diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/IconUtil.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/IconUtil.java
index e2577ec..201fdbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/IconUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/IconUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package envoy.client.ui;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
@@ -23,46 +22,43 @@ public class IconUtil {
 
 	/**
 	 * Loads an icon from the resource folder.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param path the path to the icon inside the resource folder
 	 * @return the icon
-	 * @throws IOException if the loading process failed
 	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
 	 */
-	public static Image load(String path) throws IOException { return new Image(IconUtil.class.getResource(path).toExternalForm()); }
+	public static Image load(String path) { return new Image(IconUtil.class.getResource(path).toExternalForm()); }
 
 	/**
 	 * Loads an icon from the resource folder and scales it to a given size.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param path the path to the icon inside the resource folder
 	 * @param size the size to scale the icon to
 	 * @return the scaled icon
-	 * @throws IOException if the loading process failed
 	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
 	 */
-	public static Image load(String path, int size) throws IOException {
+	public static Image load(String path, int size) {
 		return new Image(IconUtil.class.getResource(path).toExternalForm(), size, size, true, true);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * Loads icons specified by an enum. The images have to be named like the
 	 * lowercase enum constants with {@code .png} extension and be located inside a
 	 * folder with the lowercase name of the enum, which must be contained inside
 	 * the {@code /icons} folder.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param <T>       the enum that specifies the icons to load
 	 * @param enumClass the class of the enum
 	 * @param size      the size to scale the icons to
 	 * @return a map containing the loaded icons with the corresponding enum
 	 *         constants as keys
-	 * @throws IOException if the loading process failed
 	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
 	 */
-	public static <T extends Enum<T>> EnumMap<T, Image> loadByEnum(Class<T> enumClass, int size) throws IOException {
-		var	icons	= new EnumMap<T, Image>(enumClass);
-		var	path	= "/icons/" + enumClass.getSimpleName().toLowerCase() + "/";
-		for (var e : EnumSet.allOf(enumClass))
+	public static <T extends Enum<T>> EnumMap<T, Image> loadByEnum(Class<T> enumClass, int size) {
+		final var	icons	= new EnumMap<T, Image>(enumClass);
+		final var	path	= "/icons/" + enumClass.getSimpleName().toLowerCase() + "/";
+		for (final var e : EnumSet.allOf(enumClass))
 			icons.put(e, load(path + e.toString().toLowerCase() + ".png", size));
 		return icons;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/MessageListCell.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/MessageListCell.java
index 22aa188..21a094e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/MessageListCell.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/MessageListCell.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package envoy.client.ui;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import javafx.geometry.Insets;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
 import envoy.data.Message;
 import envoy.data.Message.MessageStatus;
 import envoy.data.User;
-import envoy.util.EnvoyLog;
 
 /**
  * Displays a single message inside the message list.
@@ -29,18 +26,9 @@ import envoy.util.EnvoyLog;
  */
 public class MessageListCell extends ListCell<Message> {
 
-	private static final DateTimeFormatter		dateFormat	= DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
-	private static Map<MessageStatus, Image>	statusImages;
-	private static User							client;
-
-	static {
-		try {
-			statusImages = IconUtil.loadByEnum(MessageStatus.class, 16);
-		} catch (final IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			EnvoyLog.getLogger(MessageListCell.class).log(Level.WARNING, "could not load status icons: ", e);
-		}
-	}
+	private static User								client;
+	private static final DateTimeFormatter			dateFormat		= DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
+	private static final Map<MessageStatus, Image>	statusImages	= IconUtil.loadByEnum(MessageStatus.class, 16);
 
 	/**
 	 * Displays the text, the data of creation and the status of a message.
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
index 3f6188f..b6da87c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
@@ -89,11 +89,7 @@ public final class ChatScene {
 		messageList.setCellFactory(listView -> new MessageListCell());
 		userList.setCellFactory(listView -> new ContactListCell());
 
-		try {
-			settingsButton.setGraphic(new ImageView(IconUtil.load("/icons/settings.png", 16)));
-		} catch (final IOException e2) {
-			logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not load settings icon", e2);
-		}
+		settingsButton.setGraphic(new ImageView(IconUtil.load("/icons/settings.png", 16)));
 
 		// Listen to received messages
 		eventBus.register(MessageCreationEvent.class, e -> {