diff --git a/code/ColladaLoader.cpp b/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
index d27cc5b16..f22a9295f 100644
--- a/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
@@ -644,14 +644,14 @@ aiMesh* ColladaLoader::CreateMesh( const ColladaParser& pParser, const Collada::
 
 				float weight = ReadFloat( weightsAcc, weights, vertexIndex, 0);
 
-        // one day I gonna kill that XSI Collada exporter
-        if( weight > 0.0f)
-        {
-				  aiVertexWeight w;
-				  w.mVertexId = a - pStartVertex;
-				  w.mWeight = weight;
-				  dstBones[jointIndex].push_back( w);
-        }
+				// one day I gonna kill that XSI Collada exporter
+				if( weight > 0.0f)
+				{
+					aiVertexWeight w;
+					w.mVertexId = a - pStartVertex;
+					w.mWeight = weight;
+					dstBones[jointIndex].push_back( w);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -690,41 +690,41 @@ aiMesh* ColladaLoader::CreateMesh( const ColladaParser& pParser, const Collada::
 			bone->mWeights = new aiVertexWeight[bone->mNumWeights];
 			std::copy( dstBones[a].begin(), dstBones[a].end(), bone->mWeights);
 
-      // apply bind shape matrix to offset matrix
-      aiMatrix4x4 bindShapeMatrix;
-      bindShapeMatrix.a1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[0];
-      bindShapeMatrix.a2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[1];
-      bindShapeMatrix.a3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[2];
-      bindShapeMatrix.a4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[3];
-      bindShapeMatrix.b1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[4];
-      bindShapeMatrix.b2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[5];
-      bindShapeMatrix.b3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[6];
-      bindShapeMatrix.b4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[7];
-      bindShapeMatrix.c1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[8];
-      bindShapeMatrix.c2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[9];
-      bindShapeMatrix.c3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[10];
-      bindShapeMatrix.c4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[11];
-      bindShapeMatrix.d1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[12];
-      bindShapeMatrix.d2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[13];
-      bindShapeMatrix.d3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[14];
-      bindShapeMatrix.d4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[15];
-      bone->mOffsetMatrix *= bindShapeMatrix;
+			// apply bind shape matrix to offset matrix
+			aiMatrix4x4 bindShapeMatrix;
+			bindShapeMatrix.a1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[0];
+			bindShapeMatrix.a2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[1];
+			bindShapeMatrix.a3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[2];
+			bindShapeMatrix.a4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[3];
+			bindShapeMatrix.b1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[4];
+			bindShapeMatrix.b2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[5];
+			bindShapeMatrix.b3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[6];
+			bindShapeMatrix.b4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[7];
+			bindShapeMatrix.c1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[8];
+			bindShapeMatrix.c2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[9];
+			bindShapeMatrix.c3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[10];
+			bindShapeMatrix.c4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[11];
+			bindShapeMatrix.d1 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[12];
+			bindShapeMatrix.d2 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[13];
+			bindShapeMatrix.d3 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[14];
+			bindShapeMatrix.d4 = pSrcController->mBindShapeMatrix[15];
+			bone->mOffsetMatrix *= bindShapeMatrix;
 
-      // HACK: (thom) Some exporters address the bone nodes by SID, others address them by ID or even name.
-      // Therefore I added a little name replacement here: I search for the bone's node by either name, ID or SID,
-      // and replace the bone's name by the node's name so that the user can use the standard
-      // find-by-name method to associate nodes with bones.
-      const Collada::Node* bnode = FindNode( pParser.mRootNode, bone->mName.data);
-      if( !bnode)
-        bnode = FindNodeBySID( pParser.mRootNode, bone->mName.data);
+			// HACK: (thom) Some exporters address the bone nodes by SID, others address them by ID or even name.
+			// Therefore I added a little name replacement here: I search for the bone's node by either name, ID or SID,
+			// and replace the bone's name by the node's name so that the user can use the standard
+			// find-by-name method to associate nodes with bones.
+			const Collada::Node* bnode = FindNode( pParser.mRootNode, bone->mName.data);
+			if( !bnode)
+				bnode = FindNodeBySID( pParser.mRootNode, bone->mName.data);
 
-      // assign the name that we would have assigned for the source node
-      if( bnode)
-        bone->mName.Set( FindNameForNode( bnode));
-      else
-        DefaultLogger::get()->warn( boost::str( boost::format( "ColladaLoader::CreateMesh(): could not find corresponding node for joint \"%s\".") % bone->mName.data));
+			// assign the name that we would have assigned for the source node
+			if( bnode)
+				bone->mName.Set( FindNameForNode( bnode));
+			else
+				DefaultLogger::get()->warn( boost::str( boost::format( "ColladaLoader::CreateMesh(): could not find corresponding node for joint \"%s\".") % bone->mName.data));
 
-      // and insert bone
+			// and insert bone
 			dstMesh->mBones[boneCount++] = bone;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/code/ColladaParser.cpp b/code/ColladaParser.cpp
index aced44841..1eaab595e 100644
--- a/code/ColladaParser.cpp
+++ b/code/ColladaParser.cpp
@@ -2633,7 +2633,11 @@ void ColladaParser::TestOpening( const char* pName)
 // Tests for the closing tag of the given element, throws an exception if not found
 void ColladaParser::TestClosing( const char* pName)
 {
-	// read closing tag
+	// check if we're already on the closing tag and return right away
+	if( mReader->getNodeType() == irr::io::EXN_ELEMENT_END && strcmp( mReader->getNodeName(), pName) == 0)
+		return;
+
+	// if not, read some more
 	if( !mReader->read())
 		ThrowException( boost::str( boost::format( "Unexpected end of file while reading end of \"%s\" element.") % pName));
 	// whitespace in front is ok, just read again if found
@@ -2641,6 +2645,7 @@ void ColladaParser::TestClosing( const char* pName)
 		if( !mReader->read())
 			ThrowException( boost::str( boost::format( "Unexpected end of file while reading end of \"%s\" element.") % pName));
 
+	// but this has the be the closing tag, or we're lost
 	if( mReader->getNodeType() != irr::io::EXN_ELEMENT_END || strcmp( mReader->getNodeName(), pName) != 0)
 		ThrowException( boost::str( boost::format( "Expected end of \"%s\" element.") % pName));
 }