diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
index fb6c370..3e7989f 100644
--- a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
+++ b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
@@ -349,7 +349,16 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
                 _vitalSharingTracker = new VitalSharingTracker(this);
 
                 // Initialize combat stats tracker (Mag-Tools style combat parsing)
-                _combatStatsTracker = new CombatStatsTracker(this);
+                try
+                {
+                    _combatStatsTracker = new CombatStatsTracker(this);
+                }
+                catch (Exception combatEx)
+                {
+                    WriteToChat($"[CombatStats] FATAL: Failed to create tracker: {combatEx.GetType().Name}: {combatEx.Message}");
+                    if (combatEx.InnerException != null)
+                        WriteToChat($"[CombatStats] Inner: {combatEx.InnerException.GetType().Name}: {combatEx.InnerException.Message}");
+                }
 
                 // Initialize command router
                 _commandRouter = new CommandRouter();
@@ -547,6 +556,7 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
             _staticRareTracker = _rareTracker;
             _chatEventRouter.SetRareTracker(_rareTracker);
             _chatEventRouter.SetCombatTracker(_combatStatsTracker);
+            WriteToChat($"[CombatStats] tracker={(_combatStatsTracker != null ? "OK" : "NULL")}");
 
             // Apply the values
             _rareTracker.RareMetaEnabled = PluginSettings.Instance.RareMetaEnabled;
diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll
index 733cff6..cbefde7 100644
Binary files a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll and b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll differ