diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
index 09bd47ac2..2dd2f66da 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using NLog;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using static Jackett.Common.Models.IndexerConfig.ConfigurationData;
@@ -177,10 +176,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
         //TODO: Remove this section once users have moved off DPAPI
         private bool MigratedFromDPAPI(JToken jsonConfig)
         {
-            bool runningOnDotNetCore = RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription.IndexOf("core", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
             bool isWindows = Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT;
 
-            if (!isWindows && runningOnDotNetCore)
+            if (!isWindows && DotNetCoreUtil.IsRunningOnDotNetCore)
             {
                 // User isn't running Windows, but is running on .NET Core framework, no access to the DPAPI, so don't bother trying to migrate
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/DotNetCoreUtil.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/DotNetCoreUtil.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..529528d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/DotNetCoreUtil.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Jackett.Common.Utils
+{
+    public static class DotNetCoreUtil
+    {
+        public static bool IsRunningOnDotNetCore
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                bool runningOnDotNetCore = false;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    runningOnDotNetCore = RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription.IndexOf("core", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    //Issue only appears to occur for small number of users on Mono
+                    runningOnDotNetCore = false;
+                }
+
+                return runningOnDotNetCore;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Initialisation.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Initialisation.cs
index 34b1942dd..4b5d22ff6 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Initialisation.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Initialisation.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ using Jackett.Common.Utils;
 using Jackett.Server.Services;
 using NLog;
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Jackett.Server
 {
@@ -113,8 +111,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
                 {
                     logger.Info("Overriding port to " + consoleOptions.Port);
                     serverConfig.Port = consoleOptions.Port;
-                    bool isWindows = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows);
-                    if (isWindows)
+
+                    if (EnvironmentUtil.IsWindows)
                     {
                         if (ServerUtil.IsUserAdministrator())
                         {
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
                 {
                     logger.Info("Overriding external access to " + consoleOptions.ListenPublic);
                     serverConfig.AllowExternal = consoleOptions.ListenPublic;
-                    if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                    if (EnvironmentUtil.IsWindows)
                     {
                         if (ServerUtil.IsUserAdministrator())
                         {
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
index 543c584e8..e4c180409 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Program.cs
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
             {
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.Client))
                 {
-                    bool runningOnDotNetCore = RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription.IndexOf("Core", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
-
-                    if (runningOnDotNetCore)
+                    if (DotNetCoreUtil.IsRunningOnDotNetCore)
                     {
                         options.Client = "httpclientnetcore";
                     }
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Services/ServerService.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Services/ServerService.cs
index 96f2f7872..daf1497d6 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Services/ServerService.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Services/ServerService.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
+using Jackett.Common.Utils;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities;
 using NLog;
@@ -121,10 +122,8 @@ namespace Jackett.Server.Services
                     logger.Error(e, "Error while reading the issue file");
                 }
 
-                bool runningOnDotNetCore = RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription.IndexOf("Core", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
-
                 Type monotype = Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime");
-                if (monotype != null && !runningOnDotNetCore)
+                if (monotype != null && !DotNetCoreUtil.IsRunningOnDotNetCore)
                 {
                     MethodInfo displayName = monotype.GetMethod("GetDisplayName", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
                     var monoVersion = "unknown";