diff --git a/browser/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/browser/Browser.java b/browser/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/browser/Browser.java
index 770b286..fc2af0c 100644
--- a/browser/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/browser/Browser.java
+++ b/browser/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/browser/Browser.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class Browser extends MessageRunner
                         logger.error(scanner.nextLine());
                     }
                 }
+                notifyAllInstance();
                 throw new IOException("Error in browser launch (exit code " + startExit + ")");
             }
         }
@@ -157,6 +158,14 @@ public class Browser extends MessageRunner
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public void stop()
+    {
+        this.running = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility method for launching a browser instance
      *
diff --git a/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/PlayerEnvironment.java b/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/PlayerEnvironment.java
index c0b7058..573bce5 100644
--- a/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/PlayerEnvironment.java
+++ b/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/PlayerEnvironment.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class PlayerEnvironment
      */
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
+        logger.info("MAIN FOREVER");
         LinkedHashMap<String, Object> ops = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         ArrayList<String> params = new ArrayList<>();
         parseArgs(args, ops, params);
diff --git a/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/player/BrowserPlayer.java b/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/player/BrowserPlayer.java
index e2b0af9..609ccc1 100644
--- a/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/player/BrowserPlayer.java
+++ b/interface/src/main/java/edu/regis/universeplayer/player/BrowserPlayer.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class BrowserPlayer implements Player<InternetSong>, UpdateListener
             .getLogger(BrowserPlayer.class);
 
     private final LinkedList<PlaybackListener> listeners = new LinkedList<>();
+    private boolean error = false;
 
     private InternetSong currentSong;
 
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ public class BrowserPlayer implements Player<InternetSong>, UpdateListener
 
     private Browser getBrowser()
     {
-        if (browserRef == null)
+        if (browserRef == null && !this.error)
         {
-            while (Browser.getInstance() == null)
+            if (Browser.getInstance() == null)
             {
                 try
                 {
@@ -53,8 +54,11 @@ public class BrowserPlayer implements Player<InternetSong>, UpdateListener
                     logger.error("Interrupted while waiting for browser to initialize.", e);
                 }
             }
-            Browser.getInstance().addUpdateListener(this);
-            browserRef = Browser.getInstance();
+            if (Browser.getInstance() != null)
+            {
+                Browser.getInstance().addUpdateListener(this);
+                browserRef = Browser.getInstance();
+            }
         }
         return browserRef;
     }
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ public class BrowserPlayer implements Player<InternetSong>, UpdateListener
             catch (IOException | InterruptedException e)
             {
                 logger.error("Could not initialize browser", e);
+                this.error = true;
+                Browser.notifyAllInstance();
             }
         });
         browserThread.start();