diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
index be48c997ea..35bebf2d4f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
         public void TestImportWhenClosed()
         {
             //unfortunately for the time being we need to reference osu.Framework.Desktop for a game host here.
-            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new HeadlessGameHost())
+            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new HeadlessGameHost("TestImportWhenClosed"))
             {
                 var osu = loadOsu(host);
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
 
                 ensureLoaded(osu);
 
-                Assert.IsFalse(File.Exists(temp));
+                waitForOrAssert(() => !File.Exists(temp), "Temporary file still exists after standard import", 5000);
             }
         }
 
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
 
                 ensureLoaded(osu);
 
-                Assert.IsFalse(File.Exists(temp));
+                waitForOrAssert(() => !File.Exists(temp), "Temporary still exists after IPC import", 5000);
             }
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void TestImportWhenFileOpen()
         {
-            //unfortunately for the time being we need to reference osu.Framework.Desktop for a game host here.
-            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new HeadlessGameHost())
+            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new HeadlessGameHost("TestImportWhenFileOpen"))
             {
                 var osu = loadOsu(host);
 
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
             var osu = new OsuGameBase();
             Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu));
 
-            while (!osu.IsLoaded)
-                Thread.Sleep(1);
+            waitForOrAssert(() => osu.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
 
             return osu;
         }
@@ -113,30 +111,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
 
             var store = osu.Dependencies.Get<BeatmapManager>();
 
-            Action waitAction = () =>
-            {
-                while (!(resultSets = store.QueryBeatmapSets(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == 241526)).Any())
-                    Thread.Sleep(50);
-            };
-
-            Assert.IsTrue(waitAction.BeginInvoke(null, null).AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout),
-                @"BeatmapSet did not import to the database in allocated time.");
+            waitForOrAssert(() => (resultSets = store.QueryBeatmapSets(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == 241526)).Any(),
+                @"BeatmapSet did not import to the database in allocated time.", timeout);
 
             //ensure we were stored to beatmap database backing...
-
             Assert.IsTrue(resultSets.Count() == 1, $@"Incorrect result count found ({resultSets.Count()} but should be 1).");
 
             IEnumerable<BeatmapInfo> resultBeatmaps = null;
 
             //if we don't re-check here, the set will be inserted but the beatmaps won't be present yet.
-            waitAction = () =>
-            {
-                while ((resultBeatmaps = store.QueryBeatmaps(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == 241526 && s.BaseDifficultyID > 0)).Count() != 12)
-                    Thread.Sleep(50);
-            };
-
-            Assert.IsTrue(waitAction.BeginInvoke(null, null).AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout),
-                @"Beatmaps did not import to the database in allocated time");
+            waitForOrAssert(() => (resultBeatmaps = store.QueryBeatmaps(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == 241526 && s.BaseDifficultyID > 0)).Count() == 12,
+                @"Beatmaps did not import to the database in allocated time", timeout);
 
             var set = store.QueryBeatmapSets(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == 241526).First();
 
@@ -160,5 +145,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
             beatmap = store.GetWorkingBeatmap(set.Beatmaps.First(b => b.RulesetID == 3))?.Beatmap;
             Assert.IsTrue(beatmap?.HitObjects.Count > 0);
         }
+
+        private void waitForOrAssert(Func<bool> result, string failureMessage, int timeout = 60000)
+        {
+            Action waitAction = () => { while (!result()) Thread.Sleep(20); };
+            Assert.IsTrue(waitAction.BeginInvoke(null, null).AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout), failureMessage);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
index 57f5c54a18..bb72efb750 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
@@ -101,18 +101,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                         }
                         break;
                     case APIState.Offline:
+                    case APIState.Connecting:
                         //work to restore a connection...
                         if (!HasLogin)
                         {
-                            //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(() => { OsuGame.ShowLogin(); });
-
                             State = APIState.Offline;
-                            Thread.Sleep(500);
+                            Thread.Sleep(50);
                             continue;
                         }
 
-                        if (State < APIState.Connecting)
-                            State = APIState.Connecting;
+                        State = APIState.Connecting;
 
                         if (!authentication.HasValidAccessToken && !authentication.AuthenticateWithLogin(Username, Password))
                         {
@@ -125,7 +123,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
 
 
                         var userReq = new GetUserRequest();
-                        userReq.Success += u => {
+                        userReq.Success += u =>
+                        {
                             LocalUser.Value = u;
                             //we're connected!
                             State = APIState.Online;
@@ -133,16 +132,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                         };
 
                         if (!handleRequest(userReq))
-                        {
-                            State = APIState.Failing;
                             continue;
-                        }
                         break;
                 }
 
                 //hard bail if we can't get a valid access token.
                 if (authentication.RequestAccessToken() == null)
                 {
+                    Logout(false);
                     State = APIState.Offline;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -162,20 +159,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
             }
         }
 
