diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
index 261f5a52..84bd6075 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class Analytics {
 	private static boolean enabled = false;
 	
 	
-	public static synchronized JGoogleAnalyticsTracker getTracker() {
+	public static synchronized JGoogleAnalyticsTracker getTracker() throws Throwable {
 		if (tracker != null)
 			return tracker;
 		
@@ -66,10 +66,18 @@ public class Analytics {
 		
 		if (currentView == null) {
 			// track application startup
-			getTracker().trackPageViewFromSearch(view, title, host, getJavaRuntimeIdentifier(), getDeploymentMethod());
+			try {
+				getTracker().trackPageViewFromSearch(view, title, host, getJavaRuntimeIdentifier(), getDeploymentMethod());
+			} catch (Throwable e) {
+				Logger.getLogger(Analytics.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
+			}
 		} else {
 			// track application state change
-			getTracker().trackPageViewFromReferrer(view, title, host, host, currentView);
+			try {
+				getTracker().trackPageViewFromReferrer(view, title, host, host, currentView);
+			} catch (Throwable e) {
+				Logger.getLogger(Analytics.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
+			}
 		}
 		
 		currentView = view;
@@ -85,7 +93,11 @@ public class Analytics {
 		if (!enabled)
 			return;
 		
-		getTracker().trackEvent(normalize(category), normalize(action), normalize(label), value);
+		try {
+			getTracker().trackEvent(normalize(category), normalize(action), normalize(label), value);
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			Logger.getLogger(Analytics.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -134,28 +146,30 @@ public class Analytics {
 	
 	
 	private static String getUserAgent() {
-		String wm = null;
-		String os = null;
+		// initialize with default values
+		String wm = System.getProperty("os.name");
+		String os = System.getProperty("os.name") + " " + System.getProperty("os.version");
 		
-		if (Platform.isWindows()) {
-			wm = "Windows";
-			os = "Windows NT " + System.getProperty("os.version");
-		} else if (Platform.isX11()) {
-			wm = "X11";
-			if (Platform.isLinux())
-				os = "Linux " + System.getProperty("os.arch");
-			else if (Platform.isSolaris())
-				os = "SunOS " + System.getProperty("os.version");
-			else if (Platform.isFreeBSD())
-				os = "FreeBSD";
-			else if (Platform.isOpenBSD())
-				os = "OpenBSD";
-		} else if (Platform.isMac()) {
-			wm = "Macintosh";
-			os = System.getProperty("os.name");
-		} else {
-			wm = System.getProperty("os.name");
-			os = System.getProperty("os.name") + " " + System.getProperty("os.version");
+		try {
+			if (Platform.isWindows()) {
+				wm = "Windows";
+				os = "Windows NT " + System.getProperty("os.version");
+			} else if (Platform.isX11()) {
+				wm = "X11";
+				if (Platform.isLinux())
+					os = "Linux " + System.getProperty("os.arch");
+				else if (Platform.isSolaris())
+					os = "SunOS " + System.getProperty("os.version");
+				else if (Platform.isFreeBSD())
+					os = "FreeBSD";
+				else if (Platform.isOpenBSD())
+					os = "OpenBSD";
+			} else if (Platform.isMac()) {
+				wm = "Macintosh";
+				os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+			}
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			// ignore any Platform detection issues and especially ignore LinkageErrors that might occur on headless machines
 		}
 		
 		return String.format("%s/%s (%s; U; %s; JRE %s)", getApplicationName(), getApplicationVersion(), wm, os, System.getProperty("java.version"));
@@ -207,7 +221,6 @@ public class Analytics {
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
 	
-	
 	private static final String VISITOR_ID = "visitorId";
 	private static final String TIMESTAMP_FIRST = "timestampFirst";
 	private static final String TIMESTAMP_LAST = "timestampLast";
@@ -252,7 +265,6 @@ public class Analytics {
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 	}
 	
-	
 	static {
 		// disable useless background logging, if it doesn't work it doesn't work, won't affect anything (putting it here works for Java 7)
 		Logger.getLogger("com.dmurph.tracking").setLevel(Level.OFF);
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/NativeRenameAction.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/NativeRenameAction.java
index 9fa06b98..f40c915e 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/NativeRenameAction.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/NativeRenameAction.java
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ public enum NativeRenameAction implements RenameAction {
 	
 	
 	public static boolean isSupported() {
-		return Platform.isWindows();
+		try {
+			return Platform.isWindows();
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
index 994e6531..8e661bdd 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/archive/SevenZipLoader.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.filebot.archive;
 
 
-import com.sun.jna.Platform;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.IArchiveOpenCallback;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.IInStream;
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.ISevenZipInArchive;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.SevenZip;
 import net.sf.sevenzipjbinding.SevenZipNativeInitializationException;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Platform;
+
 
 public class SevenZipLoader {
 	
@@ -23,8 +25,12 @@ public class SevenZipLoader {
 		
 		// initialize 7z-JBinding native libs
 		try {
-			if (Platform.isWindows()) {
-				System.loadLibrary(Platform.is64Bit() ? "libgcc_s_sjlj-1" : "mingwm10");
+			try {
+				if (Platform.isWindows()) {
+					System.loadLibrary(Platform.is64Bit() ? "libgcc_s_sjlj-1" : "mingwm10");
+				}
+			} catch (Throwable e) {
+				Logger.getLogger(SevenZipLoader.class.getName()).warning("Failed to preload library: " + e);
 			}
 			
 			System.loadLibrary("7-Zip-JBinding");
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
index 7b1d98b4..e803f6e2 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ def XML(bc) {
 
 
 // Shell helper
-import static com.sun.jna.Platform.*
+import com.sun.jna.Platform
 
 def execute(Object... args) {
 	def cmd = args.toList()*.toString()
-	if (isWindows()) {
+	if (tryQuietly{ Platform.isWindows() }) {
 		// normalize file separator for windows and run with cmd so any executable in PATH will just work
 		cmd = ['cmd', '/c'] + cmd
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/mediainfo/MediaInfo.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/mediainfo/MediaInfo.java
index fbba9e90..c3eb6113 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/mediainfo/MediaInfo.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/mediainfo/MediaInfo.java
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ import com.sun.jna.WString;
 public class MediaInfo implements Closeable {
 	
 	static {
-		// libmediainfo for linux depends on libzen
-		if (Platform.isLinux()) {
-			try {
+		try {
+			// libmediainfo for linux depends on libzen
+			if (Platform.isLinux()) {
 				// We need to load dependencies first, because we know where our native libs are (e.g. Java Web Start Cache).
 				// If we do not, the system will look for dependencies, but only in the library path.
 				NativeLibrary.getInstance("zen");
-			} catch (LinkageError e) {
-				Logger.getLogger(MediaInfo.class.getName()).warning("Failed to preload libzen");
 			}
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			Logger.getLogger(MediaInfo.class.getName()).warning("Failed to preload libzen");
 		}
 	}