diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/AuthMe.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/AuthMe.java
index 3b8a53dab..537cd1c32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/AuthMe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/AuthMe.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import fr.xephi.authme.settings.OtherAccounts;
 import fr.xephi.authme.settings.Settings;
 import fr.xephi.authme.settings.Spawn;
 import fr.xephi.authme.util.GeoLiteAPI;
+import fr.xephi.authme.util.StringUtils;
 import fr.xephi.authme.util.Utils;
 import net.minelink.ctplus.CombatTagPlus;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import org.mcstats.Metrics;
 import org.mcstats.Metrics.Graph;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
@@ -905,16 +907,23 @@ public class AuthMe extends JavaPlugin {
     public String getVeryGamesIp(Player player) {
         String realIP = player.getAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress();
         String sUrl = "http://monitor-1.verygames.net/api/?action=ipclean-real-ip&out=raw&ip=%IP%&port=%PORT%";
-        sUrl = sUrl.replace("%IP%", player.getAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress()).replace("%PORT%", "" + player.getAddress().getPort());
+        sUrl = sUrl.replace("%IP%", player.getAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress())
+                   .replace("%PORT%", "" + player.getAddress().getPort());
         try {
             URL url = new URL(sUrl);
             URLConnection urlCon = url.openConnection();
-            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlCon.getInputStream()));
-            String inputLine = in.readLine();
-            if (inputLine != null && !inputLine.isEmpty() && !inputLine.equalsIgnoreCase("error") && !inputLine.contains("error")) {
-                realIP = inputLine;
+            try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlCon.getInputStream()))) {
+                String inputLine = in.readLine();
+                if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(inputLine) && !inputLine.equalsIgnoreCase("error")
+                        && !inputLine.contains("error")) {
+                    realIP = inputLine;
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                ConsoleLogger.showError("Could not read from Very Games API - " + StringUtils.formatException(e));
             }
-        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            ConsoleLogger.showError("Could not fetch Very Games API with URL '" + sUrl + "' - "
+                + StringUtils.formatException(e));
         }
         return realIP;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/converter/vAuthFileReader.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/converter/vAuthFileReader.java
index 1ab969ea5..3546a547c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/converter/vAuthFileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/converter/vAuthFileReader.java
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ public class vAuthFileReader {
         this.sender = sender;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Method convert.
-     *
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
     public void convert() {
         final File file = new File(plugin.getDataFolder().getParent() + "" + File.separator + "vAuth" + File.separator + "passwords.yml");
         Scanner scanner;
@@ -63,6 +58,7 @@ public class vAuthFileReader {
                 }
                 database.saveAuth(auth);
             }
+            scanner.close();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             ConsoleLogger.writeStackTrace(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtils.java
index b0328a45c..395e4db1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -107,4 +107,15 @@ public class StringUtils {
         // Return the result as a string
         return stringWriter.toString();
     }
+    /**
+     * Format the information from a Throwable as string, retaining the type and its message.
+     *
+     * @param th The throwable to process
+     *
+     * @return String with the type of the Throwable and its message, e.g. "[IOException]: Could not open stream"
+     */
+    public static String formatException(Throwable th) {
+        return "[" + th.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]: " + th.getMessage();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtilsTest.java
index 51cd96776..47d183979 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fr.xephi.authme.util;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -84,4 +85,16 @@ public class StringUtilsTest {
         // then
         assertThat(result, equalTo("hello"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldFormatException() {
+        // given
+        MalformedURLException ex = new MalformedURLException("Unrecognized URL format");
+
+        // when
+        String result = StringUtils.formatException(ex);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(result, equalTo("[MalformedURLException]: Unrecognized URL format"));
+    }
 }