diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/App.axaml.cs b/Source/LibationAvalonia/App.axaml.cs
index b2a7281b..db969cf4 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/App.axaml.cs
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ public class App : Application
 
 		// logging is init'd here
 		AppScaffolding.LibationScaffolding.RunPostMigrationScaffolding(AppScaffolding.Variety.Chardonnay, config);
-		Program.LoggingEnabled = true;
 	}
 
 	private static void ShowMainWindow(IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Program.cs b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Program.cs
index a5ad6097..f9b84f6d 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Program.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Program.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using LibationAvalonia.Dialogs;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using FileManager;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 #nullable enable
 namespace LibationAvalonia
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 	static class Program
 	{
 		private static System.Threading.Lock SetupLock { get; } = new();
-		internal static bool LoggingEnabled { get; set; }
 		[STAThread]
 		static void Main(string[] args)
 		{
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 					// most migrations go in here
 					LibationScaffolding.RunPostConfigMigrations(config);
 					LibationScaffolding.RunPostMigrationScaffolding(Variety.Chardonnay, config);
-					LoggingEnabled = true;
 
 					//Start loading the library before loading the main form
 					App.LibraryTask = Task.Run(() => DbContexts.GetLibrary_Flat_NoTracking(includeParents: true));
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 			try
 			{
 				//Try to log the error message before displaying the crash dialog
-				if (LoggingEnabled)
+				if (Configuration.Instance.LoggingEnabled)
 					Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(exception, "CRASH");
 				else
 					LogErrorWithoutSerilog(exception);
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/Configuration.Logging.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/Configuration.Logging.cs
index 70fdbc0b..ffbf9f2f 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/Configuration.Logging.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/Configuration.Logging.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
     {
         private IConfigurationRoot? configuration;
 
+        public bool LoggingEnabled { get; private set; }
+
         public void ConfigureLogging()
         {
             //pass explicit assemblies to the ConfigurationReaderOptions
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
 				 .Destructure.ByTransforming<LongPath>(lp => lp.Path)
 				 .Destructure.With<LogFileFilter>()
                  .CreateLogger();
-		}
+            LoggingEnabled = true;
+        }
 
 		[Description("The importance of a log event")]
         public LogEventLevel LogLevel
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
index c3198944..043535d4 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
@@ -65,11 +65,19 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
 
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
 
-            var configAppAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(configApp);
-            var type = typeof(IInteropFunctions);
-            InteropFunctionsType = configAppAssembly
-                .GetTypes()
-                .FirstOrDefault(type.IsAssignableFrom);
+            try
+            {
+                var configAppAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(configApp);
+                var type = typeof(IInteropFunctions);
+                InteropFunctionsType = configAppAssembly
+                    .GetTypes()
+                    .FirstOrDefault(type.IsAssignableFrom);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                //None of the interop functions are strictly necessary for Libation to run.
+                Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(e, "Unable to load types from assembly {@configApp}", configApp);
+            }
         }
         private static string? getOSConfigApp()
         {