+
             reader.ReadStartElement(name, String.Empty);
 
             while (reader.Name == "TaskInventoryItem")
@@ -1474,6 +1480,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
         {
             PrimitiveBaseShape shape = new PrimitiveBaseShape();
 
+            if (reader.IsEmptyElement)
+            {
+                reader.Read();
+                return shape;
+            }
+
             reader.ReadStartElement(name, String.Empty); // Shape
 
             string nodeName = string.Empty;