diff --git a/src/client/graphics/layers/TerritoryWebGLRenderer.ts b/src/client/graphics/layers/TerritoryWebGLRenderer.ts
index e637ea626..034ed0cad 100644
--- a/src/client/graphics/layers/TerritoryWebGLRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/client/graphics/layers/TerritoryWebGLRenderer.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ export class TerritoryWebGLRenderer {
     return { rows: rowsUploaded, bytes: bytesUploaded };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Formats upload metrics into a human-readable string for logging/debugging.
+   * Used for performance monitoring of WebGL texture uploads, bucketing values
+   * to provide meaningful categories rather than exact numbers.
+   * currently unused.
+   */
   private labelUpload(
     base: string,
     metrics: { rows: number; bytes: number },
diff --git a/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts b/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
index afbe7f52f..95eff4123 100644
--- a/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
+++ b/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
@@ -764,10 +764,10 @@ export class GameImpl implements Game {
     }
   }
   removeUnit(u: Unit) {
+    this.unitGrid.removeUnit(u);
     if (u.type() === UnitType.DefensePost) {
       this.updateDefendedStateForDefensePost(u.tile(), u.owner() as PlayerImpl);
     }
-    this.unitGrid.removeUnit(u);
     if (u.hasTrainStation()) {
       this._railNetwork.removeStation(u);
     }