diff --git a/main/source/init/splash_window.cpp b/main/source/init/splash_window.cpp
index 455d9f8b3..63bfdddee 100644
--- a/main/source/init/splash_window.cpp
+++ b/main/source/init/splash_window.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace hex::init {
                             status = false;
                         auto endTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
-                        log::info("Task '{}' finished in {} ms", name, std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(endTime-startTime).count());
+                        log::info("Task '{}' finished in {} ms", name, std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(endTime - startTime).count());
 
                         {
                             std::lock_guard guard(this->m_progressMutex);
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@ namespace hex::init {
                     } catch (std::exception &e) {
                         log::error("Init task '{}' threw an exception: {}", name, e.what());
                         status = false;
+                    } catch (...) {
+                        status = false;
                     }
                 };
 
 
                 if (async) {
-                    TaskManager::createBackgroundTask(name, [runTask](auto&){ runTask(); });
+                    std::thread([runTask]{ runTask(); }).detach();
                 } else {
                     runTask();
                 }
diff --git a/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/CMakeLists.txt
index eac6e0e05..846bd0b38 100644
--- a/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function(add_dotnet_assembly name)
     file(GLOB_RECURSE sources ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}/*.cs)
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../${name}.dll
-        COMMAND ${DOTNET_EXECUTABLE} build ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}/${name}.csproj --nologo -c Release -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../.. && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DOUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG="${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG}" -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake
+        COMMAND ${DOTNET_EXECUTABLE} build ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}/${name}.csproj --nologo -c Release -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../.. && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DOUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG="\"${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG}\"" -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake
         DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${name}/${name}.csproj ${sources}
         COMMENT "Building ${name}.dll"
     )
diff --git a/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake b/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake
index d80deb1e5..7008f79cc 100644
--- a/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake
+++ b/plugins/script_loader/dotnet/post_process_runtimeconfig.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-file(READ ${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG} FILE_CONTENTS)
+file(READ "${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG}" FILE_CONTENTS)
 
 set(VERSION_REGEX [["version": "([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"]])
 set(REPLACE_VALUE [["version": "7.0.0"]])
 string(REGEX REPLACE "${VERSION_REGEX}" ${REPLACE_VALUE} FILE_CONTENTS_OUT "${FILE_CONTENTS}")
 
-file(WRITE ${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG} "${FILE_CONTENTS_OUT}")
\ No newline at end of file
+file(WRITE "${OUTPUT_RUNTIMECONFIG}" "${FILE_CONTENTS_OUT}")
\ No newline at end of file