diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/FiltersPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/FiltersPanel.java
index 6cd46fbab4..266c0d91f2 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/FiltersPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/communications/FiltersPanel.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ final public class FiltersPanel extends JPanel {
                 });
             }
         } catch (NoCurrentCaseException ex) {
-            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Communications Visualization Tool opened with no open case.", ex);
+            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Filter update cancelled.  Case is closed.");
         } catch (TskCoreException tskCoreException) {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "There was a error loading the datasources for the case.", tskCoreException);
         }
diff --git a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/ImageGalleryController.java b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/ImageGalleryController.java
index c8837fa13b..cca4ec0f93 100644
--- a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/ImageGalleryController.java
+++ b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/ImageGalleryController.java
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ public final class ImageGalleryController {
     @NbBundle.Messages({"BulkTask.committingDb.status=committing image/video database",
         "BulkTask.stopCopy.status=Stopping copy to drawable db task.",
         "BulkTask.errPopulating.errMsg=There was an error populating Image Gallery database."})
+    /* Base abstract class for various methods of copying data into the Image gallery DB */
     abstract static private class BulkTransferTask extends BackgroundTask {
 
         static private final String FILE_EXTENSION_CLAUSE =
@@ -689,6 +690,10 @@ public final class ImageGalleryController {
             this.tskCase = tskCase;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * 
+         * @param success true if the transfer was successful
+         */
         abstract void cleanup(boolean success);
 
         abstract List<AbstractFile> getFiles() throws TskCoreException;
diff --git a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/PerCaseProperties.java b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/PerCaseProperties.java
index 89a40977f3..d87b13e880 100644
--- a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/PerCaseProperties.java
+++ b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/PerCaseProperties.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.channels.ClosedByInterruptException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -199,7 +200,12 @@ class PerCaseProperties {
             try (OutputStream fos = Files.newOutputStream(getPropertyPath(moduleName))) {
                 props.store(fos, "Changed config settings(batch)"); //NON-NLS
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        }
+        catch (ClosedByInterruptException e) {
+            // not logging exception because this often happens when case is closed and stack does not help with debugging
+            Logger.getLogger(PerCaseProperties.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Properties not saved because of interrupt"); //NON-NLS
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
             Logger.getLogger(PerCaseProperties.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Property file exists for [" + moduleName + "] at [" + getPropertyPath(moduleName) + "] but could not be loaded.", e); //NON-NLS NON-NLS NON-NLS
         }
     }
@@ -225,7 +231,12 @@ class PerCaseProperties {
             try (OutputStream fos = Files.newOutputStream(getPropertyPath(moduleName))) {
                 props.store(fos, "Changed config settings(single)"); //NON-NLS
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        }
+        catch (ClosedByInterruptException e) {
+            // not logging exception because this often happens when case is closed and stack does not help with debugging
+            Logger.getLogger(PerCaseProperties.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Property {0} not saved because of interrupt", settingName); //NON-NLS
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
             Logger.getLogger(PerCaseProperties.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Property file exists for [" + moduleName + "] at [" + getPropertyPath(moduleName) + "] but could not be loaded.", e); //NON-NLS NON-NLS NON-NLS
         }
     }
diff --git a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/gui/Toolbar.java b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/gui/Toolbar.java
index 40dad21cf2..319a824118 100644
--- a/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/gui/Toolbar.java
+++ b/ImageGallery/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/imagegallery/gui/Toolbar.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
 import javafx.scene.text.Text;
 import org.controlsfx.control.PopOver;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.Logger;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery.FXMLConstructor;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery.ImageGalleryController;
@@ -144,7 +145,13 @@ public class Toolbar extends ToolBar {
              *
              * TODO (JIRA-3010): SEVERE error logged by image Gallery UI
              */
-            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not create Follow Up tag menu item", ex); //NON-NLS
+            if (Case.isCaseOpen()) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not create Follow Up tag menu item", ex); //NON-NLS
+            }
+            else {
+                // don't add stack trace to log because it makes looking for real errors harder
+                LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Unable to get tag name. Case is closed."); //NON-NLS
+            }
         }
         tagGroupMenuButton.showingProperty().addListener(showing -> {
             if (tagGroupMenuButton.isShowing()) {