diff --git a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java
index 88ff87526..1dc41e8fa 100644
--- a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java
+++ b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java
@@ -171,34 +171,90 @@ public void setQuality(float quality) {
     @Override
     public void initialize(AppStateManager stateManager, Application app) {
         super.initialize(stateManager, app);
-        this.app = app;
-        this.oldTimer = app.getTimer();
-        app.setTimer(new IsoTimer(framerate));
+
+        // Validate the input application instance
+        if (app == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Application instance cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        // Defensive copying: store only what is needed
+        this.oldTimer = app.getTimer(); // Keep the old timer
+        app.setTimer(new IsoTimer(framerate)); // Set the custom timer for this state
+
+        RenderManager renderManager = app.getRenderManager();
+        if (renderManager == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("RenderManager is not initialized in the Application");
+        }
+
+        // Determine the file to write video to if none is specified
         if (file == null) {
             String filename = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator + "jMonkey-" + System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 + ".avi";
             file = new File(filename);
         }
+
         processor = new VideoProcessor();
-        List<ViewPort> vps = app.getRenderManager().getPostViews();
+        List<ViewPort> viewPorts = renderManager.getPostViews();
 
-        for (int i = vps.size() - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
-            lastViewPort = vps.get(i);
+        // Safely select the last enabled ViewPort
+        for (int i = viewPorts.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            lastViewPort = viewPorts.get(i);
             if (lastViewPort.isEnabled()) {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        lastViewPort.addProcessor(processor);
+
+        // Attach the processor to the selected ViewPort
+        if (lastViewPort != null) {
+            lastViewPort.addProcessor(processor);
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("No enabled ViewPort found to attach the VideoProcessor");
+        }
     }
+//    public void initialize(AppStateManager stateManager, Application app) {
+//        super.initialize(stateManager, app);
+//        this.app = app;
+//        this.oldTimer = app.getTimer();
+//        app.setTimer(new IsoTimer(framerate));
+//        if (file == null) {
+//            String filename = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator + "jMonkey-" + System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 + ".avi";
+//            file = new File(filename);
+//        }
+//        processor = new VideoProcessor();
+//        List<ViewPort> vps = app.getRenderManager().getPostViews();
+//
+//        for (int i = vps.size() - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
+//            lastViewPort = vps.get(i);
+//            if (lastViewPort.isEnabled()) {
+//                break;
+//            }
+//        }
+//        lastViewPort.addProcessor(processor);
+//    }
 
     @Override
     public void cleanup() {
-        lastViewPort.removeProcessor(processor);
-        app.setTimer(oldTimer);
+        if (lastViewPort != null) {
+            lastViewPort.removeProcessor(processor);
+        }
+
+        // Restore the old timer
+        if (app != null) {
+            app.setTimer(oldTimer);
+        }
+
         initialized = false;
         file = null;
         shutdownExecutor();
+
         super.cleanup();
     }
+//    public void cleanup() {
+//        lastViewPort.removeProcessor(processor);
+//        app.setTimer(oldTimer);
+//        initialized = false;
+//        file = null;
+//        super.cleanup();
+//    }
 
     private class WorkItem {
 
diff --git a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/cursors/plugins/CursorLoader.java b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/cursors/plugins/CursorLoader.java
index 9c8af90e9..f28f40ab2 100644
--- a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/cursors/plugins/CursorLoader.java
+++ b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/cursors/plugins/CursorLoader.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
@@ -167,7 +169,9 @@ private JmeCursor loadCursor(InputStream inStream) throws IOException {
                                 if (leIn.readInt() == 0x6e6f6369) { // we have 'icon'
                                     // We have an icon and from this point on
                                     // the rest is only icons.
-                                    int icoLength = leIn.readInt();
+                                    byte[] icoLengthBytes = new byte[4];
+                                    leIn.readFully(icoLengthBytes);
+                                    int icoLength = ByteBuffer.wrap(icoLengthBytes).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).getInt();
                                     ciDat.numImages = numIcons;
                                     icons = new ArrayList<byte[]>(numIcons);
                                     for (int i = 0; i < numIcons; i++) {
diff --git a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/system/NativeLibraryLoader.java b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/system/NativeLibraryLoader.java
index 4525acbd7..a06fb01a2 100644
--- a/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/system/NativeLibraryLoader.java
+++ b/jme3-desktop/src/main/java/com/jme3/system/NativeLibraryLoader.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
diff --git a/jme3-plugins/src/fbx/java/com/jme3/scene/plugins/fbx/objects/FbxImage.java b/jme3-plugins/src/fbx/java/com/jme3/scene/plugins/fbx/objects/FbxImage.java
index 7ef329933..37d637764 100644
--- a/jme3-plugins/src/fbx/java/com/jme3/scene/plugins/fbx/objects/FbxImage.java
+++ b/jme3-plugins/src/fbx/java/com/jme3/scene/plugins/fbx/objects/FbxImage.java
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ private Image createImage() {
                 Texture tex = null;
                 try {
                     tex = assetManager.loadTexture(new ContentTextureKey(scene.currentAssetInfo.getKey().getFolder() + filename, content));
-                } catch(Exception e) {}
+                } catch(Exception e) {
+                     throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load texture: " + filename, e);
+                }
                 if(tex != null)
                     image = tex.getImage();
             }