diff --git a/src/PlayerManager.cpp b/src/PlayerManager.cpp
index e3cb3fd..01df718 100644
--- a/src/PlayerManager.cpp
+++ b/src/PlayerManager.cpp
@@ -211,11 +211,16 @@ static void enterPlayer(CNSocket* sock, CNPacketData* data) {
 
     LoginMetadata *lm = CNShared::getLoginMetadata(enter->iEnterSerialKey);
     if (lm == nullptr) {
-        delete lm;
-
         std::cout << "[WARN] Refusing invalid REQ_PC_ENTER" << std::endl;
+
+        // send failure packet
         INITSTRUCT(sP_FE2CL_REP_PC_ENTER_FAIL, fail);
         sock->sendPacket(fail, P_FE2CL_REP_PC_ENTER_FAIL);
+
+        // kill the connection
+        sock->kill();
+        // no need to call _killConnection(); Player isn't in shard yet
+
         return;
     }
 
@@ -711,5 +716,5 @@ void PlayerManager::init() {
     REGISTER_SHARD_PACKET(P_CL2FE_REQ_PC_CHANGE_MENTOR, changePlayerGuide);
     REGISTER_SHARD_PACKET(P_CL2FE_REQ_PC_FIRST_USE_FLAG_SET, setFirstUseFlag);
 
-    REGISTER_SHARD_TIMER(CNShared::pruneLoginMetadata, CNSHARED_TIMEOUT);
+    REGISTER_SHARD_TIMER(CNShared::pruneLoginMetadata, CNSHARED_PERIOD);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CNShared.cpp b/src/core/CNShared.cpp
index 5ca6574..d9d4e14 100644
--- a/src/core/CNShared.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CNShared.cpp
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 #include "core/CNShared.hpp"
 
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_HAS_GTHREADS)
-    #include "mingw/mingw.mutex.h"
-#else
-    #include <mutex>
-#endif
-
-static std::unordered_map<int64_t, LoginMetadata*> login;
+static std::unordered_map<int64_t, LoginMetadata*> logins;
 static std::mutex mtx;
 
 void CNShared::storeLoginMetadata(int64_t sk, LoginMetadata *lm) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 
     // take ownership of connection data
-    login[sk] = lm;
+    logins[sk] = lm;
 }
 
 LoginMetadata* CNShared::getLoginMetadata(int64_t sk) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 
     // fail if the key isn't found
-    if (login.find(sk) == login.end())
+    if (logins.find(sk) == logins.end())
         return nullptr;
 
     // transfer ownership of connection data to shard
-    LoginMetadata *lm = login[sk];
-    login.erase(sk);
+    LoginMetadata *lm = logins[sk];
+    logins.erase(sk);
 
     return lm;
 }
@@ -33,8 +27,8 @@ LoginMetadata* CNShared::getLoginMetadata(int64_t sk) {
 void CNShared::pruneLoginMetadata(CNServer *serv, time_t currTime) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 
-    auto it = login.begin();
-    while (it != login.end()) {
+    auto it = logins.begin();
+    while (it != logins.end()) {
         auto& sk = it->first;
         auto& lm = it->second;
 
@@ -42,8 +36,8 @@ void CNShared::pruneLoginMetadata(CNServer *serv, time_t currTime) {
             std::cout << "[WARN] Pruning hung connection attempt" << std::endl;
 
             // deallocate object and remove map entry
-            delete login[sk];
-            it = login.erase(it); // skip the invalidated iterator
+            delete logins[sk];
+            it = logins.erase(it); // skip the invalidated iterator
         } else {
             it++;
         }
diff --git a/src/core/CNShared.hpp b/src/core/CNShared.hpp
index e99e07b..a74298c 100644
--- a/src/core/CNShared.hpp
+++ b/src/core/CNShared.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 
 #include "Player.hpp"
 
-#define CNSHARED_TIMEOUT 30000
+/*
+ * Connecions time out after 15 minutes, checked every 30 seconds.
+ */
+#define CNSHARED_TIMEOUT 900000
+#define CNSHARED_PERIOD 30000
 
 struct LoginMetadata {
     uint64_t FEKey;
diff --git a/src/db/internal.hpp b/src/db/internal.hpp
index 22eeb75..376960e 100644
--- a/src/db/internal.hpp
+++ b/src/db/internal.hpp
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 #include "db/Database.hpp"
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_HAS_GTHREADS)
-    #include "mingw/mingw.mutex.h"
-#else
-    #include <mutex>
-#endif
-
 extern std::mutex dbCrit;
 extern sqlite3 *db;