diff --git a/Modules.cpp b/Modules.cpp
index 309f3723..202fdad9 100644
--- a/Modules.cpp
+++ b/Modules.cpp
@@ -1013,6 +1013,12 @@ CModules::ModDirList CModules::GetModDirs() {
 
 ModHandle CModules::OpenModule(const CString& sModule, const CString& sModPath, bool &bVersionMismatch,
 		bool &bIsGlobal, CString& sDesc, CString& sRetMsg) {
+	// Some sane defaults in case anything errors out below
+	bVersionMismatch = false;
+	bIsGlobal = false;
+	sDesc.clear();
+	sRetMsg.clear();
+
 	for (unsigned int a = 0; a < sModule.length(); a++) {
 		if (((sModule[a] < '0') || (sModule[a] > '9')) && ((sModule[a] < 'a') || (sModule[a] > 'z')) && ((sModule[a] < 'A') || (sModule[a] > 'Z')) && (sModule[a] != '_')) {
 			sRetMsg = "Module names can only contain letters, numbers and underscores, [" + sModule + "] is invalid.";
@@ -1054,15 +1060,14 @@ ModHandle CModules::OpenModule(const CString& sModule, const CString& sModPath,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	bIsGlobal = IsGlobal();
-	sDesc = GetDesc();
-
 	if (CModule::GetCoreVersion() != Version()) {
 		bVersionMismatch = true;
 		sRetMsg = "Version mismatch, recompile this module.";
 	} else {
 		sRetMsg = "";
 		bVersionMismatch = false;
+		bIsGlobal = IsGlobal();
+		sDesc = GetDesc();
 	}
 
 	return p;