diff --git a/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java b/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
index e4e43f8f..6164a6fd 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.IArchiveOpenCallback;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.IInArchive;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.IInStream;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.SevenZip;
+import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.SevenZipException;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.SevenZipNativeInitializationException;
 
 import com.sun.jna.Platform;
@@ -37,15 +38,16 @@ public class SevenZipLoader {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static IInArchive open(IInStream stream, IArchiveOpenCallback callback) throws Exception {
-		// initialize 7-Zip-JBinding
+	public static String getNativeVersion() throws SevenZipNativeInitializationException {
 		requireNativeLibraries();
 
-		if (callback == null) {
-			return SevenZip.openInArchive(null, stream);
-		} else {
-			return SevenZip.openInArchive(null, stream, callback);
-		}
+		return SevenZip.getSevenZipVersion().version;
+	}
+
+	public static IInArchive open(IInStream stream, IArchiveOpenCallback callback) throws SevenZipException, SevenZipNativeInitializationException {
+		requireNativeLibraries();
+
+		return (callback == null) ? SevenZip.openInArchive(null, stream) : SevenZip.openInArchive(null, stream, callback);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipNativeBindings.java b/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipNativeBindings.java
index 03f3efd8..1fce0856 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipNativeBindings.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/archive/SevenZipNativeBindings.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -29,17 +28,14 @@ public class SevenZipNativeBindings implements ArchiveExtractor, Closeable {
 			throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getAbsolutePath());
 		}
 
-		try {
-			openVolume = new ArchiveOpenVolumeCallback();
-			if (!Archive.hasMultiPartIndex(file)) {
-				// single volume archives and multi-volume rar archives
-				inArchive = SevenZipLoader.open(openVolume.getStream(file.getAbsolutePath()), openVolume);
-			} else {
-				// raw multi-volume archives
-				inArchive = SevenZipLoader.open(new net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.impl.VolumedArchiveInStream(file.getAbsolutePath(), openVolume), null);
-			}
-		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-			throw (Exception) e.getTargetException();
+		openVolume = new ArchiveOpenVolumeCallback();
+
+		if (!Archive.hasMultiPartIndex(file)) {
+			// single volume archives and multi-volume rar archives
+			inArchive = SevenZipLoader.open(openVolume.getStream(file.getAbsolutePath()), openVolume);
+		} else {
+			// raw multi-volume archives
+			inArchive = SevenZipLoader.open(new net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.impl.VolumedArchiveInStream(file.getAbsolutePath(), openVolume), null);
 		}
 	}