diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
index 642c62e20..d3b37ad69 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ if(BUILD_WITH_MONO)
     set(MonoScript_Headers
             Script/LangMono/LangMono.hpp
             )
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DENABLE_MONO")
 endif(BUILD_WITH_MONO)
 
 set(NativeScript_Sources
diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LangMono/LangMono.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LangMono/LangMono.cpp
index 8068ab371..1a4a107f7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LangMono/LangMono.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LangMono/LangMono.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ std::vector<MonoClass *> getInstanceClassList(MonoImage *image, const std::strin
 
 void LangMono::LoadProgram(const char *filename)
 {
-    instance->assembly = mono_domain_assembly_open(domain, filename);
+    MonoAssembly *assembly = mono_domain_assembly_open(domain, filename);
+
+    if(!assembly)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot load: " + std::string(filename));
+
+    instance->assembly = assembly;
     instance->image = mono_assembly_get_image(instance->assembly);
 
     std::vector<MonoClass *> list = getInstanceClassList(instance->image, "Instance");
diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/Script.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/Script.cpp
index 2c357bdb3..30f41a0ce 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/Script.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/Script.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Created by koncord on 19.03.16.
 //
 
-#include <apps/openmw-mp/Script/LangMono/LangMono.hpp>
 #include "Script.hpp"
 #include "LangNative/LangNative.hpp"
 
@@ -10,11 +9,28 @@
 #include "LangLua/LangLua.hpp"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_MONO
+#include "LangMono/LangMono.hpp"
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 
 Script::ScriptList Script::scripts;
 std::string Script::moddir;
 
+inline bool Load(Language *lang, const std::string &path)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        lang->LoadProgram(path.c_str());
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        lang->FreeProgram();
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load: " + path);
+    }
+}
+
 Script::Script(const char *path)
 {
     FILE *file = fopen(path, "rb");
@@ -26,39 +42,43 @@ Script::Script(const char *path)
 
     if (strstr(path, ".dll"))
     {
+#ifdef ENABLE_MONO
         script_type = SCRIPT_MONO;
-        lang = new LangMono();
-    }
-    /*else
+        try
+        {
+            lang = new LangMono();
+            Load(lang, path);
+        }
+        catch(...)
+        {
+#endif
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    if (strstr(path, ".dll"))
-#else
-    if (strstr(path, ".so"))
+        script_type = SCRIPT_CPP;
+        lang = new LangNative();
+        Load(lang, path);
+#endif
+#ifdef ENABLE_MONO
+        }
 #endif
+    }
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    else if (strstr(path, ".so"))
     {
         script_type = SCRIPT_CPP;
         lang = new LangNative();
-    }*/
+        Load(lang, path);
+    }
+#endif
 #if defined (ENABLE_LUA)
     else if (strstr(path, ".lua") || strstr(path, ".t"))
     {
-        lang = new LangLua();
         script_type = SCRIPT_LUA;
+        lang = new LangLua();
+        Load(lang, path);
     }
 #endif
     else
         throw runtime_error("Script type not recognized: " + string(path));
-
-    try
-    {
-        lang->LoadProgram(path);
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        lang->FreeProgram();
-        throw;
-    }
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
index 03e5e1b93..279f2d56d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 #include "Utils.hpp"
 
 #include <apps/openmw-mp/Script/Script.hpp>
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_MONO
 #include <mono/metadata/assembly.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_BREAKPAD
 #include <handler/exception_handler.h>
@@ -235,7 +238,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 #endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_MONO
     mono_set_dirs(Utils::convertPath(plugin_home + "/mono").c_str(), Utils::convertPath(plugin_home + "/mono/etc").c_str());
+#endif
 
     int code;