diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
index ab82868b4..26de59efc 100644
--- a/desktop/build.gradle
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
     implementation "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
 
+    //we use LWJGL tinyFD directly to display crash messages and (for now) single-line text input
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd:3.2.1"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd:3.2.1:natives-windows"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd:3.2.1:natives-macos"
+    implementation "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-tinyfd:3.2.1:natives-linux"
+
     //Need these at compile time to prevent errors there.
     // The actual dependency used at runtime will vary based on source set.
     compileOnly project(':services:updates:debugUpdates')
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java b/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
index d16664222..6a3c0e782 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ import com.watabou.noosa.Game;
 import com.watabou.utils.FileUtils;
 import com.watabou.utils.Point;
 
+import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
+
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 
-import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
-import javax.swing.UIManager;
-
 public class DesktopLauncher {
 	public static void main (String[] arg) {
 		
@@ -51,12 +50,6 @@ public class DesktopLauncher {
 			title = DesktopLauncher.class.getPackage().getSpecificationTitle();
 		}
 		
-		try {
-			UIManager.setLookAndFeel( UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() );
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		
 		Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
 			@Override
 			public void uncaughtException(Thread thread, Throwable throwable) {
@@ -65,9 +58,20 @@ public class DesktopLauncher {
 				PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
 				throwable.printStackTrace(pw);
 				pw.flush();
-				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, title + " has run into an error it can't recover from and has crashed, sorry about that!\n\n" +
+				String exceptionMsg = sw.toString();
+
+				//shorten/simplify exception message to make it easier to fit into a message box
+				exceptionMsg = exceptionMsg.replaceAll("\\(.*:([0-9]*)\\)", "($1)");
+				exceptionMsg = exceptionMsg.replace("com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.", "");
+				exceptionMsg = exceptionMsg.replace("com.watabou.", "");
+				exceptionMsg = exceptionMsg.replace("com.badlogic.gdx.", "");
+				exceptionMsg = exceptionMsg.replace("\t", "    ");
+
+				TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_messageBox(title + " Has Crashed!",
+						title + " has run into an error it can't recover from and has crashed, sorry about that!\n\n" +
 						"If you could, please email this error message to the developer (Evan@ShatteredPixel.com):\n\n" +
-						sw.toString(), title + " Has Crashed!", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
+						exceptionMsg,
+						"ok", "error", false );
 				Gdx.app.exit();
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopPlatformSupport.java b/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopPlatformSupport.java
index 76817a530..d2014a827 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopPlatformSupport.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/desktop/DesktopPlatformSupport.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import com.watabou.noosa.Game;
 import com.watabou.utils.PlatformSupport;
 import com.watabou.utils.Point;
 
+import org.lwjgl.util.tinyfd.TinyFileDialogs;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -64,8 +66,17 @@ public class DesktopPlatformSupport extends PlatformSupport {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	//FIXME tinyfd_inputBox isn't a full solution for this. No support for multiline, looks ugly. Ideally we'd have an opengl-based input box
 	public void promptTextInput(String title, String hintText, int maxLen, boolean multiLine, String posTxt, String negTxt, TextCallback callback) {
-	
+		String result = TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_inputBox(title, title, hintText);
+		if (result == null){
+			callback.onSelect(false, "");
+		} else {
+			if (result.contains("\r\n"))    result = result.substring(0, result.indexOf("\r\n"));
+			if (result.contains("\n"))      result = result.substring(0, result.indexOf("\n"));
+			if (result.length() > maxLen)   result = result.substring(0, maxLen);
+			callback.onSelect(true, result.replace("\r\n", "").replace("\n", ""));
+		}
 	}
 	
 	private int pageSize;