-        private void clearCredentials()
-        {
-            Username = null;
-            Password = null;
-        }
-
         public void Login(string username, string password)
         {
             Debug.Assert(State == APIState.Offline);
 
             Username = username;
             Password = password;
-
-            State = APIState.Connecting;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -204,7 +193,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                 switch (statusCode)
                 {
                     case HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized:
-                        State = APIState.Offline;
+                        Logout(false);
                         return true;
                     case HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout:
                         failureCount++;
@@ -215,6 +204,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                             return false;
 
                         State = APIState.Failing;
+                        flushQueue();
                         return true;
                 }
 
@@ -235,33 +225,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
         public APIState State
         {
             get { return state; }
-            set
+            private set
             {
                 APIState oldState = state;
                 APIState newState = value;
 
                 state = value;
 
-                switch (state)
-                {
-                    case APIState.Failing:
-                    case APIState.Offline:
-                        flushQueue();
-                        break;
-                }
-
                 if (oldState != newState)
                 {
-                    //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(delegate
+                    log.Add($@"We just went {newState}!");
+                    Scheduler.Add(delegate
                     {
-                        //NotificationOverlay.ShowMessage($@"We just went {newState}!", newState == APIState.Online ? Color4.YellowGreen : Color4.OrangeRed, 5000);
-                        log.Add($@"We just went {newState}!");
-                        Scheduler.Add(delegate
-                        {
-                            components.ForEach(c => c.APIStateChanged(this, newState));
-                            OnStateChange?.Invoke(oldState, newState);
-                        });
-                    }
+                        components.ForEach(c => c.APIStateChanged(this, newState));
+                        OnStateChange?.Invoke(oldState, newState);
+                    });
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -292,11 +270,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
             }
         }
 
-        public void Logout()
+        public void Logout(bool clearUsername = true)
         {
-            clearCredentials();
+            flushQueue();
+            if (clearUsername) Username = null;
+            Password = null;
             authentication.Clear();
-            State = APIState.Offline;
             LocalUser.Value = createGuestUser();
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetScoresRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetScoresRequest.cs
index 13bd8d288d..537fce2548 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetScoresRequest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetScoresRequest.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests
         }
 
         [JsonProperty(@"statistics")]
-        private Dictionary<string, dynamic> jsonStats
+        private Dictionary<string, object> jsonStats
         {
             set
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSetOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSetOverlay.cs
index 8e28ad33c5..7a4c6338a1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSetOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSetOverlay.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
         private readonly Header header;
         private readonly Info info;
 
+        // receive input outside our bounds so we can trigger a close event on ourselves.
+        public override bool ReceiveMouseInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => true;
+
         public BeatmapSetOverlay()
         {
             FirstWaveColour = OsuColour.Gray(0.4f);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/Header.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/Header.cs
index 2c50fb453f..77743a3a4b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/Header.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/Header.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Direct
 
         public Header()
         {
-            Tabs.Current.Value = DirectTab.Search;
+            Tabs.Current.Value = DirectTab.NewestMaps;
             Tabs.Current.TriggerChange();
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
index 9c07e1087f..5b5003b30f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             if (Header.Tabs.Current.Value == DirectTab.Search && (Filter.Search.Text == string.Empty || currentQuery == string.Empty)) return;
 
-            getSetsRequest = new GetBeatmapSetsRequest(currentQuery,
+            getSetsRequest = new GetBeatmapSetsRequest(currentQuery.Value ?? string.Empty,
                                                        ((FilterControl)Filter).Ruleset.Value,
                                                        Filter.DisplayStyleControl.Dropdown.Current.Value,
                                                        Filter.Tabs.Current.Value); //todo: sort direction (?)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/LoginOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/LoginOverlay.cs
index 58b259fcbb..0a47637589 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/LoginOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/LoginOverlay.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.General;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
@@ -28,35 +29,43 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
         {
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
-                new Box
-                {
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Colour = Color4.Black,
-                    Alpha = 0.6f,
-                },
                 new OsuContextMenuContainer
                 {
                     Width = 360,
                     AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                    Masking = true,
-                    AutoSizeDuration = transition_time,
-                    AutoSizeEasing = Easing.OutQuint,
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
-                        settingsSection = new LoginSettings
-                        {
-                            Padding = new MarginPadding(10),
-                            RequestHide = Hide,
-                        },
                         new Box
                         {
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                            Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                            Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                            Height = 3,
-                            Colour = colours.Yellow,
-                            Alpha = 1,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Colour = Color4.Black,
+                            Alpha = 0.6f,
                         },
+                        new Container
+                        {
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                            Masking = true,
+                            AutoSizeDuration = transition_time,
+                            AutoSizeEasing = Easing.OutQuint,
+                            Children = new Drawable[]
+                            {
+                                settingsSection = new LoginSettings
+                                {
+                                    Padding = new MarginPadding(10),
+                                    RequestHide = Hide,
+                                },
+                                new Box
+                                {
+                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                                    Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                                    Height = 3,
+                                    Colour = colours.Yellow,
+                                    Alpha = 1,
+                                },
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             };
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
index f03ef3f1ed..088b0a1335 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         public const float CONTENT_X_MARGIN = 50;
 
