diff --git a/Listing.cs b/Listing.cs
index 8c6d83a..efa3bb8 100644
--- a/Listing.cs
+++ b/Listing.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			}
 		}
 
-		public string buyee_url {
+		public string buyeeUrl {
 			get {
 				return $"https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/{this.id}";
 			}
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		public string id { get; set; }
 		public string name { get; set; }
 		public int price = 0;
-		public int win_price;
-		public string original_name;
+		public int winPrice;
+		public string originalName;
 		public bool favourite { get; set; } = false;
 		// start_date, end_date
 		public int bids;
-		public bool auto_extension;
+		public bool autoExtension;
 		public bool ready;
 
 		private bool success { get; set; } // TODO: custom setter that throws an exception if set to false or something idk
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			}
 
 			var j = j_full["items"];
-			this.original_name = j["productName"];
+			this.originalName = j["productName"];
 			this.success = int.TryParse(j["price"], out this.price);
-			this.success = int.TryParse(j["winPrice"], out this.win_price);
+			this.success = int.TryParse(j["winPrice"], out this.winPrice);
 			this.success = int.TryParse(j["bids"], out this.bids);
 
 			if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.name)) {
-				this.name = this.original_name;
+				this.name = this.originalName;
 			}
 
 			// as far as i can tell, neither the `pageData` nor the `conf` variables in the html seem to store whether or not the auction uses automatic extension
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			var autoExtensionCheck = new Regex(@"自動延長.+\n.+>(.+)<");
 			m = rx.Match(html);
 			if (m.Groups[1].Value != null) {
-				this.auto_extension = (m.Groups[1].Value == "あり");
+				this.autoExtension = (m.Groups[1].Value == "あり");
 			}
 		}
 
 		public string PriceAUD(bool win = false) {
-			double aud = win ? this.win_price / 75.0 : this.price / 75.0;
+			double aud = win ? this.winPrice / 75.0 : this.price / 75.0;
 			return $"${aud:f2}";
 		}
 
 		public string PriceJPY(bool win = false) {
-			return win ? $"¥{this.win_price}" : $"¥{this.price}";
+			return win ? $"¥{this.winPrice}" : $"¥{this.price}";
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/MainWindow.cs b/MainWindow.cs
index f33e582..09bccff 100755
--- a/MainWindow.cs
+++ b/MainWindow.cs
@@ -50,10 +50,15 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		// TODO: whenever we get something from the builder, cache it for later
 		// that way we don't need to constantly do "builder.GetObject"s
 
-		static SemaphoreSlim tasklimit = new SemaphoreSlim(4);
+		static SemaphoreSlim taskLimit = new SemaphoreSlim(4);
 
-		private YahooAuctionsItem SelectedItem {
+		private YahooAuctionsItem selectedItem {
 			get {
+				if (this.itemTreeView.Selection.CountSelectedRows() == 0) {
+					// avoids incurring the wrath of Gtk-CRITICAL **
+					return null;
+				}
+
 				this.itemTreeView.Selection.GetSelected(out TreeIter iter);
 				return (YahooAuctionsItem)this.itemTreeView.Model.GetValue(iter, 0);
 			}
@@ -116,10 +121,10 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 
 			this.UpdateItems();
 
-			DeleteEvent += Window_Shutdown;
+			DeleteEvent += WindowShutdown;
 		}
 
-		private void Window_Shutdown(object sender, DeleteEventArgs args) {
+		private void WindowShutdown(object sender, DeleteEventArgs args) {
 			SaveSettings();
 			Application.Quit();
 		}
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate {
 				var pathAndIter = this.GetRow(id);
 				this.items.EmitRowChanged(pathAndIter.path, pathAndIter.iter);
-				if (item == this.SelectedItem) {
+				if (item == this.selectedItem) {
 					// if the user has this item selected and it just became ready, enable the selection box
 					var s = (Box)this.builder.GetObject("SelectionViewBox");
 					s.Sensitive = true;
@@ -199,10 +204,10 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			// don't start a new task if there are more than [tasklimit] tasks currently running
 			// this makes sure we don't make 1000 simultaneous requests to yahoo auctions if there are 1000 items on the watchlist
 			this.settings.watchlist[id].ready = false;
-			tasklimit.Wait();
+			taskLimit.Wait();
 			var t = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => {
 				this.UpdateThread(id);
-			}).ContinueWith(task => { tasklimit.Release(); });
+			}).ContinueWith(task => { taskLimit.Release(); });
 		}
 
 		private void UpdateItems() {
@@ -219,11 +224,10 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 
 		private void UpdateSelectionView() {
 			// get the currently selected item
-			var item = this.SelectedItem;
+			var item = this.selectedItem;
 			var s = (Box)this.builder.GetObject("SelectionViewBox");
 			var infobox = (Box)this.builder.GetObject("SelectionInfoBox");
 
-
 			if (item == null) {
 				s.Sensitive = false;
 				infobox.Visible = false;
@@ -237,13 +241,13 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 
 			var info = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 			info.Add("Name", item.name);
-			info.Add("YahooName", item.original_name);
+			info.Add("YahooName", item.originalName);
 			info.Add("Price", item.PriceJPY());
 			info.Add("PriceAUD", item.PriceAUD());
 			info.Add("Ending", "whenever");
 			info.Add("Bids", $"{item.bids}");
-			info.Add("BuyItNow", item.win_price == 0 ? "No" : $"¥{item.PriceJPY(true)} (${item.PriceAUD(true)})");
-			info.Add("AutoExtension", item.auto_extension ? "Yes" : "No");
+			info.Add("BuyItNow", item.winPrice == 0 ? "No" : $"¥{item.PriceJPY(true)} (${item.PriceAUD(true)})");
+			info.Add("AutoExtension", item.autoExtension ? "Yes" : "No");
 			info.Add("LastUpdated", "Last updated: heeeenlo");
 
 			foreach (var row in info) {
@@ -375,15 +379,15 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		}
 
 		private void ButtonViewBuyeeClicked(object sender, EventArgs a) {
-			this.OpenUrl(this.SelectedItem.buyee_url);
+			this.OpenUrl(this.selectedItem.buyeeUrl);
 		}
 
 		private void ButtonViewYahooClicked(object sender, EventArgs a) {
-			this.OpenUrl(this.SelectedItem.url);
+			this.OpenUrl(this.selectedItem.url);
 		}
 
 		private void ButtonSelectedRemoveClicked(object sender, EventArgs a) {
-			var item = this.SelectedItem;
+			var item = this.selectedItem;
 
 			var md = this.OkCancelDialogue($"Are you sure you want to remove the item \"{item.name}\"?"); // TODO: this looks bad being all on one line
 
@@ -396,7 +400,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		}
 
 		private void ButtonSelectedRenameClicked(object sender, EventArgs a) {
-			var item = this.SelectedItem;
+			var item = this.selectedItem;
 			(bool accepted, string response) = this.EntryDialogue("Rename item", $"Enter a new name for the item \"{item.name}\".", item.name);
 			if (accepted) {
 				item.name = response;
@@ -407,7 +411,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		private void ButtonSelectedUpdateClicked(object sender, EventArgs args) {
 			var s = (Box)this.builder.GetObject("SelectionViewBox");
 			s.Sensitive = false;
-			this.UpdateItem(this.SelectedItem.id);
+			this.UpdateItem(this.selectedItem.id);
 		}
 
 		// column renderers