diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index a4b41f96..86a424d5 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/
  -  SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  *====================================================================*/
 
-README (version 1.84.0)
-File update: 23 Dec 2023
+README (version 1.84.1)
+File update: 3 Jan 2024
 ---------------------------
 
-gunzip leptonica-1.84.0.tar.gz
-tar -xvf leptonica-1.84.0.tar
+gunzip leptonica-1.84.1.tar.gz
+tar -xvf leptonica-1.84.1.tar
 
 </pre>
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Building leptonica
   Libraries, executables and prototypes are easily made, as described below.
 
   When you extract from the archive, all files are put in a
-  subdirectory 'leptonica-1.84.0'.  In that directory you will
+  subdirectory 'leptonica-1.84.1'.  In that directory you will
   find a src directory containing the source files for the library,
   and a prog directory containing source files for various
   testing and example programs.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Building leptonica
             make install
 
        Configure also supports building in a separate directory from the
-       source.  Run "/(path-to)/leptonica-1.84.0/configure" and then "make"
+       source.  Run "/(path-to)/leptonica-1.84.1/configure" and then "make"
        from the desired build directory.
 
        Configure has a number of useful options; run "configure --help" for
@@ -1209,8 +1209,8 @@ What's in leptonica?
    http://code.google.com/p/leptonica, as well as all versions after 1.60.
    These have now been transferred by Egor Pugin to github:
        github.com/danbloomberg/leptonica
-   where all releases (1.42 - 1.84.0) are available; e.g.,
-       https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/releases/tag/1.84.0
+   where all releases (1.42 - 1.84.1) are available; e.g.,
+       https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/releases/tag/1.84.1
    The more recent releases, from 1.80, are also available at
        leptonica.org/download.html
    Note that if you are downloading from github, the releases are more
diff --git a/src/gplot.c b/src/gplot.c
index 26db0ff4..3707368d 100644
--- a/src/gplot.c
+++ b/src/gplot.c
@@ -581,8 +581,9 @@ FILE    *fp;
         /* Write command data to file */
     cmdstr = sarrayToString(gplot->cmddata, 1);
     if ((fp = fopenWriteStream(gplot->cmdname, "w")) == NULL) {
+        L_ERROR("stream not opened for command: %s\n", __func__, cmdstr);
         LEPT_FREE(cmdstr);
-        return ERROR_INT_1("cmd stream not opened", cmdstr, __func__, 1);
+        return 1;
     }
     fwrite(cmdstr, 1, strlen(cmdstr), fp);
     fclose(fp);
diff --git a/src/partify.c b/src/partify.c
index 31cdfccc..b1b20bfe 100644
--- a/src/partify.c
+++ b/src/partify.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ l_int32  nbox, i, y1, h1, y2, h2, delta;
 
     if (!boxa)
         return ERROR_INT("boxa not defined", __func__, 1);
-    if ((nbox = boxaGetCount(boxa)) == 0);
+    if ((nbox = boxaGetCount(boxa)) == 0)
         return ERROR_INT("boxa is empty", __func__, 1);
     for (i = 0; i < nbox - 1; i++) {
         boxaGetBoxGeometry(boxa, i, NULL, &y1, NULL, &h1);
diff --git a/version-notes.html b/version-notes.html
index 6d1dce06..4a819ad3 100644
--- a/version-notes.html
+++ b/version-notes.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/
 
 
 <h2 align=center>Version Notes for Leptonica</h2>
-<h3 align=center>22 Sept 2021</h3>
+<h3 align=center>3 Jan 2024</h3>
 
 <hr>
 <h2 align=center>  <IMG SRC="moller52.jpg" border=1 ALIGN_MIDDLE> </h2>
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ They are <i>not</i> a complete listing of the modifications.
 
 <pre>
 
-1.84.1  Not yet released
+1.85    not released
+        * Source files changed: gplot.c, partify.c
+
+1.84.1  Jan 3, 2024
         * Remove support for openjpeg versions < 2.1.
         * Improve error handling for stringLength() and stringCat(), and
           add tests in prog/string_reg.