diff --git a/src/hre/hre/perf/Profile.scala b/src/hre/hre/perf/Profile.scala
index 450ebd339c..24343932f7 100644
--- a/src/hre/hre/perf/Profile.scala
+++ b/src/hre/hre/perf/Profile.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ case class Profile() {
 
   private val epochStartNanos = System.currentTimeMillis() * 1_000_000L
 
-  private var lastChildUsage = ResourceUsage.getAggregateChildren.get
+  private var lastChildUsage = ResourceUsage.getAggregateChildren
 
   private val valueTypes = Seq(
     ValueType(str("agg"), str("microseconds")),
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ case class Profile() {
 
   def update(stack: Seq[String], ownUsage: ResourceUsage, doUpdateChildUsage: Boolean): Unit = synchronized {
     val deltaChild = if (doUpdateChildUsage) {
-      val childUsage = ResourceUsage.getAggregateChildren.get
+      val childUsage = ResourceUsage.getAggregateChildren
       val deltaChild = childUsage - lastChildUsage
       lastChildUsage = childUsage
       deltaChild
diff --git a/src/hre/hre/perf/ResourceUsage.scala b/src/hre/hre/perf/ResourceUsage.scala
index 9e6b327ea7..fa3fb6342c 100644
--- a/src/hre/hre/perf/ResourceUsage.scala
+++ b/src/hre/hre/perf/ResourceUsage.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package hre.perf
 
 import hre.perf.ResourceUsage.Microseconds
+import hre.platform.Platform
 import hre.unix.{LibC, RUsage}
 
 object ResourceUsage {
@@ -8,16 +9,26 @@ object ResourceUsage {
 
   private val boot = System.nanoTime() / 1000L
 
-  private def get(who: Int): Option[ResourceUsage] = {
-    val usage = new RUsage()
-    if(LibC.INSTANCE.getrusage(who, usage) != 0) return None
+  def fallback(): ResourceUsage =
+    zero.copy(wallTime = System.nanoTime() / 1000L - boot)
 
-    Some(ResourceUsage(usage.ru_utime.toUsec, usage.ru_stime.toUsec, usage.ru_inblock, usage.ru_oublock, usage.ru_nvcsw, usage.ru_nivcsw, System.nanoTime() / 1000L - boot))
+  private def get(who: Int): ResourceUsage = {
+    Platform.getCurrent match {
+      case Platform.Unix | Platform.Mac =>
+        try {
+          val usage = new RUsage()
+          if (LibC.INSTANCE.getrusage(who, usage) != 0) return fallback()
+          ResourceUsage(usage.ru_utime.toUsec, usage.ru_stime.toUsec, usage.ru_inblock, usage.ru_oublock, usage.ru_nvcsw, usage.ru_nivcsw, System.nanoTime() / 1000L - boot)
+        } catch {
+          case _: UnsatisfiedLinkError => fallback()
+        }
+      case _ => fallback()
+    }
   }
 
-  def getProcess: Option[ResourceUsage] = get(0)
-  def getCallingThread: Option[ResourceUsage] = get(1)
-  def getAggregateChildren: Option[ResourceUsage] = get(-1)
+  def getProcess: ResourceUsage = get(0)
+  def getCallingThread: ResourceUsage = get(1)
+  def getAggregateChildren: ResourceUsage = get(-1)
 
   def zero: ResourceUsage = ResourceUsage(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
 }
diff --git a/src/hre/hre/platform/Platform.scala b/src/hre/hre/platform/Platform.scala
index 4a59955428..1ed04b56f2 100644
--- a/src/hre/hre/platform/Platform.scala
+++ b/src/hre/hre/platform/Platform.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ case object Platform {
     override def code: String = "unknownPlatform"
   }
 
-  def getCurrent: Platform = {
+  val getCurrent: Platform = {
     val name = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase
     if(name.contains("win")) Platform.Windows
     else if(name.contains("linux")) Platform.Unix
diff --git a/src/hre/hre/progress/TaskRegistry.scala b/src/hre/hre/progress/TaskRegistry.scala
index e048d312d3..016f5e403d 100644
--- a/src/hre/hre/progress/TaskRegistry.scala
+++ b/src/hre/hre/progress/TaskRegistry.scala
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ case object TaskRegistry {
 
   def ownUsage(): ResourceUsage =
     if(enabled) {
-      if(isMainThread) ResourceUsage.getProcess.get
-      else ResourceUsage.getCallingThread.getOrElse(ResourceUsage.zero)
+      if(isMainThread) ResourceUsage.getProcess
+      else ResourceUsage.getCallingThread
     }
     else ResourceUsage.zero