diff --git a/ios/Info.plist.xml b/ios/Info.plist.xml
index 76ef3c52..0512cc0d 100644
--- a/ios/Info.plist.xml
+++ b/ios/Info.plist.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
     <string>????</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>141</string>
+    <string>146</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconName</key>
     <string>AppIcon</string>
     <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>
diff --git a/ios/src/java/advent/core/GameCenter.java b/ios/src/java/advent/core/GameCenter.java
index 8e98b17d..64fe33cc 100644
--- a/ios/src/java/advent/core/GameCenter.java
+++ b/ios/src/java/advent/core/GameCenter.java
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ public class GameCenter {
 
     /** Do the login logic. If the user has never loged, a dialog will be shown. */
     public void login (final UIWindow window) {
+        try {
             GKLocalPlayer.getLocalPlayer().setAuthenticateHandler(new VoidBlock2<UIViewController, NSError>() {
                 @Override
                 public void invoke (UIViewController viewController, NSError error) {
+                    System.out.println("AUTH: invoked");
                     // If the device does not have an authenticated player, show the login dialog
                     if (viewController != null) {
                         System.out.println("Not logged in");
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ public class GameCenter {
                     }
                 }
             });
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println(e.toString());
+            throw e;
+        }
     }
 
     public void show(final UIViewController d) {
diff --git a/ios/src/java/advent/core/IOSLauncher.java b/ios/src/java/advent/core/IOSLauncher.java
index e44fb6b8..09c310a0 100644
--- a/ios/src/java/advent/core/IOSLauncher.java
+++ b/ios/src/java/advent/core/IOSLauncher.java
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ public class IOSLauncher extends IOSApplication.Delegate {
     TransactionObserver transactionObserver;
     @Override
     public boolean didFinishLaunching (UIApplication application, UIApplicationLaunchOptions launchOptions) {
+        System.out.println("Did finish loading");
+        try {
         transactionObserver = new TransactionObserver();
         SKPaymentQueue.getDefaultQueue().addTransactionObserver(transactionObserver);
+        boolean result = super.didFinishLaunching(application, launchOptions);
         new GameCenter().login(application.getKeyWindow());
-        return super.didFinishLaunching(application, launchOptions);
+        return result;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println(e.toString());
+            throw e;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -31,41 +38,42 @@ public class IOSLauncher extends IOSApplication.Delegate {
     }
 
     protected IOSApplication createApplication() {
-		IOSApplicationConfiguration config = new IOSApplicationConfiguration();
-                // config.colorFormat = GLKViewDrawableColorFormat.SRGBA8888;
-                // config.depthFormat = GLKViewDrawableDepthFormat._24;
-                config.orientationPortrait = false;
-                config.orientationLandscape = true;
-                config.preferredFramesPerSecond = 30;
-                config.useAccelerometer=false;
-                config.useCompass=false;
-                System.out.println("application created.");
-                HashSet<String> products = new HashSet();
-                products.add("fullgame");
-                SKProductsRequest request = new SKProductsRequest(products);
-                request.setDelegate(new ProductDelegate());
-                request.start();
+        IOSApplicationConfiguration config = new IOSApplicationConfiguration();
+        // config.colorFormat = GLKViewDrawableColorFormat.SRGBA8888;
+        // config.depthFormat = GLKViewDrawableDepthFormat._24;
+        config.orientationPortrait = true;
+        config.orientationLandscape = true;
+        config.preferredFramesPerSecond = 30;
+        config.useAccelerometer=false;
+        config.useCompass=false;
+        System.out.println("application created.");
+        try {
+            HashSet<String> products = new HashSet();
+            products.add("fullgame");
+            SKProductsRequest request = new SKProductsRequest(products);
+            request.setDelegate(new ProductDelegate());
+            request.start();
                 
-		RT.var("clojure.core", "require").invoke(Symbol.intern("advent.core"));
-		RT.var("clojure.core", "require").invoke(Symbol.intern("advent.ios"));
-                System.out.println("clojure loaded");
-		try {
-                    NSDictionary infoDictionary = NSBundle.getMainBundle().getInfoDictionary();
-                    String version = infoDictionary.get(new NSString("CFBundleShortVersionString")).toString();
-                    RT.var("advent.version", "version-override").bindRoot(version);
-			Game game = (Game) RT.var("advent.core", "advent").deref();
-                    System.out.println("game loaded");
-			return new IOSApplication(game, config);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
+            RT.var("clojure.core", "require").invoke(Symbol.intern("advent.core"));
+            RT.var("clojure.core", "require").invoke(Symbol.intern("advent.ios"));
+            System.out.println("clojure loaded");
+            NSDictionary infoDictionary = NSBundle.getMainBundle().getInfoDictionary();
+            String version = infoDictionary.get(new NSString("CFBundleShortVersionString")).toString();
+            RT.var("advent.version", "version-override").bindRoot(version);
+            Game game = (Game) RT.var("advent.core", "advent").deref();
+            System.out.println("game loaded");
+            return new IOSApplication(game, config);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println(e.toString());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
 
-	public static void main(String[] argv) {
-		NSAutoreleasePool pool = new NSAutoreleasePool();
-		UIApplication.main(argv, null, IOSLauncher.class);
-		pool.close();
+  public static void main(String[] argv) {
+    NSAutoreleasePool pool = new NSAutoreleasePool();
+    UIApplication.main(argv, null, IOSLauncher.class);
+    pool.close();
 	}
 
    @Override