diff --git a/dub.json b/dub.json
index e4afc38c..6635d742 100644
--- a/dub.json
+++ b/dub.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 				"derelict-gl3": "~master",
 				"derelict-ft": "~master",
 				"de_image:png": ">=0.2.3",
-				"dlib": ">=0.4.0"
+				"dlib": "~master"
 			},
                         "-ddoxFilterArgs": ["--unittest-examples", "--min-protection=Protected", "--ex", "win32.", "--ex", "src.dlangui"]
         },
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
index 2df1ca48..960c9647 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
@@ -46,20 +46,27 @@ import std.conv : to;
 ColorDrawBuf loadImage(string filename) {
     Log.d("Loading image from file " ~ filename);
     version (USE_DLIBIMAGE) {
-        SuperImage image = dlib.image.io.io.loadImage(filename);
-        if (!image)
-            return null;
-        int w = image.width;
-        int h = image.height;
-        ColorDrawBuf buf = new ColorDrawBuf(w, h);
-        for (int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
-            uint * dstLine = buf.scanLine(y);
-            for (int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
-                auto pixel = image[x, h - 1 - y].convert(8);
-                dstLine[x] = makeRGBA(pixel.r, pixel.g, pixel.b, 255 - pixel.a);
+        try {
+            SuperImage image = dlib.image.io.io.loadImage(filename);
+            if (!image)
+                return null;
+            int w = image.width;
+            int h = image.height;
+            ColorDrawBuf buf = new ColorDrawBuf(w, h);
+            for (int y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+                uint * dstLine = buf.scanLine(y);
+                for (int x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+                    auto pixel = image[x, h - 1 - y].convert(8);
+                    dstLine[x] = makeRGBA(pixel.r, pixel.g, pixel.b, 255 - pixel.a);
+                }
             }
+            destroy(image);
+            return buf;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e("Failed to load image from file ", filename, " using dlib image");
+            Log.e(to!string(e));
+            return null;
         }
-        return buf;
     } else version (USE_DEIMAGE) {
         try {
             Image image = imageFromFile(filename);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
index 4829924c..e7c69825 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
@@ -1034,7 +1034,11 @@ version (Windows) {
     int myWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
     {
 		Log.setFileLogger(std.stdio.File("ui.log", "w"));
-        Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+    	debug {
+            Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+        } else {
+            Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Warn);
+        }
         Log.d("myWinMain()");
         string basePath = exePath();
         Log.i("Current executable: ", exePath());
@@ -1053,18 +1057,37 @@ version (Windows) {
     }
 } else {
 
+    bool registerFonts(FreeTypeFontManager ft, string path) {
+        if (!exists(path) || !isDir(path))
+            return false;
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSans.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVuSans", false, FontWeight.Normal);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVuSans", false, FontWeight.Bold);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVuSans", true, FontWeight.Normal);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVuSans", true, FontWeight.Bold);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSansMono.ttf", FontFamily.MonoSpace, "DejaVuSansMono", false, FontWeight.Normal);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf", FontFamily.MonoSpace, "DejaVuSansMono", false, FontWeight.Bold);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf", FontFamily.MonoSpace, "DejaVuSansMono", true, FontWeight.Normal);
+		ft.registerFont(path ~ "DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf", FontFamily.MonoSpace, "DejaVuSansMono", true, FontWeight.Bold);
+        return true;
+    }
+
 	int main(string[] args)
 	{
 		
 		Log.setStderrLogger();
-		Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Warn);
+    	debug {
+            Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+        } else {
+            Log.setLogLevel(LogLevel.Warn);
+        }
 
 
 		FreeTypeFontManager ft = new FreeTypeFontManager();
 		// TODO: use FontConfig
-		ft.registerFont("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVu", false, FontWeight.Normal);
-		ft.registerFont("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVu", false, FontWeight.Normal);
-		ft.registerFont("/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf", FontFamily.SansSerif, "DejaVu", false, FontWeight.Normal);
+		Log.w("Only hardcoded paths to TTF fonts are supported under linux so far. TODO: implement fontconfig support.");
+		ft.registerFonts("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/");
+		ft.registerFonts("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/");
+		ft.registerFonts("/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/");
 		FontManager.instance = ft;
 
         return sdlmain(args);