diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index debd74ce..4169cafd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.2.44.1 07/11/2023
+
+* Catch exceptions when computing image checksums. Ref https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/2228
+* Add freeze_support() for multiprocessing
+
 ## 2.2.44 06/11/2023
 
 * Bundle web-ui v2.2.44
diff --git a/gns3server/crash_report.py b/gns3server/crash_report.py
index 866ad06a..f3ab0858 100644
--- a/gns3server/crash_report.py
+++ b/gns3server/crash_report.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class CrashReport:
     Report crash to a third party service
     """
 
-    DSN = "https://dcbac52ef824b8386b67cc8f07c4de70@o19455.ingest.sentry.io/38482"
+    DSN = "https://eb1150edfa1530053154ff1fcb67afd1@o19455.ingest.sentry.io/38482"
     _instance = None
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/gns3server/main.py b/gns3server/main.py
index 10ed2bf9..255bfc5a 100644
--- a/gns3server/main.py
+++ b/gns3server/main.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import gns3server.utils.get_resource
 import os
 import sys
 import types
+import multiprocessing
 
 # To avoid strange bug later we switch the event loop before any other operation
 if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ def main():
     if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
         if "--daemon" in sys.argv:
             daemonize()
+    else:
+        multiprocessing.freeze_support()
+
     from gns3server.run import run
     run()
 
diff --git a/gns3server/version.py b/gns3server/version.py
index f2712a6e..e390ee36 100644
--- a/gns3server/version.py
+++ b/gns3server/version.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
 
-__version__ = "2.2.44"
-__version_info__ = (2, 2, 44, 0)
+__version__ = "2.2.44.1"
+__version_info__ = (2, 2, 44, -99)
 
 if "dev" in __version__:
     try:
diff --git a/gns3server/web/web_server.py b/gns3server/web/web_server.py
index fd116b39..c10c576b 100644
--- a/gns3server/web/web_server.py
+++ b/gns3server/web/web_server.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import functools
 import time
 import atexit
 import weakref
-import concurrent.futures
 
 # Import encoding now, to avoid implicit import later.
 # Implicit import within threads may cause LookupError when standard library is in a ZIP
@@ -238,11 +237,18 @@ class WebServer:
         Compute image checksums.
         """
 
+        if sys.platform.startswith("darwin") and hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+            # do not compute on macOS because errors
+            return
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        import concurrent.futures
         with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
-            log.info("Computing image checksums...")
-            await loop.run_in_executor(pool, list_images, "qemu")
-            log.info("Finished computing image checksums")
+            try:
+                log.info("Computing image checksums...")
+                await loop.run_in_executor(pool, list_images, "qemu")
+                log.info("Finished computing image checksums")
+            except OSError as e:
+                log.warning("Could not compute image checksums: {}".format(e))
 
     async def _on_startup(self, *args):
         """