diff --git a/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d b/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
index cb7a0425..432df016 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
+++ b/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ mixin APP_ENTRY_POINT;
 /// entry point for dlangui based application
 extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     // create window
+    Log.d("Creating window");
+    if (!Platform.instance) {
+        Log.e("Platform.instance is null!!!");
+    }
     Window window = Platform.instance.createWindow("DlangUI example - HelloWorld", null);
+    Log.d("Window created");
 
     // create some widget to show in window
     //window.mainWidget = (new Button()).text("Hello, world!"d).margins(Rect(20,20,20,20));
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d b/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
index 20b05a1c..5c83bc99 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ struct UIStringCollection {
 }
 
 /** UI Strings internationalization translator */
-synchronized class UIStringTranslator {
+class UIStringTranslator {
 
     private UIStringList _main;
     private UIStringList _fallback;
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ synchronized class UIStringTranslator {
 
     /// create empty translator
     this() {
-        _main = new shared UIStringList();
-        _fallback = new shared UIStringList();
+        _main = new UIStringList();
+        _fallback = new UIStringList();
     }
 
     /** Load translation file(s) */
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ synchronized class UIStringTranslator {
 }
 
 /** UI string translator */
-private shared class UIStringList {
+private class UIStringList {
     private dstring[string] _map;
     /// remove all items
     void clear() {
@@ -433,8 +433,15 @@ private shared class UIStringList {
     }
 }
 
+//==============================================================
+// Global Shared objects
+
 /** Global UI translator object */
-shared UIStringTranslator i18n;
-shared static this() {
-    i18n = new shared UIStringTranslator();
+private UIStringTranslator _i18n;
+
+@property UIStringTranslator i18n() {
+    if (!_i18n) {
+        _i18n = new UIStringTranslator();
+    }
+    return _i18n;
 }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
index a3d6f032..2bce75af 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
@@ -901,5 +901,5 @@ class DirEditLine : FileNameEditLine {
     }
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(FileNameEditLine, DirEditLine)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(FileNameEditLine, DirEditLine)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
index c8db5fa2..1b0352f2 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
@@ -889,7 +889,3 @@ private:
 
 __gshared glyph_gamma_table!65 _gamma65;
 __gshared glyph_gamma_table!256 _gamma256;
-__gshared static this() {
-    _gamma65 = new glyph_gamma_table!65(1.0);
-    _gamma256 = new glyph_gamma_table!256(1.0);
-}
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
index 328539fd..76a4cbb2 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
@@ -23,28 +23,6 @@ import std.string;
 import std.utf;
 
 __gshared int[string] STD_FONT_FACES;
-__gshared static this() {
-    STD_FONT_FACES = [
-        "Arial": 12,
-        "Times New Roman": 12,
-        "Courier New": 10,
-        "DejaVu Serif": 10,
-        "DejaVu Sans": 10,
-        "DejaVu Sans Mono": 10,
-        "Liberation Serif": 11,
-        "Liberation Sans": 11,
-        "Liberation Mono": 11,
-        "Verdana": 10,
-        "Menlo": 13,
-        "Consolas": 12,
-        "DejaVuSansMono": 10,
-        "Lucida Sans Typewriter": 10,
-        "Lucida Console": 12,
-        "FreeMono": 8,
-        "FreeSans": 8,
-        "FreeSerif": 8,
-    ];
-}
 
 int stdFontFacePriority(string face) {
     if (auto p = (face in STD_FONT_FACES))
@@ -580,6 +558,10 @@ class FreeTypeFontManager : FontManager {
         // load dynaic library
         try {
             Log.v("DerelictFT: Loading FreeType library");
+            if (!DerelictFT) {
+                Log.w("DerelictFT is null. Compiler bug? Applying workaround to fix it.");
+                DerelictFT = new DerelictFTLoader;
+            }
             DerelictFT.missingSymbolCallback = &missingSymFunc;
             Log.v("DerelictFT: Missing symbols callback is registered");
             DerelictFT.load();
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/gldrawbuf.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/gldrawbuf.d
index 73c28fa6..4ad38b92 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/gldrawbuf.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/gldrawbuf.d
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ void onGlyphDestroyedCallback(uint pobject) {
 private __gshared GLImageCache glImageCache;
 private __gshared GLGlyphCache glGlyphCache;
 
-shared static this() {
-    glImageCache = new GLImageCache;
-    glGlyphCache = new GLGlyphCache;
+void initGLCaches() {
+    if (!glImageCache)
+        glImageCache = new GLImageCache;
+    if (!glGlyphCache)
+        glGlyphCache = new GLGlyphCache;
 }
 
 private abstract class GLCache
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/resources.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/resources.d
index 8f9e18b6..3daa5ef0 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/resources.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/resources.d
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ EmbeddedResource[] embedResourcesFromList(string resourceList)() {
 }
 
