diff --git a/src/moonlight-server/exceptions/exceptions.h b/src/moonlight-server/exceptions/exceptions.h
index 558e203a..284fb48d 100644
--- a/src/moonlight-server/exceptions/exceptions.h
+++ b/src/moonlight-server/exceptions/exceptions.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static void safe_dump_stacktrace_to(const std::string &file_name) {
   cpptrace::frame_ptr buffer[N];
   std::size_t count = cpptrace::safe_generate_raw_trace(buffer, N);
   if (count > 0) {
-    int fd = open(file_name.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_DSYNC);
+    int fd = open(file_name.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_DSYNC, 0666);
     if (fd <= 0) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/moonlight-server/wolf.cpp b/src/moonlight-server/wolf.cpp
index 1020ff32..e68d6e6e 100644
--- a/src/moonlight-server/wolf.cpp
+++ b/src/moonlight-server/wolf.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,9 @@ static void shutdown_handler(int signum) {
 static void check_exceptions() {
   auto stack_file = backtrace_file_src();
   if (boost::filesystem::exists(stack_file)) {
-    load_stacktrace_from(stack_file)->resolve().print();
+    if (auto object_trace = load_stacktrace_from(stack_file)) {
+      object_trace->resolve().print();
+    }
     auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
     boost::filesystem::rename(
         stack_file,
diff --git a/tests/testExceptions.cpp b/tests/testExceptions.cpp
index 3dd7f9da..e523efce 100644
--- a/tests/testExceptions.cpp
+++ b/tests/testExceptions.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ using Catch::Matchers::Equals;
 
 TEST_CASE("Exceptions", "[Exceptions]") {
   safe_dump_stacktrace_to("stacktrace.txt");
+  auto stacktrace = load_stacktrace_from("stacktrace.txt")->resolve();
 
-  auto trace = load_stacktrace_from("stacktrace.txt");
-
-  auto stacktrace = trace->resolve();
   REQUIRE(stacktrace.frames.size() > 0);
   stacktrace.print(std::cout, false);