diff --git a/src/thread_avisynth.cpp b/src/thread_avisynth.cpp
index f9265b9..129fb3d 100644
--- a/src/thread_avisynth.cpp
+++ b/src/thread_avisynth.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 #include <QLibrary>
 #include <QEventLoop>
 #include <QTimer>
-#include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QApplication>
-#include <QProcess>
 #include <QDir>
 
 //Internal
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ bool AvisynthCheckThread::detect(SysinfoModel *sysinfo)
 	connect(&thread, SIGNAL(terminated()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));
 	
 	thread.start();
-	QTimer::singleShot(15000, &loop, SLOT(quit()));
+	QTimer::singleShot(30000, &loop, SLOT(quit()));
 	
 	qDebug("Avisynth thread has been created, please wait...");
 	loop.exec(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
@@ -225,9 +223,6 @@ bool AvisynthCheckThread::checkAvisynth(QString &basePath, const SysinfoModel *c
 {
 	qDebug("Avisynth %s-Bit support is being tested.", x64 ? "64" : "32");
 
-	QProcess process;
-	QStringList output;
-
 	//Look for "portable" Avisynth version
 	static const char *const ARCH_DIR[] = { "x64", "x86" };
 	const QLatin1String archSuffix = QLatin1String(ARCH_DIR[x64 ? 1 : 0]);
@@ -245,56 +240,15 @@ bool AvisynthCheckThread::checkAvisynth(QString &basePath, const SysinfoModel *c
 		}
 	}
 
+	//Get extra paths
+	QStringList avisynthExtraPaths;
+	if (!basePath.isEmpty())
+	{
+		avisynthExtraPaths << QString("%1/%2").arg(basePath, archSuffix);
+	}
+
 	//Setup process object
-	MUtils::init_process(process, QDir::tempPath(), true, basePath.isEmpty() ? NULL : &(QStringList() << QString("%1/%2").arg(basePath, archSuffix)));
-
-	//Try to start VSPIPE.EXE
-	process.start(AVS_CHECK_BINARY(sysinfo, x64), QStringList());
-	if(!process.waitForStarted())
-	{
-		qWarning("Failed to launch AVS_CHECK.EXE -> %s", process.errorString().toUtf8().constData());
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	//Wait for process to finish
-	while(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-	{
-		if(process.waitForReadyRead(12000))
-		{
-			while(process.canReadLine())
-			{
-				output << QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
-		if(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-		{
-			qWarning("AVS_CHECK.EXE process encountered a deadlock -> aborting now!");
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	//Make sure VSPIPE.EXE has terminated!
-	process.waitForFinished(2500);
-	if(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-	{
-		qWarning("AVS_CHECK.EXE process still running, going to kill it!");
-		process.kill();
-		process.waitForFinished(-1);
-	}
-
-	//Read pending lines
-	while(process.canReadLine())
-	{
-		output << QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
-	}
-
-	//Check exit code
-	if(process.exitCode() != 0)
-	{
-		qWarning("AVS_CHECK.EXE failed with code 0x%08X -> disable Avisynth support!", process.exitCode());
-		return false;
-	}
+	const QStringList output = runProcess(AVS_CHECK_BINARY(sysinfo, x64), QStringList(), &avisynthExtraPaths);
 
 	//Init regular expressions
 	QRegExp avsLogo("Avisynth\\s+Checker\\s+(x86|x64)");
diff --git a/src/thread_avisynth.h b/src/thread_avisynth.h
index 17617dc..7570a9c 100644
--- a/src/thread_avisynth.h
+++ b/src/thread_avisynth.h
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <QThread>
+#include "thread_startup.h"
+
 #include <QMutex>
 
-class QLibrary;
 class SysinfoModel;
 class QFile;
 