 
-__gshared static this() {
+void embedStandardDlangUIResources() {
     version (EmbedStandardResources) {
         embeddedResourceList.addResources(embedResourcesFromList!("standard_resources.list")());
     }
@@ -910,11 +910,6 @@ __gshared DrawableCache _drawableCache;
     _drawableCache = cache;
 }
 
-shared static this() {
-    _imageCache = new ImageCache();
-    _drawableCache = new DrawableCache();
-}
-
 class DrawableCache {
     static class DrawableCacheItem {
         string _id;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index 2cf2b8ef..2fbd6135 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -1299,10 +1299,13 @@ class Platform {
         if (_uiLanguage.equal(langCode))
             return this;
         _uiLanguage = langCode;
+
+        Log.v("Loading language file");
         if (langCode.equal("en"))
             i18n.load("en.ini"); //"ru.ini", "en.ini"
         else
             i18n.load(langCode ~ ".ini", "en.ini");
+        Log.v("Calling onThemeChanged");
         onThemeChanged();
         requestLayout();
         return this;
@@ -1315,6 +1318,7 @@ class Platform {
     @property Platform uiTheme(string themeResourceId) {
         if (_themeId.equal(themeResourceId))
             return this;
+        Log.v("uiTheme setting new theme ", themeResourceId);
         _themeId = themeResourceId;
         Theme theme = loadTheme(themeResourceId);
         if (!theme) {
@@ -1331,10 +1335,14 @@ class Platform {
 
     /// to set uiLanguage and themeId to default (en, theme_default) if not set yet
     protected void setDefaultLanguageAndThemeIfNecessary() {
-        if (!_uiLanguage)
+        if (!_uiLanguage) {
+            Log.v("setDefaultLanguageAndThemeIfNecessary : setting UI language");
             uiLanguage = "en";
-        if (!_themeId)
+        }
+        if (!_themeId) {
+            Log.v("setDefaultLanguageAndThemeIfNecessary : setting UI theme");
             uiTheme = "theme_default";
+        }
     }
 
     protected string[] _resourceDirs;
@@ -1433,6 +1441,11 @@ extern(C) bool initFontManager();
 extern(C) void initLogs();
 /// call this when all resources are supposed to be freed to report counts of non-freed resources by type
 extern(C) void releaseResourcesOnAppExit();
+/// call this on application initialization
+extern(C) void initResourceManagers();
+/// call this from shared static this()
+extern (C) void initSharedResourceManagers();
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/startup.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/startup.d
index af1dbe43..1c11c8c6 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/startup.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/startup.d
@@ -211,6 +211,99 @@ extern (C) void initLogs() {
     Log.i("Logger is initialized");
 }
 
+/// call this on application initialization
+extern (C) void initResourceManagers() {
+    Log.d("initResourceManagers()");
+    import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
+    _gamma65 = new glyph_gamma_table!65(1.0);
+    _gamma256 = new glyph_gamma_table!256(1.0);
+    static if (ENABLE_FREETYPE) {
+        import dlangui.graphics.ftfonts;
+        STD_FONT_FACES = [
+            "Arial": 12,
+            "Times New Roman": 12,
+            "Courier New": 10,
+            "DejaVu Serif": 10,
+            "DejaVu Sans": 10,
+            "DejaVu Sans Mono": 10,
+            "Liberation Serif": 11,
+            "Liberation Sans": 11,
+            "Liberation Mono": 11,
+            "Verdana": 10,
+            "Menlo": 13,
+            "Consolas": 12,
+            "DejaVuSansMono": 10,
+            "Lucida Sans Typewriter": 10,
+            "Lucida Console": 12,
+            "FreeMono": 8,
+            "FreeSans": 8,
+            "FreeSerif": 8,
+        ];
+    }
+    static if (ENABLE_OPENGL) {
+        import dlangui.graphics.gldrawbuf;
+        initGLCaches();
+    }
+    import dlangui.graphics.resources;
+    embedStandardDlangUIResources();
+    _imageCache = new ImageCache();
+    _drawableCache = new DrawableCache();
+    version (Windows) {
+        import dlangui.platforms.windows.win32fonts;
+        initWin32FontsTables();
+    }
+
+    Log.d("Calling initSharedResourceManagers()");
+    initSharedResourceManagers();
+
+    Log.d("Calling initStandardEditorActions()");
+    import dlangui.widgets.editors;
+    initStandardEditorActions();
+
+    Log.d("Calling registerStandardWidgets()");
+    registerStandardWidgets();
+
+    Log.d("initResourceManagers() -- finished");
+}
+
+/// register standard widgets to use in DML
+void registerStandardWidgets() {
+    Log.d("Registering standard widgets for DML");
+    import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+    import dlangui.widgets.widget;
+    import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
+    import dlangui.widgets.controls;
+    import dlangui.widgets.lists;
+    import dlangui.widgets.combobox;
+    import dlangui.widgets.editors;
+    import dlangui.widgets.grid;
+    import dlangui.dialogs.filedlg;
+    mixin(registerWidgets!(FileNameEditLine, DirEditLine, //dlangui.dialogs.filedlg
+                           ComboBox, ComboEdit, //dlangui.widgets.combobox
+                           Widget, TextWidget, MultilineTextWidget, Button, ImageWidget, ImageButton, ImageCheckButton, ImageTextButton, 
+                           RadioButton, CheckBox, ScrollBar, HSpacer, VSpacer, CanvasWidget, // dlangui.widgets.controls
+                           EditLine, EditBox, LogWidget,//dlangui.widgets.editors
+                           StringGridWidget, //dlangui.widgets.grid
+                           VerticalLayout, HorizontalLayout, TableLayout, FrameLayout, // dlangui.widgets.layouts
+                           ListWidget, StringListWidget,//dlangui.widgets.lists
+                           )("void registerWidgets"));
+    registerWidgets();
+}
+
+/// call this from shared static this()
+extern (C) void initSharedResourceManagers() {
+    //Log.d("initSharedResourceManagers()");
+    //import dlangui.core.i18n;
+    //if (!i18n) {
+    //    Log.d("Creating i18n object");
+    //    i18n = new shared UIStringTranslator();
+    //}
+}
+
+shared static this() {
+    //initSharedResourceManagers();
+}
+
 /// call this when all resources are supposed to be freed to report counts of non-freed resources by type
 extern (C) void releaseResourcesOnAppExit() {
     
