diff --git a/core/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser b/core/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser
index 785f8b208..8fe6792d7 100644
Binary files a/core/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser and b/core/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser differ
diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/motor/AbstractMotorLoader.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/motor/AbstractMotorLoader.java
index f15b43148..00c79716d 100644
--- a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/motor/AbstractMotorLoader.java
+++ b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/motor/AbstractMotorLoader.java
@@ -203,6 +203,45 @@ public abstract class AbstractMotorLoader implements MotorLoader {
 			thrust.remove(0);
 		}
 
+		// Very rare but not unheard of issue:  two
+		// data points with identical time and thrust (see KBA K1750).
+		// We'll throw out the second, and hope the data in any other
+		// lists passed in is also duplicated (it *can't* make a big
+		// difference in the simulations)
+		for (int i = 0; i < time.size()-1; i++) {
+			while ((i < time.size()-1) &&
+				   MathUtil.equals(time.get(i), time.get(i+1)) &&
+				   MathUtil.equals(thrust.get(i), thrust.get(i+1))) {
+				System.out.println("\twarning:  deleting duplicate data point time[" + i+1 + "]=" + time.get(i+1) + ", thrust=" + thrust.get(i+1));
+				time.remove(i);
+				thrust.remove(i);
+				for (List l : lists) {
+					l.remove(i);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Occasional issue:  two final data points at the same time,
+		// one zero and one not.  We'll throw the 0 point out.
+		int n = time.size() - 1;
+		if (MathUtil.equals(time.get(n-1), time.get(n))) {
+			if (MathUtil.equals(thrust.get(n-1), 0)) {
+				System.out.println("\twarning:  two final data points at time=" + time.get(n) + "; one is 0");
+				time.remove(n-1);
+				thrust.remove(n-1);
+				for (List l : lists) {
+					l.remove(n-1);
+				}
+			} else if (MathUtil.equals(thrust.get(n), 0)) {
+				System.out.println("\twarning:  two final data points at time=" + time.get(n) + "; one is 0");
+				time.remove(n);
+				thrust.remove(n);
+				for (List l : lists) {
+					l.remove(n);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// End
 		// Ah, no, we don't want to do this (I'm leaving the dead code
 		// in case there's a temptation to put it back in).  This ends
@@ -221,6 +260,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMotorLoader implements MotorLoader {
 		//         l.add(o);
 		//     }
 		// }
+
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/motor/ThrustCurveMotor.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/motor/ThrustCurveMotor.java
index 68073b0ee..d2f8a7f51 100644
--- a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/motor/ThrustCurveMotor.java
+++ b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/motor/ThrustCurveMotor.java
@@ -145,14 +145,15 @@ public class ThrustCurveMotor implements Motor, Comparable<ThrustCurveMotor>, Se
 			if (motor.time.length < 2) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Too short thrust-curve, length=" + motor.time.length);
 			}
+			
 			for (int i = 0; i < motor.time.length - 1; i++) {
 				if (motor.time[i + 1] <= motor.time[i]) {
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException("Time stalls or goes backwards, " +
-							"time[" + i + "]=" + motor.time[i] + " " +
-							"time[" + (i + 1) + "]=" + motor.time[i + 1] +
-													   ", thrust=(" + motor.thrust[i] + ", " + motor.thrust[i+1] + ")");
+					throw new IllegalArgumentException("Two thrust values for single time point, " +
+													   "time[" + i + "]=" + motor.time[i] + ", thrust=" + motor.thrust[i] +
+													   "; time[" + (i + 1) + "]=" + motor.time[i + 1] + ", thrust=" + motor.thrust[i+1]);
 				}
 			}
+
 			if (!MathUtil.equals(motor.time[0], 0)) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Curve starts at time " + motor.time[0]);
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/thrustcurve/SerializeThrustcurveMotors.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/thrustcurve/SerializeThrustcurveMotors.java
index 173e26375..7adef3a03 100644
--- a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/thrustcurve/SerializeThrustcurveMotors.java
+++ b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/thrustcurve/SerializeThrustcurveMotors.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class SerializeThrustcurveMotors {
 
 						allMotors.add(builder.build());
 					} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-						System.out.println("\tError in simFile " + burnFile.getSimfileId() + ":  " + e.getMessage() + " (continuing)");
+						System.out.println("\tError in simFile " + burnFile.getSimfileId() + ":  " + e.getMessage());
 						try {
 							FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(("simfile-" + burnFile.getSimfileId()).toString());
 							out.write(burnFile.getContents().getBytes());