diff --git a/pesterchum.py b/pesterchum.py
index 2373216..fd084be 100644
--- a/pesterchum.py
+++ b/pesterchum.py
@@ -1372,9 +1372,14 @@ class PesterWindow(MovingWindow):
                 else:
                     m.sendtime()
     def paintEvent(self, event):
-        palette = QtGui.QPalette()
-        palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Window, QtGui.QBrush(self.backgroundImage))
-        self.setPalette(palette)
+        try:
+            self.backgroundImage
+        except:
+            pass
+        else:
+            palette = QtGui.QPalette()
+            palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Window, QtGui.QBrush(self.backgroundImage))
+            self.setPalette(palette)
 
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
     def closeToTray(self):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3fdfb9..88de841 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,17 @@ includefiles = ["quirks",
                 "PCskins.png",
                 "Pesterchum.png"]
 build_exe_options = {
-    "includes": ["requests","urllib","pytwmn"],
+    "includes": ["PyQt5",
+                 "pygame",
+                 "feedparser",
+                 "magic",
+                 "ostools",
+                 "requests",
+                 "urllib",
+                 "pytwmn",
+                 "re",
+                 "oyoyo",
+                 "ssl"],
     "excludes": ["collections.sys",
                  "collections._sre",
                  "collections._json",
@@ -33,7 +43,8 @@ build_exe_options = {
                  "collections._struct",
                  "collections.array",
                  "collections._weakref"],
-    "include_files": includefiles
+    "include_files": includefiles,
+    "include_msvcr": True
 }
 
 bdist_mac_options = {