diff --git a/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ActivationService.cs b/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ActivationService.cs
index d2b55bfd..e8f22c49 100644
--- a/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ActivationService.cs
+++ b/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ActivationService.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using CommunityToolkit.WinUI;
 using GIMI_ModManager.Core.Contracts.Services;
 using GIMI_ModManager.Core.GamesService;
+using GIMI_ModManager.Core.Helpers;
 using GIMI_ModManager.WinUI.Activation;
 using GIMI_ModManager.WinUI.Contracts.Services;
 using GIMI_ModManager.WinUI.Helpers;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ private async Task StartupAsync()
     }
 
     const int MinimizedPosition = -32000;
+
     private async Task SetWindowSettings()
     {
         var screenSize = await _localSettingsService.ReadSettingAsync<ScreenSizeSettings>(ScreenSizeSettings.Key);
@@ -195,23 +197,34 @@ private async void OnApplicationExit(object sender, WindowEventArgs args)
             args.Handled = true;
 
             var notificationCleanup = Task.Run(_modNotificationManager.CleanupAsync).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            var saveWindowSettingsTask = SaveWindowSettingsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var saveWindowSettingsTask = SaveWindowSettingsAsync();
 
             _logger.Debug("JASM shutting down...");
             _modUpdateAvailableChecker.CancelAndStop();
             _updateChecker.CancelAndStop();
 
-
+            await saveWindowSettingsTask;
             await _windowManagerService.CloseWindowsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var tmpDir = new DirectoryInfo(App.TMP_DIR);
             if (tmpDir.Exists)
             {
+                tmpDir.Refresh();
                 _logger.Debug("Deleting temporary directory: {Path}", tmpDir.FullName);
-                tmpDir.Delete(true);
+                try
+                {
+                    tmpDir.EnumerateFiles("*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                        .ForEach(f => f.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal);
+                    tmpDir.EnumerateDirectories("*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                        .ForEach(d => d.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal);
+                    tmpDir.Delete(true);
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    _logger.Warning(e, "Failed to delete temporary directory: {Path}", tmpDir.FullName);
+                }
             }
 
-            await saveWindowSettingsTask;
             await notificationCleanup;
             _logger.Debug("JASM shutdown complete.");
         }
diff --git a/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ImageHandlerService.cs b/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ImageHandlerService.cs
index 632b0e61..c294a592 100644
--- a/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ImageHandlerService.cs
+++ b/src/GIMI-ModManager.WinUI/Services/ImageHandlerService.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace GIMI_ModManager.WinUI.Services;
 
 public class ImageHandlerService
 {
-    private readonly DirectoryInfo _tmpFolder = new(Path.Combine(App.TMP_DIR, "Images"));
+    private readonly string _tmpFolder = Path.Combine(App.TMP_DIR, "Images");
 
     public readonly Uri PlaceholderImageUri =
         new(Path.Combine(App.ASSET_DIR, "ModPanePlaceholder.webp"));
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ public async Task<StorageFile> DownloadImageAsync(Uri url, CancellationToken can
             throw new ArgumentException($"Url must be a valid image url. Invalid extension: {invalidExtension}");
         }
 
+        var tmpFolder = new DirectoryInfo(_tmpFolder);
 
-        var tmpFile = Path.Combine(_tmpFolder.FullName,
+        var tmpFile = Path.Combine(tmpFolder.FullName,
             $"WEB_DOWNLOAD_{Guid.NewGuid():N}{Path.GetExtension(url.ToString())}");
 
 
-        if (!_tmpFolder.Exists)
-            _tmpFolder.Create();
+        if (!tmpFolder.Exists)
+            tmpFolder.Create();
 
         var client = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
 
@@ -81,12 +82,14 @@ public async Task<StorageFile> DownloadImageAsync(Uri url, CancellationToken can
 
     private async Task<StorageFile> CopyImageToTmpFolder(StorageFile file)
     {
-        if (!_tmpFolder.Exists) _tmpFolder.Create();
+        var tmpFolder = new DirectoryInfo(_tmpFolder);
 
-        var tmpFile = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(_tmpFolder.FullName, file.Name));
+        if (!tmpFolder.Exists) tmpFolder.Create();
+
+        var tmpFile = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(tmpFolder.FullName, file.Name));
         if (tmpFile.Exists) tmpFile.Delete();
 
-        var tmpImage = await file.CopyAsync(await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathAsync(_tmpFolder.FullName));
+        var tmpImage = await file.CopyAsync(await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathAsync(tmpFolder.FullName));
         var extension = tmpImage.FileType;
 
         var newFileName = $"{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(tmpImage.Name)}_{Guid.NewGuid()}{extension}";