diff --git a/catroid/build.gradle b/catroid/build.gradle
index 2a73239dbd0..b3977fb9233 100644
--- a/catroid/build.gradle
+++ b/catroid/build.gradle
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 28
         applicationId appId
         testInstrumentationRunner 'org.catrobat.catroid.runner.UiTestApplicationRunner'
-        versionCode 75
-        versionName "0.9.71"
+        versionCode 78
+        versionName "0.9.73"
         println "VersionCode is $versionCode"
         println "VersionName is $versionName"
         multiDexEnabled true
diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/io/BackpackSerializer.java b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/io/BackpackSerializer.java
index ffedbe8316b..3bab8f26a6f 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/io/BackpackSerializer.java
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/io/BackpackSerializer.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
-import com.google.gson.JsonIOException;
-import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 
 import org.catrobat.catroid.common.Backpack;
 import org.catrobat.catroid.content.Script;
@@ -89,13 +87,11 @@ public Backpack loadBackpack() {
 		try {
 			BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(backpackFile));
 			return backpackGson.fromJson(bufferedReader, Backpack.class);
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-			Log.e(TAG, "FileNotFoundException: Could not create buffered Writer with file: "
-					+ backpackFile.getAbsolutePath());
-			return new Backpack();
-		} catch (JsonSyntaxException | JsonIOException jsonException) {
-			Log.e(TAG, "Cannot load Backpack. Creating new Backpack File.", jsonException);
-			backpackFile.delete();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if (!(e instanceof FileNotFoundException)) {
+				backpackFile.delete();
+			}
+			Log.e(TAG, "Cannot load Backpack. Creating new Backpack File.", e);
 			return new Backpack();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/recyclerview/fragment/MainMenuFragment.java b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/recyclerview/fragment/MainMenuFragment.java
index b1f3df34852..9c8861571a1 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/recyclerview/fragment/MainMenuFragment.java
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/recyclerview/fragment/MainMenuFragment.java
@@ -134,14 +134,7 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
 		parent.findViewById(R.id.current_project).setOnClickListener(listener);
 		parent.findViewById(R.id.floating_action_button).setOnClickListener(listener);
 
-		updateMyProjects();
-		if (myProjects.size() != 0) {
-			currentProject = myProjects.get(0).getName();
-		} else {
-			currentProject = Utils.getCurrentProjectName(getContext());
-		}
-		loadProjectImage();
-
+		setAndLoadCurrentProject();
 		setShowProgressBar(false);
 	}
 
@@ -169,12 +162,19 @@ public void onResume() {
 			getActivity().getIntent().removeExtra(EXTRA_PROJECT_NAME);
 			loadDownloadedProject(projectName);
 		}
+		setAndLoadCurrentProject();
+	}
+
+	private void setAndLoadCurrentProject() {
 		updateMyProjects();
 		if (myProjects.size() != 0) {
 			currentProject = myProjects.get(0).getName();
 		} else {
 			currentProject = Utils.getCurrentProjectName(getContext());
 		}
+		File projectDir = new File(DEFAULT_ROOT_DIRECTORY,
+				FileMetaDataExtractor.encodeSpecialCharsForFileSystem(currentProject));
+		ProjectLoadTask.task(projectDir, getContext());
 		loadProjectImage();
 	}