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/dsfml/dsfmlapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/dsfml/dsfmlapp.d
index 69897919..d3cd9f60 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/dsfml/dsfmlapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/dsfml/dsfmlapp.d
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ void initDSFMLApp() {
     Log.d("Initializing DSFML platform");
     DSFMLPlatform p = new DSFMLPlatform();
     Platform.setInstance(p);
+    initResourceManagers();
     initFontManager();
 
     currentTheme = createDefaultTheme();
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
index 035c8751..7749e565 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ int sdlmain(string[] args) {
         Log.e("******************************************************************");
         assert(false);
     }
-
+    initResourceManagers();
 
     currentTheme = createDefaultTheme();
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
index 42813c8b..4ec0e61c 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
@@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ private:
 };
 
 private __gshared lcd_distribution_lut!65 lut;
-__gshared static this() {
+void initWin32FontsTables() {
     lut = lcd_distribution_lut!65(0.5, 0.25, 0.125);
 }
 
+
+
 private int myabs(int n) {
     return n < 0 ? -n : n;
 }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
index 6bfefabd..b76ac52e 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
@@ -821,9 +821,12 @@ class Win32Platform : Platform {
         return null;
     }
     override Window createWindow(dstring windowCaption, Window parent, uint flags = WindowFlag.Resizable, uint width = 0, uint height = 0) {
+        Log.d("Platform.createWindow is called");
         width = pointsToPixels(width);
         height = pointsToPixels(height);
+        Log.v("Platform.createWindow : setDefaultLanguageAndThemeIfNecessary");
         setDefaultLanguageAndThemeIfNecessary();
+        Log.v("Platform.createWindow : new Win32Window");
         return new Win32Window(this, windowCaption, parent, flags, width, height);
     }
 
@@ -1003,6 +1006,35 @@ string[] splitCmdLine(string line) {
 
 private __gshared Win32Platform w32platform;
 
+static if (ENABLE_OPENGL) {
+    import derelict.opengl3.gl3;
+    import derelict.opengl3.gl;
+
+    void initOpenGL() {
+        try {
+            Log.d("Loading Derelict GL");
+            DerelictGL.load();
+            DerelictGL3.load();
+            Log.d("Derelict GL - loaded");
+            //
+            //// just to check OpenGL context
+            //Log.i("Trying to setup OpenGL context");
+            //Win32Window tmpWindow = new Win32Window(w32platform, ""d, null, 0);
+            //destroy(tmpWindow);
+            //if (openglEnabled)
+            //    Log.i("OpenGL support is enabled");
+            //else
+            //    Log.w("OpenGL support is disabled");
+            //// process messages
+            //platform.enterMessageLoop();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e("Exception while trying to init OpenGL", e);
+            setOpenglEnabled(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 int myWinMain(void* hInstance, void* hPrevInstance, char* lpCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
 {
     initLogs();
@@ -1038,37 +1070,25 @@ int myWinMain(void* hInstance, void* hPrevInstance, char* lpCmdLine, int iCmdSho
         Log.e("******************************************************************");
         assert(false);
     }
+    initResourceManagers();
 