-class AvisynthCheckThread : public QThread
+class AvisynthCheckThread : public StarupThread
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 
diff --git a/src/thread_startup.cpp b/src/thread_startup.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b7adff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread_startup.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Simple x264 Launcher
+// Copyright (C) 2004-2019 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "thread_startup.h"
+
+//MUtils
+#include <MUtils/Global.h>
+
+//Qt
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QElapsedTimer>
+#include <QProcess>
+
+QStringList StarupThread::runProcess(const QString &exePath, const QStringList &arguments, const QStringList *const extraPaths)
+{
+	QProcess process;
+
+	//Get file name
+	const QString fileName = QFileInfo(exePath).fileName().toUpper();
+
+	//Setup process object
+	MUtils::init_process(process, QDir::tempPath(), true, extraPaths);
+
+	//Try to start process
+	process.start(exePath, arguments);
+	if (!process.waitForStarted())
+	{
+		qWarning("Failed to launch %s -> %s", MUTILS_UTF8(fileName), MUTILS_UTF8(process.errorString()));
+		return QStringList();
+	}
+
+	//Start the timer
+	QElapsedTimer timer;
+	timer.start();
+
+	//Wait until process has finished
+	QStringList processOutput;
+	while (process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
+	{
+		process.waitForReadyRead(1250);
+		while (process.canReadLine())
+		{
+			const QString line = QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
+			if (!line.isEmpty())
+			{
+				processOutput << line;
+			}
+		}
+		if (timer.hasExpired(15000))
+		{
+			qWarning("%s process encountered a deadlock -> aborting now!", MUTILS_UTF8(fileName));
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//Make sure process has terminated!
+	process.waitForFinished(1250);
+	if (process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
+	{
+		qWarning("%s process still running, going to kill it!", MUTILS_UTF8(fileName));
+		process.kill();
+		process.waitForFinished(-1);
+	}
+
+	//Read pending lines
+	while (process.bytesAvailable() > 0)
+	{
+		const QString line = QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
+		if (!line.isEmpty())
+		{
+			processOutput << line;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//Check exit code
+	if (process.exitCode() != 0)
+	{
+		qWarning("%s failed with code 0x%08X -> discarding all output!", MUTILS_UTF8(fileName), process.exitCode());
+		return QStringList();
+	}
+
+	return processOutput;
+}
diff --git a/src/thread_startup.h b/src/thread_startup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d187bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread_startup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Simple x264 Launcher
+// Copyright (C) 2004-2019 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#pragma once
+
+//Qt
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QStringList>
+
+class StarupThread : public QThread
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+protected:
+	static QStringList runProcess(const QString &exePath, const QStringList &args, const QStringList *const extraPaths = NULL);
+};
diff --git a/src/thread_vapoursynth.cpp b/src/thread_vapoursynth.cpp
index dea90df..26e6361 100644
--- a/src/thread_vapoursynth.cpp
+++ b/src/thread_vapoursynth.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@
 #include <QLibrary>
 #include <QEventLoop>
 #include <QTimer>
-#include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QProcess>
 
 //Internal
 #include "global.h"
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ bool VapourSynthCheckThread::detect(SysinfoModel *sysinfo)
 	connect(&thread, SIGNAL(terminated()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));
 	
 	thread.start();
-	QTimer::singleShot(15000, &loop, SLOT(quit()));
+	QTimer::singleShot(30000, &loop, SLOT(quit()));
 	
 	qDebug("VapourSynth thread has been created, please wait...");
 	loop.exec(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
@@ -336,61 +334,8 @@ bool VapourSynthCheckThread::isVapourSynthComplete(const QString &vsCorePath, QF
 
 bool VapourSynthCheckThread::checkVapourSynth(const QString &vspipePath)
 {
-	QProcess process;
-	QStringList output;
-
-	//Setup process object
-	process.setWorkingDirectory(QDir::tempPath());
-	process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-	process.setReadChannel(QProcess::StandardOutput);
-
-	//Try to start VSPIPE.EXE
-	process.start(vspipePath, QStringList() << "--version");
-	if(!process.waitForStarted())
-	{
-		qWarning("Failed to launch VSPIPE.EXE -> %s", process.errorString().toUtf8().constData());
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	//Wait for process to finish
-	while(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-	{
-		if(process.waitForReadyRead(12000))
-		{
-			while(process.canReadLine())
-			{
-				output << QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
-		if(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-		{
-			qWarning("VSPIPE.EXE process encountered a deadlock -> aborting now!");
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	//Make sure VSPIPE.EXE has terminated!
-	process.waitForFinished(2500);
-	if(process.state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
-	{
-		qWarning("VSPIPE.EXE process still running, going to kill it!");
-		process.kill();
-		process.waitForFinished(-1);
-	}
-
-	//Read pending lines
-	while(process.canReadLine())
-	{
-		output << QString::fromUtf8(process.readLine()).simplified();
-	}
-
-	//Check exit code
-	if(process.exitCode() != 0)
-	{
-		qWarning("VSPIPE.EXE failed with code 0x%08X -> disable Vapousynth support!", process.exitCode());
-		return false;
-	}
+	//Try to run VSPIPE.EXE
+	const QStringList output = runProcess(vspipePath, QStringList() << "--version");
 