+        // receive input outside our bounds so we can trigger a close event on ourselves.
         public override bool ReceiveMouseInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => true;
 
         protected override bool OnClick(InputState state)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/Score.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/Score.cs
index 7f053ec1c5..c4ffa4e93c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/Score.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/Score.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring
 
         public DateTimeOffset Date;
 
-        public Dictionary<string, dynamic> Statistics = new Dictionary<string, dynamic>();
+        public Dictionary<string, object> Statistics = new Dictionary<string, object>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BookmarkPart.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BookmarkPart.cs
index 8afec62a08..1793cb4334 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BookmarkPart.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BookmarkPart.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
     {
         protected override void LoadBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
+            base.LoadBeatmap(beatmap);
             foreach (int bookmark in beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Bookmarks)
                 Add(new BookmarkVisualisation(bookmark));
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BreakPart.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BreakPart.cs
index 721825270b..004491d489 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BreakPart.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/BreakPart.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
     {
         protected override void LoadBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
+            base.LoadBeatmap(beatmap);
             foreach (var breakPeriod in beatmap.Beatmap.Breaks)
                 Add(new BreakVisualisation(breakPeriod));
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/ControlPointPart.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/ControlPointPart.cs
index e7f4f03f9b..d230578e13 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/ControlPointPart.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/ControlPointPart.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
     {
         protected override void LoadBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
+            base.LoadBeatmap(beatmap);
+
             ControlPointInfo cpi = beatmap.Beatmap.ControlPointInfo;
 
             cpi.TimingPoints.ForEach(addTimingPoint);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/MarkerPart.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/MarkerPart.cs
index d4a1177c4f..0bdd081907 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/MarkerPart.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/MarkerPart.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
@@ -23,12 +24,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
             Add(marker = new MarkerVisualisation());
         }
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
-        {
-            marker.Colour = colours.Red;
-        }
-
         protected override bool OnDragStart(InputState state) => true;
         protected override bool OnDragEnd(InputState state) => true;
         protected override bool OnDrag(InputState state)
@@ -61,10 +56,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
         protected override void Update()
         {
             base.Update();
-
             marker.X = (float)(Beatmap.Value?.Track.CurrentTime ?? 0);
         }
 
+        protected override void LoadBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            // block base call so we don't clear our marker (can be reused on beatmap change).
+        }
+
         private class MarkerVisualisation : CompositeDrawable
         {
             public MarkerVisualisation()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/TimelinePart.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/TimelinePart.cs
index f5d4124b19..378ce78c67 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/TimelinePart.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Components/Timelines/Summary/Parts/TimelinePart.cs
@@ -25,16 +25,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary.Parts
 
             Beatmap.ValueChanged += b =>
             {
-                timeline.Clear();
-                timeline.RelativeChildSize = new Vector2((float)Math.Max(1, b.Track.Length), 1);
+                updateRelativeChildSize();
                 LoadBeatmap(b);
             };
         }
 
+        private void updateRelativeChildSize()
+        {
+            // the track may not be loaded completely (only has a length once it is).
+            if (!Beatmap.Value.Track.IsLoaded)
+            {
+                timeline.RelativeChildSize = Vector2.One;
+                Schedule(updateRelativeChildSize);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            timeline.RelativeChildSize = new Vector2((float)Math.Max(1, Beatmap.Value.Track.Length), 1);
+        }
+
         protected void Add(Drawable visualisation) => timeline.Add(visualisation);
 
         protected virtual void LoadBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
+            timeline.Clear();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsPageScore.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsPageScore.cs
index bf406ff912..b01410cff5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsPageScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsPageScore.cs
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
 
         private class DrawableScoreStatistic : Container
         {
-            private readonly KeyValuePair<string, dynamic> statistic;
+            private readonly KeyValuePair<string, object> statistic;
 
-            public DrawableScoreStatistic(KeyValuePair<string, dynamic> statistic)
+            public DrawableScoreStatistic(KeyValuePair<string, object> statistic)
             {
                 this.statistic = statistic;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index 11b25f4a2e..9718ac24b7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
       <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\DotNetZip.1.10.1\lib\net20\DotNetZip.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="Mono.Cecil, Version=0.9.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>$(SolutionDir)\packages\Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.4\lib\net45\Mono.Cecil.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>