diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/FontLoader.java b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/FontLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05ce9cc83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/FontLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.cryptomator.ui.common;
+
+import javafx.scene.text.Font;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public class FontLoader {
+
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FontLoader.class);
+	private static final double DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 12;
+
+	public static Font load(String resourcePath) throws FontLoaderException {
+		try (InputStream in = FontLoader.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath)) {
+			if (in == null) {
+				throw new FontLoaderException(resourcePath);
+			} else {
+				return load(resourcePath, in);
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new FontLoaderException(resourcePath, e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static Font load(String resourcePath, InputStream in) throws FontLoaderException {
+		Font font = Font.loadFont(in, DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE);
+		if (font != null) {
+			LOG.debug("Loaded family: {}", font.getFamily());
+			return font;
+		} else {
+			throw new FontLoaderException(resourcePath);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class FontLoaderException extends IOException {
+
+		private FontLoaderException(String resourceName) {
+			super("Failed to load font: " + resourceName);
+		}
+
+		private FontLoaderException(String resourceName, Throwable cause) {
+			super("Failed to load font: " + resourceName, cause);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controls/FontAwesome5IconView.java b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controls/FontAwesome5IconView.java
index f10cf3342..294c6b78e 100644
--- a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controls/FontAwesome5IconView.java
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controls/FontAwesome5IconView.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.cryptomator.ui.controls;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleDoubleProperty;
@@ -8,11 +7,10 @@ import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
 import javafx.scene.text.Font;
 import javafx.scene.text.Text;
+import org.cryptomator.ui.common.FontLoader;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 
 /**
@@ -30,15 +28,9 @@ public class FontAwesome5IconView extends Text {
 	private DoubleProperty glyphSize = new SimpleDoubleProperty(this, "glyphSize", DEFAULT_GLYPH_SIZE);
 
 	static {
-		try (InputStream in = FontAwesome5IconView.class.getResourceAsStream(FONT_PATH)) {
-			Preconditions.checkNotNull(in, "Resource not found: " + FONT_PATH);
-			FONT = Font.loadFont(in, DEFAULT_GLYPH_SIZE);
-			if (FONT != null) {
-				LOG.debug("Loaded family: {}", FONT.getFamily());
-			} else {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load font.");
-			}
-		} catch (IOException e) {
+		try {
+			FONT = FontLoader.load(FONT_PATH);
+		} catch (FontLoader.FontLoaderException e) {
 			throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/mainwindow/MainWindowController.java b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/mainwindow/MainWindowController.java
index 5d33ce9d5..665f2d757 100644
--- a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/mainwindow/MainWindowController.java
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/mainwindow/MainWindowController.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import javafx.beans.binding.BooleanBinding;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
 import javafx.scene.layout.Region;
-import javafx.scene.text.Font;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import org.cryptomator.ui.common.FontLoader;
 import org.cryptomator.ui.common.FxController;
 import org.cryptomator.ui.fxapp.FxApplication;
 import org.cryptomator.ui.fxapp.UpdateChecker;
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 
 @MainWindowScoped
 public class MainWindowController implements FxController {
@@ -63,14 +61,9 @@ public class MainWindowController implements FxController {
 	}
 
 	private void loadFont(String resourcePath) {
-		try (InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourcePath)) {
-			Font font = Font.loadFont(in, 12.0);
-			if (font == null) {
-				LOG.warn("Error loading font from path: " + resourcePath);
-			} else {
-				LOG.debug("Loaded font {}", font.getFamily());
-			}
-		} catch (IOException e) {
+		try {
+			FontLoader.load(resourcePath);
+		} catch (FontLoader.FontLoaderException e) {
 			LOG.warn("Error loading font from path: " + resourcePath, e);
 		}
 	}