diff --git a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/LazyInitializer.java b/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/LazyInitializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bca69457..000000000
--- a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/LazyInitializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Skymatic UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the accompanying LICENSE file.
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.cryptomator.common;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
-
-public final class LazyInitializer {
-
-	private LazyInitializer() {
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Same as {@link #initializeLazily(AtomicReference, SupplierThrowingException, Class)} except that no checked exception may be thrown by the factory function.
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> Type of the value
-	 * @param reference A reference to a maybe not yet initialized value.
-	 * @param factory A factory providing a value for the reference, if it doesn't exist yet. The factory may be invoked multiple times, but only one result will survive.
-	 * @return The initialized value
-	 */
-	public static <T> T initializeLazily(AtomicReference<T> reference, Supplier<T> factory) {
-		SupplierThrowingException<T, RuntimeException> factoryThrowingRuntimeExceptions = () -> factory.get();
-		return initializeLazily(reference, factoryThrowingRuntimeExceptions, RuntimeException.class);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Threadsafe lazy initialization pattern as proposed on http://stackoverflow.com/a/30247202/4014509
-	 *
-	 * @param <T> Type of the value
-	 * @param <E> Type of the any expected exception that may occur during initialization
-	 * @param reference A reference to a maybe not yet initialized value.
-	 * @param factory A factory providing a value for the reference, if it doesn't exist yet. The factory may be invoked multiple times, but only one result will survive.
-	 * @param exceptionType Expected exception type.
-	 * @return The initialized value
-	 * @throws E Exception thrown by the factory function.
-	 */
-	public static <T, E extends Exception> T initializeLazily(AtomicReference<T> reference, SupplierThrowingException<T, E> factory, Class<E> exceptionType) throws E {
-		final T existing = reference.get();
-		if (existing != null) {
-			return existing;
-		} else {
-			try {
-				return reference.updateAndGet(invokeFactoryIfNull(factory));
-			} catch (InitializationException e) {
-				Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e.getCause());
-				Throwables.throwIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), exceptionType);
-				throw e;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	private static <T, E extends Exception> UnaryOperator<T> invokeFactoryIfNull(SupplierThrowingException<T, E> factory) throws InitializationException {
-		return currentValue -> {
-			if (currentValue == null) {
-				try {
-					return factory.get();
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					throw new InitializationException(e);
-				}
-			} else {
-				return currentValue;
-			}
-		};
-	}
-
-	private static class InitializationException extends RuntimeException {
-
-		public InitializationException(Throwable cause) {
-			super(cause);
-		}
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/settings/SettingsProvider.java b/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/settings/SettingsProvider.java
index 390e40f5a..85bc436a2 100644
--- a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/settings/SettingsProvider.java
+++ b/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/settings/SettingsProvider.java
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.cryptomator.common.settings;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import org.cryptomator.common.Environment;
-import org.cryptomator.common.LazyInitializer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class SettingsProvider implements Supplier<Settings> {
 	private static final long SAVE_DELAY_MS = 1000;
 
 	private final AtomicReference<ScheduledFuture<?>> scheduledSaveCmd = new AtomicReference<>();
-	private final AtomicReference<Settings> settings = new AtomicReference<>();
+	private final Supplier<Settings> settings = Suppliers.memoize(this::load);
 	private final SettingsJsonAdapter settingsJsonAdapter = new SettingsJsonAdapter();
 	private final Environment env;
 	private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class SettingsProvider implements Supplier<Settings> {
 
 	@Override
 	public Settings get() {
-		return LazyInitializer.initializeLazily(settings, this::load);
+		return settings.get();
 	}
 
 	private Settings load() {
diff --git a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java b/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
index f2ab973f6..730f0fb6d 100644
--- a/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
+++ b/main/commons/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package org.cryptomator.common.vaults;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
-import org.cryptomator.common.LazyInitializer;
 import org.cryptomator.common.mountpoint.InvalidMountPointException;
 import org.cryptomator.common.settings.VaultSettings;
 import org.cryptomator.common.vaults.Volume.VolumeException;
@@ -100,11 +99,7 @@ public class Vault {
 	// Commands
 	// ********************************************************************************/
 
-	private CryptoFileSystem getCryptoFileSystem(CharSequence passphrase) throws NoSuchFileException, IOException, InvalidPassphraseException, CryptoException {
-		return LazyInitializer.initializeLazily(cryptoFileSystem, () -> unlockCryptoFileSystem(passphrase), IOException.class);
-	}
-
-	private CryptoFileSystem unlockCryptoFileSystem(CharSequence passphrase) throws NoSuchFileException, IOException, InvalidPassphraseException, CryptoException {
+	private CryptoFileSystem createCryptoFileSystem(CharSequence passphrase) throws NoSuchFileException, IOException, InvalidPassphraseException, CryptoException {
 		Set<FileSystemFlags> flags = EnumSet.noneOf(FileSystemFlags.class);
 		if (vaultSettings.usesReadOnlyMode().get()) {
 			flags.add(FileSystemFlags.READONLY);
@@ -127,9 +122,14 @@ public class Vault {
 	}
 
 	public synchronized void unlock(CharSequence passphrase) throws CryptoException, IOException, VolumeException, InvalidMountPointException {
-		CryptoFileSystem fs = getCryptoFileSystem(passphrase);
-		volume = volumeProvider.get();
-		volume.mount(fs, getEffectiveMountFlags());
+		if (cryptoFileSystem.get() == null) {
+			CryptoFileSystem fs = createCryptoFileSystem(passphrase);
+			cryptoFileSystem.set(fs);
+			volume = volumeProvider.get();
+			volume.mount(fs, getEffectiveMountFlags());
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Already unlocked.");
+		}
 	}
 
 	public synchronized void lock(boolean forced) throws VolumeException {