diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/GameAnalyticsManager.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/GameAnalyticsManager.cs
index 36cc8fbe1..b276e7ed7 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/GameAnalyticsManager.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/GameAnalyticsManager.cs
@@ -34,17 +34,25 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             {
                 DebugConsole.ThrowError("Error while calculating MD5 hash for the executable \"" + exePath + "\"", e);
             }
+            try
+            {
+                GameAnalytics.ConfigureBuild(GameMain.Version.ToString()
+                    + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(exeName) ? "Unknown" : exeName) + ":"
+                    + ((exeHash?.ShortHash == null) ? "Unknown" : exeHash.ShortHash));
             
-            GameAnalytics.ConfigureBuild(GameMain.Version.ToString()
-                + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(exeName) ? "Unknown" : exeName) + ":"
-                + ((exeHash?.ShortHash == null) ? "Unknown" : exeHash.ShortHash));
-            
-            GameAnalytics.AddDesignEvent("Executable:"
-                + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(exeName) ? "Unknown" : exeName) + ":"
-                + ((exeHash?.ShortHash == null) ? "Unknown" : exeHash.ShortHash));
+                GameAnalytics.AddDesignEvent("Executable:"
+                    + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(exeName) ? "Unknown" : exeName) + ":"
+                    + ((exeHash?.ShortHash == null) ? "Unknown" : exeHash.ShortHash));
 
-            GameAnalytics.ConfigureAvailableCustomDimensions01("singleplayer", "multiplayer", "editor");
-            GameAnalytics.Initialize("a3a073c20982de7c15d21e840e149122", "9010ad9a671233b8d9610d76cec8c897d9ff3ba7");
+                GameAnalytics.ConfigureAvailableCustomDimensions01("singleplayer", "multiplayer", "editor");
+                GameAnalytics.Initialize("a3a073c20982de7c15d21e840e149122", "9010ad9a671233b8d9610d76cec8c897d9ff3ba7");
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                DebugConsole.ThrowError("Initializing GameAnalytics failed. Disabling user statistics...", e);
+                GameSettings.SendUserStatistics = false;
+                return;
+            }
             
             string contentPackageName = GameMain.Config?.SelectedContentPackage?.Name;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentPackageName))