diff --git a/src/proxy/plugin_python_en.ts b/src/proxy/plugin_python_en.ts
index 142f2b9..9d484bb 100644
--- a/src/proxy/plugin_python_en.ts
+++ b/src/proxy/plugin_python_en.ts
@@ -4,58 +4,70 @@
 <context>
     <name>ProxyPython</name>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="166"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="121"/>
+        <source>Python Initialization failed</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="122"/>
+        <source>On a previous start the Python Plugin failed to initialize.
+Do you want to try initializing python again (at the risk of another crash)?
+ Suggestion: Select &quot;no&quot;, and click the warning sign for further help.Afterwards you have to re-enable the python plugin.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="169"/>
         <source>Python Proxy</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="176"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="179"/>
         <source>Proxy Plugin to allow plugins written in python to be loaded</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="248"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="251"/>
         <source>ModOrganizer path contains a semicolon</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="250"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="253"/>
         <source>Python DLL not found</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="252"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="255"/>
         <source>Invalid Python DLL</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="254"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="257"/>
         <source>Initializing Python failed</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="256"/>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="286"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="259"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="289"/>
         <source>invalid problem key %1</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="264"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="267"/>
         <source>The path to Mod Organizer (%1) contains a semicolon. &lt;br&gt;While this is legal on NTFS drives, many softwares do not handle it correctly.&lt;br&gt;Unfortunately MO depends on libraries that seem to fall into that group.&lt;br&gt;As a result the python plugin cannot be loaded, and the only solution we canoffer is to remove the semicolon or move MO to a path without a semicolon.</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="275"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="278"/>
         <source>The Python plugin DLL was not found, maybe your antivirus deleted it. Re-installing MO2 might fix the problem.</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="278"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="281"/>
         <source>The Python plugin DLL is invalid, maybe your antivirus is blocking it. Re-installing MO2 and adding exclusions for it to your AV might fix the problem.</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
     <message>
-        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="283"/>
+        <location filename="proxypython.cpp" line="286"/>
         <source>The initialization of the Python plugin DLL failed, unfortunately without any details.</source>
         <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
     </message>
diff --git a/src/runner/pythonutils.cpp b/src/runner/pythonutils.cpp
index 5e7e900..5361722 100644
--- a/src/runner/pythonutils.cpp
+++ b/src/runner/pythonutils.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include <pybind11/eval.h>
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
@@ -67,8 +68,18 @@ namespace mo2::python {
         sys.attr("stdout") = printWrapper();
         sys.attr("stderr") = errorWrapper();
 
-        // not sure if still needed for pybind11?
-        sys.attr("excepthook") = sys.attr("__excepthook__");
+        // this is required to handle exception in Python code OUTSIDE of pybind11 call,
+        // typically on Qt classes with methods overridden on the Python side
+        //
+        // without this, the application will crash instead of properly handling the
+        // exception as it would do with a py::error_already_set{}
+        //
+        // IMPORTANT: sys.attr("excepthook") = sys.attr("__excepthook__") DOES NOT WORK,
+        // and I have no clue why since the attribute does not seem to get updated (at
+        // least a print does not show it)
+        //
+        sys.attr("excepthook") =
+            py::eval("lambda x, y, z: sys.__excepthook__(x, y, z)");
     }
 
     // Small structure to hold the levels - There are copy paste from