     currentTheme = createDefaultTheme();
 
     static if (ENABLE_OPENGL) {
-        try {
-            import derelict.opengl3.gl3;
-            import derelict.opengl3.gl;
-            DerelictGL.load();
-            DerelictGL3.load();
-            //
-            //// just to check OpenGL context
-            //Log.i("Trying to setup OpenGL context");
-            //Win32Window tmpWindow = new Win32Window(w32platform, ""d, null, 0);
-            //destroy(tmpWindow);
-            //if (openglEnabled)
-            //    Log.i("OpenGL support is enabled");
-            //else
-            //    Log.w("OpenGL support is disabled");
-            //// process messages
-            //platform.enterMessageLoop();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.e("Exception while trying to init OpenGL", e);
-            setOpenglEnabled(false);
-        }
+        initOpenGL();
     }
 
     // Load versions 1.2+ and all supported ARB and EXT extensions.
 
     Log.i("Entering UIAppMain: ", args);
-    int result = UIAppMain(args);
-    Log.i("UIAppMain returned ", result);
+    int result = -1;
+    try {
+        result = UIAppMain(args);
+        Log.i("UIAppMain returned ", result);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        Log.e("Abnormal UIAppMain termination");
+        Log.e("UIAppMain exception: ", e);
+    }
 
     releaseResourcesOnAppExit();
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
index b5c3ff8b..acd90a3d 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
@@ -1353,6 +1353,7 @@ extern(C) int DLANGUImain(string[] args)
 		Log.e("******************************************************************");
 		assert(false);
 	}
+    initResourceManagers();
 
 	currentTheme = createDefaultTheme();
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
index 76069fb1..a13f95a0 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
@@ -481,5 +481,5 @@ class ComboEdit : ComboBox {
 
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(ComboBox)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(ComboBox)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
index 10fccfa6..4cace9a1 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
@@ -1100,5 +1100,5 @@ class CanvasWidget : Widget {
     }
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(Widget, TextWidget, MultilineTextWidget, Button, ImageWidget, ImageButton, ImageCheckButton, ImageTextButton, RadioButton, CheckBox, ScrollBar, HSpacer, VSpacer, CanvasWidget)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(Widget, TextWidget, MultilineTextWidget, Button, ImageWidget, ImageButton, ImageCheckButton, ImageTextButton, RadioButton, CheckBox, ScrollBar, HSpacer, VSpacer, CanvasWidget)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
index e2888a6a..594e700e 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ enum EditorActions : int {
 }
 
 
-__gshared static this() {
+void initStandardEditorActions() {
     // register editor action names and ids
     registerActionEnum!EditorActions();
 }
@@ -2927,5 +2927,5 @@ class FindPanel : HorizontalLayout {
     }
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(EditLine, EditBox, LogWidget)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(EditLine, EditBox, LogWidget)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/grid.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/grid.d
index 33f74677..5638a93b 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/grid.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/grid.d
@@ -1461,5 +1461,5 @@ class StringGridWidget : StringGridWidgetBase {
     }
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(StringGridWidget)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(StringGridWidget)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
index 8014c460..b2386947 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
@@ -849,5 +849,5 @@ class TableLayout : WidgetGroupDefaultDrawing {
     
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(VerticalLayout, HorizontalLayout, TableLayout, FrameLayout)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(VerticalLayout, HorizontalLayout, TableLayout, FrameLayout)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
index cfa0b1dd..737c161d 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
@@ -1331,5 +1331,5 @@ class StringListWidget : ListWidget {
     }
 }
 
-import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
-mixin(registerWidgets!(ListWidget, StringListWidget)());
+//import dlangui.widgets.metadata;
+//mixin(registerWidgets!(ListWidget, StringListWidget)());
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
index 694c0031..601045c3 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ string generateRegisterMetadataClass(alias t)() {
     return "registerWidgetMetadata(\"" ~ t.stringof ~ "\", new " ~ metadataClassName ~ "());\n";
 }
 
-string registerWidgets(T...)() {
+string registerWidgets(T...)(string registerFunctionName = "__gshared static this") {
     string classDefs;
     string registerDefs;
     foreach(t; T) {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ string registerWidgets(T...)() {
         registerDefs ~= registerdef;
         //registerWidgetMetadata(T.stringof, new Metadata());
     }
-    return classDefs ~ "\n__gshared static this() {\n" ~ registerDefs ~ "}";
+    return classDefs ~ "\n" ~ registerFunctionName ~ "() {\n" ~ registerDefs ~ "}";
 }
 
 /// returns true if passed name is identifier of registered widget class