diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GIOLibrary.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GIOLibrary.java
index 2a788117..0bb376cd 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GIOLibrary.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GIOLibrary.java
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@ package net.sourceforge.filebot.gio;
 
 
 import com.sun.jna.Library;
-import com.sun.jna.Native;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
 
 
 interface GIOLibrary extends Library {
 	
-	GIOLibrary INSTANCE = (GIOLibrary) Native.loadLibrary("gio-2.0", GIOLibrary.class);
-	
-	
 	void g_type_init();
 	
 	
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GVFS.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GVFS.java
index d1c88a31..d0d8ac65 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GVFS.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/gio/GVFS.java
@@ -5,26 +5,35 @@ package net.sourceforge.filebot.gio;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Native;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
 
 
 public class GVFS {
 	
+	private static GIOLibrary lib;
 	private static Pointer gvfs;
 	
 	
+	private synchronized static GIOLibrary getLibrary() {
+		if (lib == null) {
+			lib = (GIOLibrary) Native.loadLibrary("gio-2.0", GIOLibrary.class);
+		}
+		return lib;
+	}
+	
+	
 	public synchronized static Pointer getDefaultVFS() {
 		if (gvfs == null) {
-			GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_type_init();
-			gvfs = GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_vfs_get_default();
+			gvfs = getLibrary().g_vfs_get_default();
 		}
 		return gvfs;
 	}
 	
 	
 	public static File getPathForURI(URI uri) {
-		Pointer gfile = GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_vfs_get_file_for_uri(getDefaultVFS(), uri.toString());
-		Pointer chars = GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_file_get_path(gfile);
+		Pointer gfile = getLibrary().g_vfs_get_file_for_uri(getDefaultVFS(), uri.toString());
+		Pointer chars = getLibrary().g_file_get_path(gfile);
 		
 		try {
 			if (chars != null)
@@ -32,8 +41,8 @@ public class GVFS {
 			else
 				return null;
 		} finally {
-			GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_object_unref(gfile);
-			GIOLibrary.INSTANCE.g_free(chars);
+			getLibrary().g_object_unref(gfile);
+			getLibrary().g_free(chars);
 		}
 	}