diff --git a/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/KeychainAccessStrategy.java b/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/KeychainAccessStrategy.java
index 30baaf99f..a248d08f5 100644
--- a/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/KeychainAccessStrategy.java
+++ b/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/KeychainAccessStrategy.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ interface KeychainAccessStrategy extends KeychainAccess {
 
 	/**
 	 * @return <code>true</code> if this KeychainAccessStrategy works on the current machine.
+	 * @implNote This method must not throw any exceptions and should fail fast
+	 * returning <code>false</code> if it can't determine availability of the checked strategy
 	 */
 	boolean isSupported();
 
diff --git a/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/LinuxSecretServiceKeychainAccessImpl.java b/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/LinuxSecretServiceKeychainAccessImpl.java
index 542c98c42..36a139a9f 100644
--- a/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/LinuxSecretServiceKeychainAccessImpl.java
+++ b/main/keychain/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/keychain/LinuxSecretServiceKeychainAccessImpl.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class LinuxSecretServiceKeychainAccessImpl implements KeychainAccessStrategy {
 		try (@SuppressWarnings("unused") SimpleCollection keyring = new SimpleCollection()) {
 			// seems like we're able to access the keyring.
 			return true;
-		} catch (IOException e) {
+		} catch (IOException | RuntimeException e) {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}