diff --git a/source/net/filebot/MetaAttributeView.java b/source/net/filebot/MetaAttributeView.java
index fa72d120..60d9d58d 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/MetaAttributeView.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/MetaAttributeView.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.filebot;
 
-import static java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink;
-import static java.nio.file.Files.readSymbolicLink;
+import static java.nio.file.Files.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ public class MetaAttributeView extends AbstractMap<String, String> {
 				}
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 
 		return null; // since we don't know the old value
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ public class MetaAttributeView extends AbstractMap<String, String> {
 			}
 			return entries;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ public class MetaAttributeView extends AbstractMap<String, String> {
 				this.put(key, null);
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/MetaAttributes.java b/source/net/filebot/media/MetaAttributes.java
index 4fe6a835..c7652533 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/MetaAttributes.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/MetaAttributes.java
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ public class MetaAttributes {
 	public void setObject(Object object) {
 		try {
 			metaAttributeView.put(METADATA_KEY, JsonWriter.objectToJson(object));
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e); // unlikely to ever happen JSON serialization issues
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
 	public Object getObject() {
 		try {
 			return JsonReader.jsonToJava(metaAttributeView.get(METADATA_KEY));
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			return null; // ignore JSON serialization issues
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}