diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
index 4327abb96f..9460512a8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
@@ -407,9 +407,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
             /// </summary>
             public void Explode()
             {
-                var fruit = caughtFruit.ToArray();
-
-                foreach (var f in fruit)
+                foreach (var f in caughtFruit.ToArray())
                     Explode(f);
             }
 
@@ -422,15 +420,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
                     fruit.Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft;
                     fruit.Position = caughtFruit.ToSpaceOfOtherDrawable(fruit.DrawPosition, ExplodingFruitTarget);
 
-                    caughtFruit.Remove(fruit);
+                    if (!caughtFruit.Remove(fruit))
+                        // we may have already been removed by a previous operation (due to the weird OnLoadComplete scheduling).
+                        // this avoids a crash on potentially attempting to Add a fruit to ExplodingFruitTarget twice.
+                        return;
 
                     ExplodingFruitTarget.Add(fruit);
                 }
 
-                fruit.MoveToY(fruit.Y - 50, 250, Easing.OutSine)
-                 .Then()
-                 .MoveToY(fruit.Y + 50, 500, Easing.InSine);
-
+                fruit.MoveToY(fruit.Y - 50, 250, Easing.OutSine).Then().MoveToY(fruit.Y + 50, 500, Easing.InSine);
                 fruit.MoveToX(fruit.X + originalX * 6, 1000);
                 fruit.FadeOut(750);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 1adbb4a389..f676927404 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                 b.BeatmapSet = beatmapSet;
             }
 
+            validateOnlineIds(beatmapSet.Beatmaps);
+
+            foreach (BeatmapInfo b in beatmapSet.Beatmaps)
+                fetchAndPopulateOnlineIDs(b, beatmapSet.Beatmaps);
+
             // check if a set already exists with the same online id, delete if it does.
             if (beatmapSet.OnlineBeatmapSetID != null)
             {
@@ -114,11 +119,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                     Logger.Log($"Found existing beatmap set with same OnlineBeatmapSetID ({beatmapSet.OnlineBeatmapSetID}). It has been purged.", LoggingTarget.Database);
                 }
             }
-
-            validateOnlineIds(beatmapSet.Beatmaps);
-
-            foreach (BeatmapInfo b in beatmapSet.Beatmaps)
-                fetchAndPopulateOnlineIDs(b, beatmapSet.Beatmaps);
         }
 
         private void validateOnlineIds(List<BeatmapInfo> beatmaps)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/DirectPanel.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/DirectPanel.cs
index 322db0b7d6..8a22ff7587 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/DirectPanel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Direct/DirectPanel.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Direct
             base.LoadComplete();
             this.FadeInFromZero(200, Easing.Out);
 
-            PreviewPlaying.ValueChanged += newValue => PlayButton.FadeTo(newValue || IsHovered ? 1 : 0, 120, Easing.InOutQuint);
+            PreviewPlaying.ValueChanged += newValue => PlayButton.FadeTo(newValue || IsHovered || !FadePlayButton ? 1 : 0, 120, Easing.InOutQuint);
             PreviewPlaying.ValueChanged += newValue => PreviewBar.FadeTo(newValue ? 1 : 0, 120, Easing.InOutQuint);
         }