diff --git a/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/Engine.java b/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/Engine.java
index 33ed081f..af26ff5a 100644
--- a/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/Engine.java
+++ b/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/Engine.java
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ public final class Engine implements SubsystemMainClass {
         }
 
         long initTime = Miscellaneous.measureExecutionTime(() -> {
+            // Initialize variables
+            logger = new LoggerInstance(new LogIssuer(getClass(), CodePart.ENGINE));
+
             // Initialize EngineConfiguration and load it
             new EngineConfiguration();
             EngineConfiguration.getInstance().loadConfiguration();
@@ -120,9 +123,6 @@ public final class Engine implements SubsystemMainClass {
 
             // Start threads
             startThreads();
-
-            // Initialize variables
-            logger = new LoggerInstance(new LogIssuer(getClass(), CodePart.ENGINE));
         });
 
         logger.info("Initialized sos!engine v%engine_version% (commit %engine_git_commit_id_long%-%engine_git_branch%, dirty %engine_git_dirty%) in " + initTime + "ms");
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public final class Engine implements SubsystemMainClass {
         new EngineInformation();
         new PlaceholderEngine();
         new ShortcodeConverter();
+
+        EngineInformation.getInstance().load();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/data/info/EngineInformation.java b/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/data/info/EngineInformation.java
index 742e9e69..00abbcf0 100644
--- a/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/data/info/EngineInformation.java
+++ b/base/src/main/java/de/staropensource/sosengine/base/data/info/EngineInformation.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.logging.LoggerInstance;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.types.CodePart;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.types.VersionType;
 import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.utility.PropertyParser;
+import de.staropensource.sosengine.base.utility.StackTraceParser;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -360,8 +361,9 @@ public final class EngineInformation {
         Properties gradleProperties = new Properties();
         InputStream gradleStream = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("gradle.properties");
 
-        if (inputStream == null) {
-            logger.crash("Unable to load build information: The bundled gradle.properties file could not be found. Do symlinks work on the system that built this JAR?");
+        if (gradleStream == null) {
+            System.out.println("Unable to load build information: The bundled gradle.properties file could not be found. Do symlinks work on the system that built this JAR?");
+            Engine.getInstance().shutdown(69);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -369,7 +371,10 @@ public final class EngineInformation {
             gradleProperties.load(gradleStream);
             gradleStream.close();
         } catch (IOException exception) {
-            logger.crash("Unable to load build information: InputStream failed", exception);
+            StackTraceParser parser = new StackTraceParser(exception);
+            System.out.println("Unable to load build information: InputStream 'gradleStream' failed");
+            System.out.println(parser.getHeader() + "\n" + parser.getStackTrace());
+            Engine.getInstance().shutdown(69);
             return;
         }