 	//Init regular expressions
 	QRegExp vpsLogo("VapourSynth\\s+Video\\s+Processing\\s+Library");
diff --git a/src/thread_vapoursynth.h b/src/thread_vapoursynth.h
index f8a9639..ddc514b 100644
--- a/src/thread_vapoursynth.h
+++ b/src/thread_vapoursynth.h
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "thread_startup.h"
+
 //Qt
-#include <QThread>
 #include <QMutex>
 
-class QLibrary;
 class QFile;
 class SysinfoModel;
 
-class VapourSynthCheckThread : public QThread
+class VapourSynthCheckThread : public StarupThread
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index f9cdd0e..5c0715f 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define VER_X264_MAJOR 2
 #define VER_X264_MINOR 9
 #define VER_X264_PATCH 0
-#define VER_X264_BUILD 1146
+#define VER_X264_BUILD 1154
 
 #define VER_X264_PORTABLE_EDITION (0)
 
diff --git a/x264_launcher.props b/x264_launcher.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f534de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x264_launcher.props
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
+    <XPDeprecationWarning>false</XPDeprecationWarning>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BuildMacro Include="XPDeprecationWarning">
+      <Value>$(XPDeprecationWarning)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj b/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj
index fe43fc4..1d16863 100644
--- a/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj
+++ b/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="x264_launcher.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="x264_launcher.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
@@ -262,7 +264,6 @@ copy /Y "$(ProjectDir)\..\Prerequisites\Qt4\$(PlatformToolset)\Shared\plugins\im
       <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\UIC_%(Filename).h;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
       <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\UIC_%(Filename).h;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
     </CustomBuild>
-    <None Include="ReadMe.txt" />
     <CustomBuild Include="res\resources.qrc">
       <FileType>Document</FileType>
       <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">"$(QTDIR)\bin\rcc.exe" -o "$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\QRC_%(Filename).cpp" -name "%(Filename)" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
@@ -304,6 +305,14 @@ copy /Y "$(ProjectDir)\..\Prerequisites\Qt4\$(PlatformToolset)\Shared\plugins\im
     <ClInclude Include="src\model_clipInfo.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\source_factory.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\string_validator.h" />
+    <CustomBuild Include="src\thread_startup.h">
+      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">"$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe" -o "$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
+      <Command Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">"$(QTDIR)\bin\moc.exe" -o "$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp" "%(FullPath)"</Command>
+      <Message Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">MOC "$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp"</Message>
+      <Message Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">MOC "$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp"</Message>
+      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
+      <Outputs Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(SolutionDir)tmp\$(ProjectName)\MOC_%(Filename).cpp;%(Outputs)</Outputs>
+    </CustomBuild>
     <ClInclude Include="tmp\x264_launcher\UIC_win_about.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="tmp\x264_launcher\UIC_win_addJob.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="tmp\x264_launcher\UIC_win_editor.h" />
@@ -470,6 +479,7 @@ copy /Y "$(ProjectDir)\..\Prerequisites\Qt4\$(PlatformToolset)\Shared\plugins\im
     <ClCompile Include="src\main.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\thread_ipc_recv.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\thread_ipc_send.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="src\thread_startup.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\thread_vapoursynth.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\tool_abstract.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\win_about.cpp" />
@@ -488,6 +498,7 @@ copy /Y "$(ProjectDir)\..\Prerequisites\Qt4\$(PlatformToolset)\Shared\plugins\im
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_encode.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_ipc_recv.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_ipc_send.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_startup.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_vapoursynth.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_tool_abstract.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_win_about.cpp" />
diff --git a/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj.filters b/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj.filters
index 89f52d3..ebcb88f 100644
--- a/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/x264_launcher_MSVC2017.vcxproj.filters
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="ReadMe.txt" />
     <None Include="res\icons\movie.ico">
       <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
     </None>
@@ -120,6 +119,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="src\encoder_nvencc.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="src\thread_startup.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="src\main.cpp">
@@ -284,6 +286,12 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\encoder_nvencc.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\thread_startup.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="tmp\x264_launcher\MOC_thread_startup.cpp">
+      <Filter>Generated Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <CustomBuild Include="src\win_main.h">
diff --git a/z_build.bat b/z_build.bat
index baf8e8f..d38415d 100644
--- a/z_build.bat
+++ b/z_build.bat
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ REM ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 REM ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 REM // Compress
 REM ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-"%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\x264_launcher.exe"
-"%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\MUtils32-1.dll"
-"%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\Qt*.dll"
+:: "%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\x264_launcher.exe"
+:: "%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\MUtils32-1.dll"
+:: "%~dp0\..\Prerequisites\UPX\upx.exe" --best "%PACK_PATH%\Qt*.dll"
 
 REM ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 REM // Attributes