diff --git a/MainForm.cs b/MainForm.cs
index 040e459..bfa726a 100644
--- a/MainForm.cs
+++ b/MainForm.cs
@@ -22,18 +22,23 @@ namespace NBTExplorer
 
         static MainForm ()
         {
-            _tagIconIndex = new Dictionary<TagType, int>();
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_BYTE] = 0;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_SHORT] = 1;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_INT] = 2;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_LONG] = 3;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_FLOAT] = 4;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_DOUBLE] = 5;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_BYTE_ARRAY] = 6;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_STRING] = 7;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_LIST] = 8;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_COMPOUND] = 9;
-            _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_INT_ARRAY] = 14;
+            try {
+                _tagIconIndex = new Dictionary<TagType, int>();
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_BYTE] = 0;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_SHORT] = 1;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_INT] = 2;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_LONG] = 3;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_FLOAT] = 4;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_DOUBLE] = 5;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_BYTE_ARRAY] = 6;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_STRING] = 7;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_LIST] = 8;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_COMPOUND] = 9;
+                _tagIconIndex[TagType.TAG_INT_ARRAY] = 14;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                Program.StaticInitFailure(e);
+            }
         }
 
         public MainForm ()
diff --git a/Model/FileTypeRegistry.cs b/Model/FileTypeRegistry.cs
index 2d745f0..64e746b 100644
--- a/Model/FileTypeRegistry.cs
+++ b/Model/FileTypeRegistry.cs
@@ -45,20 +45,25 @@ namespace NBTExplorer.Model
 
         static FileTypeRegistry ()
         {
-            Register<NbtFileDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
-                NamePatternTest = NbtFileDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
-                NodeCreate = NbtFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
-            });
+            try {
+                Register<NbtFileDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
+                    NamePatternTest = NbtFileDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
+                    NodeCreate = NbtFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
+                });
 
-            Register<RegionFileDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
-                NamePatternTest = RegionFileDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
-                NodeCreate = RegionFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
-            });
+                Register<RegionFileDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
+                    NamePatternTest = RegionFileDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
+                    NodeCreate = RegionFileDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
+                });
 
-            Register<CubicRegionDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
-                NamePatternTest = CubicRegionDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
-                NodeCreate = CubicRegionDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
-            });
+                Register<CubicRegionDataNode>(new FileTypeRecord() {
+                    NamePatternTest = CubicRegionDataNode.SupportedNamePattern,
+                    NodeCreate = CubicRegionDataNode.TryCreateFrom,
+                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                Program.StaticInitFailure(e);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 41b41d1..b04b0b8 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -16,5 +16,17 @@ namespace NBTExplorer
             Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
             Application.Run(new MainForm());
         }
+
+        public static void StaticInitFailure (Exception e)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Static Initialization Failure:");
+            while (e != null) {
+                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
+                Console.WriteLine(e.StackTrace);
+                e = e.InnerException;
+            }
+
+            Application.Exit();
+        }
     }
 }