diff --git a/Code/Extensions/ExtensionMethods.cs b/Code/Extensions/ExtensionMethods.cs
index 1209a14..66c141b 100644
--- a/Code/Extensions/ExtensionMethods.cs
+++ b/Code/Extensions/ExtensionMethods.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ namespace Flowframes
 
         public static string[] SplitIntoLines(this string str)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str))
+                return new string[0];
+
             return Regex.Split(str, "\r\n|\r|\n");
         }
 
diff --git a/Code/IO/Logger.cs b/Code/IO/Logger.cs
index 895533b..5c47bfe 100644
--- a/Code/IO/Logger.cs
+++ b/Code/IO/Logger.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace Flowframes
         public const string defaultLogName = "sessionlog";
         public static long id;
 
+        private static string _lastUi = "";
+        public static string LastUiLine { get { return _lastUi; } }
+        private static string _lastLog = "";
+        public static string LastLogLine { get { return _lastLog; } }
+
         public struct LogEntry
         {
             public string logMessage;
@@ -55,7 +60,14 @@ namespace Flowframes
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entry.logMessage))
                 return;
 
-            Console.WriteLine(entry.logMessage);
+            string msg = entry.logMessage;
+
+            _lastLog = msg;
+
+            if (!entry.hidden)
+                _lastUi = msg;
+
+            Console.WriteLine(msg);
 
             try
             {
@@ -68,21 +80,21 @@ namespace Flowframes
             }
             catch { }
 
-            entry.logMessage = entry.logMessage.Replace("\n", Environment.NewLine);
+            msg = msg.Replace("\n", Environment.NewLine);
 
             if (!entry.hidden && textbox != null)
-                textbox.AppendText((textbox.Text.Length > 1 ? Environment.NewLine : "") + entry.logMessage);
+                textbox.AppendText((textbox.Text.Length > 1 ? Environment.NewLine : "") + msg);
 
             if (entry.replaceLastLine)
             {
                 textbox.Resume();
-                entry.logMessage = "[REPL] " + entry.logMessage;
+                msg = "[REPL] " + msg;
             }
 
             if (!entry.hidden)
-                entry.logMessage = "[UI] " + entry.logMessage;
+                msg = "[UI] " + msg;
 
-            LogToFile(entry.logMessage, false, entry.filename);
+            LogToFile(msg, false, entry.filename);
         }
 
         public static void LogToFile(string logStr, bool noLineBreak, string filename)
diff --git a/Code/Os/AiProcess.cs b/Code/Os/AiProcess.cs
index 61c2df2..5596ec8 100644
--- a/Code/Os/AiProcess.cs
+++ b/Code/Os/AiProcess.cs
@@ -88,18 +88,31 @@ namespace Flowframes.Os
                 return;
             }
 
-            while (Interpolate.currentlyUsingAutoEnc && Program.busy)
+            try
             {
-                if (AvProcess.lastAvProcess != null && !AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited)
+                while (Interpolate.currentlyUsingAutoEnc && Program.busy)
                 {
-                    string lastLine = AvProcess.lastOutputFfmpeg.SplitIntoLines().Last();
-                    Logger.Log(FormatUtils.BeautifyFfmpegStats(lastLine), false, Logger.GetLastLine().ToLower().Contains("frame"));
+                    Logger.Log($"Interpolate.currentlyUsingAutoEnc && Program.busy");
+
+                    if (AvProcess.lastAvProcess != null && !AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited)
+                    {
+                        string lastLine = Logger.LastLogLine;
+
+                        if(lastLine.Contains("frame"))
+                            Logger.Log(FormatUtils.BeautifyFfmpegStats(lastLine), false, Logger.LastUiLine.ToLower().Contains("frame"));
+                    }
+
+                    Logger.Log($"will break if AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited ({AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited}) && !AutoEncode.HasWorkToDo() ({!AutoEncode.HasWorkToDo()})");
+
+                    if (AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited && !AutoEncode.HasWorkToDo())     // Stop logging if ffmpeg is not running & AE is done
+                        break;
+
+                    await Task.Delay(500);
                 }
-
-                if (AvProcess.lastAvProcess.HasExited && !AutoEncode.HasWorkToDo())     // Stop logging if ffmpeg is not running & AE is done
-                    break;
-
-                await Task.Delay(500);
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.Log($"AiFinished encoder logging error: {e.Message}\n{e.StackTrace}", true);
             }
         }