diff --git a/Projects/Sources/errorhandling.cpp b/Projects/Sources/errorhandling.cpp
index 6af00b45..84a3a4c3 100644
--- a/Projects/Sources/errorhandling.cpp
+++ b/Projects/Sources/errorhandling.cpp
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ void errorMessage(char *errorMsg){
 	#else
 	// Workaround code for Windows, will be removed when a proper solution to
 	// call ModelicaUtilities functions from DLLs is finally delivered
+	if(ModelicaErrorPtr == nullptr)
+		ModelicaErrorPtr = tryImportSymbol<void (*)(const char *)>("ModelicaError");
+
 	if(ModelicaErrorPtr)
     // The pointer to ModelicaError has already been initialized by a previous
     // call to setState_xx
-	  ModelicaErrorPtr(msg.c_str());
+		ModelicaErrorPtr(msg.c_str());
 	else
 	{
 	  // The pointer to ModelicaError is not yet initialized, so all we can do
@@ -58,10 +61,13 @@ void warningMessage(char *warningMsg){
 	#else
 	// Workaround code for Windows, will be removed when a proper solution to
 	// call ModelicaUtilities functions from DLLs is finally delivered
+	if(ModelicaWarningPtr == nullptr)
+		ModelicaWarningPtr = tryImportSymbol<void (*)(const char *)>("ModelicaWarning");
+
 	if(ModelicaWarningPtr)
     // The pointer to ModelicaError has already been initialized by a previous
     // call to setState_xx
-	  ModelicaWarningPtr(msg.c_str());
+		ModelicaWarningPtr(msg.c_str());
 	else
 	{
 	  // The pointer to ModelicaError is not yet initialized, so all we can do
diff --git a/Projects/Sources/importer.h b/Projects/Sources/importer.h
index 444e10e8..2c1e0deb 100644
--- a/Projects/Sources/importer.h
+++ b/Projects/Sources/importer.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <psapi.h>
 
 template<typename T>
-T importSymbol(const char *funcName)
+T tryImportSymbol(const char *funcName)
 {
     /* TODO: we should do caching */
     
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ T importSymbol(const char *funcName)
         if(pfn) return pfn;
     }
 
+    /* not found */
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T importSymbol(const char *funcName)
+{
+    T result = tryImportSymbol<T>(funcName);
+    if(result) return result;
+
     fprintf(stderr, "Can't get handle to %s in all loaded modules.\n", funcName);
     exit(1);
 }