diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cab55b..f7f84b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ set(META_APP_URL "https://github.com/${META_APP_AUTHOR}/${META_PROJECT_NAME}")
 set(META_APP_DESCRIPTION "Records sound from Pulse Audio with ffmpeg while watching D-Bus to determine tracks and meta information")
 set(META_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(META_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(META_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(META_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(c++utilities 4.10.0 REQUIRED)
+set(CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "sets the suffix for find_package() calls to packages configured via c++utilities")
+find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find qtutilities
-find_package(qtutilities 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(qtutilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 6.0.0 REQUIRED)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${QT_UTILITIES_MODULE_DIRS})
 
 # include modules to apply configuration
diff --git a/ffmpeglauncher.cpp b/ffmpeglauncher.cpp
index acef709..866bf74 100644
--- a/ffmpeglauncher.cpp
+++ b/ffmpeglauncher.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "playerwatcher.h"
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
-#include <c++utilities/io/catchiofailure.h>
 #include <c++utilities/io/inifile.h>
 
 #include <QStringBuilder>
@@ -149,9 +148,8 @@ void FfmpegLauncher::nextSong()
                     cerr << "Warning: Ignoring unknown section [" << scope.first << "] in info.ini." << endl;
                 }
             }
-        } catch (...) {
-            ::IoUtilities::catchIoFailure();
-            cerr << "Warning: Can't parse info.ini because an IO error occured." << endl;
+        } catch (const std::ios_base::failure &failure) {
+            cerr << "Warning: Can't parse info.ini because an IO error occured: " << failure.what() << endl;
         }
     }
     // determine target name/path