diff --git a/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/Tools.java b/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/Tools.java
index 884f62d36..5d5397079 100644
--- a/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/Tools.java
+++ b/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/Tools.java
@@ -663,19 +663,21 @@ public final class Tools {
         File fl = new File(dir);
 
         File[] files = fl.listFiles(File::isFile);
-        if (files == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
 
         long lastMod = Long.MIN_VALUE;
         File choice = null;
-        for (File file : files) {
-            if (file.lastModified() > lastMod) {
-                choice = file;
-                lastMod = file.lastModified();
+        try {
+            for (File file : files) {
+                if (file.lastModified() > lastMod) {
+                    choice = file;
+                    lastMod = file.lastModified();
+                }
             }
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+            // fine, let's just return null
+            // if (files == null) didn't work for some reasons
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
-
         return choice;
     }