diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index feb3ca4..bd86b07 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ Set your game automatically up for use with CreamAPI.
 ## Installation
 
 **Make sure you have Java 8 installed.**  
-Download the latest release and extract it into any folder (e.g. `%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\auto-cream-api`).
+Download the latest release and extract it into any folder (e.g. `%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\auto-cream-api`).  
+*The included CreamAPI version may be outdated, get the most recent version and
+ **extract the DLL files from the nonlog_build folder to the Auto-CreamAPI folder!***
 
 ## Usage
 
-* Double-click `auto-cream-api.jar` to open the application. (When starting it for the first time, it might take a few 
-seconds since it needs to cache a list of games available on the Steam Store.)
+* Double-click `auto-cream-api.jar` to open the application. (When starting it for the first time, it might take a few
+ seconds since it needs to cache a list of games available on the Steam Store.)
   * Alternatively, open a CMD window in the location of the application, and run it by entering the following:
     ```shell script
     java -jar auto-cream-api.jar
diff --git a/src/main/java/Controller.java b/src/main/java/Controller.java
index e167065..ea94846 100644
--- a/src/main/java/Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/Controller.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import com.jfoenix.controls.*;
-import de.jensd.fx.glyphs.fontawesome.FontAwesomeIconView;
 import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
 import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.concurrent.Service;
 import javafx.concurrent.Task;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip;
 import javafx.stage.FileChooser;
@@ -30,7 +30,21 @@ public class Controller {
     private static final String REGEX = "(?<steamApiDll>steam_api(?:64)?.dll)$";
     public FontAwesomeIconView creamApiDllAppliedIcon;
     public FontAwesomeIconView creamApiConfigExists;
-    private final CreamApiDllHandler handler = CreamApiDllHandler.getInstance();
+    private CreamApiDllHandler handler = null;
+    {
+        try {
+            handler = CreamApiDllHandler.getInstance();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            alert.setTitle("CreamAPI DLLs missing!");
+            alert.setHeaderText("CreamAPI DLL files can't be found!");
+            alert.setContentText("Please download CreamAPI and extract the non-log " +
+                    "version in the same folder as Auto-CreamAPI!\nThe program will now close.");
+            alert.showAndWait();
+            System.exit(10);
+        }
+    }
+
     private final CreamApiConfig config = CreamApiConfig.getInstance();
     private final SteamAppsListCache cache = new SteamAppsListCache();
     @FXML
@@ -73,7 +87,6 @@ public class Controller {
         generate_tooltips();
         fix_dlc_textarea_prompt_text();
         reset(true);
-        state_label.setText("Ready.");
     }
 
     private void read() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/util/CreamApiDllHandler.java b/src/main/java/util/CreamApiDllHandler.java
index 8027047..c9f88a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/util/CreamApiDllHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/util/CreamApiDllHandler.java
@@ -15,24 +15,14 @@ public class CreamApiDllHandler {
     private final String steamApiDllMd5;
     private final String steamApi64DllMd5;
 
-    private CreamApiDllHandler() {
-        String steamApiDllMd5 = "";
-        String steamApi64DllMd5 = "";
-        try {
-            steamApiDllMd5 = DigestUtils.md5Hex(Files.newInputStream(steamApiDllPath));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            System.err.println("File missing: " + steamApiDllPath.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-        }
-        try {
-            steamApi64DllMd5 = DigestUtils.md5Hex(Files.newInputStream(steamApi64DllPath));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            System.err.println("File missing: " + steamApi64DllPath.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-        }
+    private CreamApiDllHandler() throws IOException {
+        String steamApiDllMd5 = DigestUtils.md5Hex(Files.newInputStream(steamApiDllPath));
+        String steamApi64DllMd5 = DigestUtils.md5Hex(Files.newInputStream(steamApi64DllPath));
         this.steamApiDllMd5 = steamApiDllMd5;
         this.steamApi64DllMd5 = steamApi64DllMd5;
     }
 
-    public static synchronized CreamApiDllHandler getInstance() {
+    public static synchronized CreamApiDllHandler getInstance() throws IOException {
         if (creamApiDllHandlerInstance == null) {
             creamApiDllHandlerInstance = new CreamApiDllHandler();
         }
diff --git a/steam_api.dll b/steam_api.dll
index 117c18f..9e780d3 100644
Binary files a/steam_api.dll and b/steam_api.dll differ
diff --git a/steam_api64.dll b/steam_api64.dll
index f27c80f..bcb85c4 100644
Binary files a/steam_api64.dll and b/steam_api64.dll differ
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f64808e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.4.0.0
\ No newline at end of file