diff --git a/buildNumber.properties b/buildNumber.properties
index a97fa9f0..1396e376 100644
--- a/buildNumber.properties
+++ b/buildNumber.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Fri Aug 16 09:31:36 EDT 2024
-buildNumber=241
+#Fri Aug 16 10:14:05 EDT 2024
+buildNumber=249
diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 9251a696..1648d2d6 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ Fix viewmodel animation framerate
 Fix server not starting
 Fix client disconnection causing wrong socket to be closed from server
 Fix build tooling, scripts, etc
+Launcher fixes
 
 
 # TODO
diff --git a/launcher/src/main.c b/launcher/src/main.c
index 39bb3c68..1cc41190 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.c
+++ b/launcher/src/main.c
@@ -29,13 +29,20 @@ int main(){
 	strcat(javaPath,"\\jdk\\bin\\java.exe\0");
 	//get jar location
 	char jarPath[MAX_PATH_SIZE + 50];
-	strcpy(jarPath,currentWorkingDirectory);
+	
+	strcpy(jarPath,"\"");
+	strcat(jarPath,currentWorkingDirectory);
 	strcat(jarPath,"\\engine.jar");
+	strcat(jarPath,"\"");
 	logVar("javaPath: ",javaPath);
 	logVar("jarPath:  ",jarPath);
 	printf("%s\n",jarPath);
 	fflush(stdout);
-	execlp(javaPath,"java","-jar",jarPath, (char *)NULL);
+	int execVal = execlp(javaPath,"java","-jar",jarPath, (char *)NULL);
+	printf("Exec code: %d\n",execVal);
+	perror("execlp");
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +55,14 @@ void redirectStdout(){
     }
     dup2(outfd, 1); // replace stdout
     close(outfd);
+	int outerrfd = open("stderr.txt", O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, 0644);
+    if (!outerrfd)
+    {
+		printf("Error opening stdout redirect");
+		fflush(stderr);
+    }
+    dup2(outerrfd, fileno(stderr)); // replace stderr
+    close(outerrfd);
 }