diff --git a/etc/logging-config.xml b/etc/logging-config.xml
index b70cc21..c050441 100644
--- a/etc/logging-config.xml
+++ b/etc/logging-config.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
     </layout>
   </appender>
 
+  <!-- Define the memory logging appender. -->
+  <appender name="MEM" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
+    <param name="File" value="/home/erbo/venice.memory.log"/>
+    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%x] - %m%n"/>
+    </layout>
+  </appender>
+
   <!-- Turn down the standard detail in some areas -->
   <category name="com.silverwrist.util.ServletMultipartHandler">
     <priority value="debug"/>
@@ -38,6 +46,11 @@
     <priority value="fatal"/>
   </category>
 
+  <category name="MEMLOG" additivity="false">
+    <priority value="info"/>
+    <appender-ref ref="MEM"/>
+  </category>
+
   <!-- Define the root configuration for logging. -->
   <root>
     <priority value="debug"/>
@@ -45,7 +58,3 @@
   </root>
 
 </log4j:configuration>
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/BaseServlet.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/BaseServlet.java
index 606a082..8eaf16b 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/BaseServlet.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/BaseServlet.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
- * Copyright (C) 2001-02 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-04 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
  * 
  * Contributor(s): 
  */
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ public abstract class BaseServlet extends HttpServlet
   private static final String ENGINE_INIT_PARAM = "venice.config";
   private static final String UICONFIG_INIT_PARAM = "ui.config";
 
-  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(BaseServlet.class);
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(BaseServlet.class);
+  private static Logger memlog = Logger.getLogger("MEMLOG");
 
   private static VeniceUISessionFactory factory = new HttpSessionFactory();
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public abstract class BaseServlet extends HttpServlet
 
       } // end catch
 
+      String str_request = the_request.toString();
       String default_location = the_request.getLocation();
 
       // log the username with all log messages, if the user is logged in
@@ -173,12 +175,19 @@ public abstract class BaseServlet extends HttpServlet
 	  { // filter out RuntimeExceptions and rethrow them
 	    logger.error("BaseServlet caught runtime exception" + e.getClass().getName()
 			 + " in commonProcess",e);
-	    throw (RuntimeException)e;
+	    throw new ServletException(e);
 
 	  } // end if
 
 	  my_output = translateException(the_request,e);
 
+	} // end catch
+	catch (VirtualMachineError e)
+	{ // OutOfMemoryError and similar come here...
+	  System.gc();  // garbage collect so we have enough space to handle the error
+	  logger.error("Virtual machine failure " + e.getClass().getName() + " in commonProcess",e);
+	  throw new ServletException(e);
+
 	} // end catch
 
 	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
@@ -198,6 +207,13 @@ public abstract class BaseServlet extends HttpServlet
 	    the_request.outputRaw(my_output.toString());
 
 	} // end try
+	catch (VirtualMachineError e)
+	{ // OutOfMemoryError and similar come here...
+	  System.gc();  // garbage collect so we have enough space to handle the error
+	  logger.error("Virtual machine failure " + e.getClass().getName() + " in commonProcess(2)",e);
+	  throw new ServletException(e);
+
+	} // end catch
 	finally
 	{ // end the request
 	  the_request.end(); 
@@ -206,7 +222,12 @@ public abstract class BaseServlet extends HttpServlet
 
       } // end try
       finally
-      { // make sure and pop the diagnostic context, if it was pushed
+      { // log memory usage
+	Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
+	memlog.info("After: " + str_request + " Cur: " + r.totalMemory() + " Max: " + r.maxMemory() + " Free: "
+		    + r.freeMemory());
+
+	// make sure and pop the diagnostic context, if it was pushed
 	if (record_user)
 	  NDC.pop();
 
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/RequestImpl.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/RequestImpl.java
index 58aa830..6cddb16 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/RequestImpl.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/servlet/RequestImpl.java
@@ -756,6 +756,19 @@ public class RequestImpl implements RequestInput
 
   } // end expandServletPath
 
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class Object
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("{RequestImpl from [");
+    buf.append(request.getRemoteAddr()).append("] for ").append(request.getServletPath()).append("}");
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end toString
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface ServiceProvider
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------