diff --git a/res/core/common/items.xml b/res/core/common/items.xml
index c8910e695..d867a3126 100644
--- a/res/core/common/items.xml
+++ b/res/core/common/items.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <resources>
 
-  <resource name="money">
-    <item weight="1"/>
-  </resource>
-
   <resource name="ao_healing" appearance="amulet">
     <item weight="0" score="6000"/>
   </resource>
diff --git a/res/items.xml b/res/items.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8fa7246a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/items.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
+<items>
+</items>
diff --git a/src/kernel/order.c b/src/kernel/order.c
index 63048626b..f7e94a2aa 100644
--- a/src/kernel/order.c
+++ b/src/kernel/order.c
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ char *write_order(const order * ord, char *buffer, size_t size)
         keyword_t kwd = ORD_KEYWORD(ord);
         if (kwd == NOKEYWORD) {
             const char *text = ORD_STRING(ord);
-            strlcpy(buffer, (const char *)text, size);
+            if (text) strlcpy(buffer, (const char *)text, size);
+            else buffer[0] = 0;
         }
         else {
             get_command(ord, buffer, size);