diff --git a/bridge/qb/server/main.lua b/bridge/qb/server/main.lua
index 7613dde39..667221d9c 100644
--- a/bridge/qb/server/main.lua
+++ b/bridge/qb/server/main.lua
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ if GetConvar('qbx:enablebridge', 'true') == 'false' then return end
 require 'bridge.qb.server.debug'
 require 'bridge.qb.server.events'
 
-CreateThread(function()
-    local convertItems = require 'bridge.qb.shared.compat'.convertItems
-    convertItems(require '@ox_inventory.data.items', require 'shared.items')
-end)
+local convertItems = require 'bridge.qb.shared.compat'.convertItems
+convertItems(require '@ox_inventory.data.items', require 'shared.items')
 
 qbCoreCompat = {}
 
diff --git a/bridge/qb/shared/compat.lua b/bridge/qb/shared/compat.lua
index 3da3f4e4a..c93d9e663 100644
--- a/bridge/qb/shared/compat.lua
+++ b/bridge/qb/shared/compat.lua
@@ -91,8 +91,11 @@ return {
             file[fileSize+1] = '}'
 
             SaveResourceFile('ox_inventory', 'data/items.lua', table.concat(file), -1)
-            print('^2[warning]^7 '..count..' items have been added to ox_inventory')
-            print('^2[warning]^7 You MUST restart the resource to load the new items.')
+            CreateThread(function()
+                Wait(1000)
+                print('^2[warning]^7 '..count..' items have been added to ox_inventory')
+                print('^2[warning]^7 You MUST restart the resource to load the new items.')
+            end)
         end
     end
 }
diff --git a/server/main.lua b/server/main.lua
index 535399e1f..773f97a2c 100644
--- a/server/main.lua
+++ b/server/main.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 lib.versionCheck('Qbox-project/qbx_core')
-assert(lib.checkDependency('ox_lib', '3.20.0', true))
+local startupErrors, errorMessage
+if not lib.checkDependency('ox_lib', '3.20.0', true) then
+    startupErrors, errorMessage = true, 'ox_lib version 3.20.0 or higher is required'
+elseif not lib.checkDependency('ox_inventory', '2.42.0', true) then
+    startupErrors, errorMessage = true, 'ox_inventory version 2.42.0 or higher is required'
+elseif GetConvar('inventory:framework', '') ~= 'qbx' then
+    startupErrors, errorMessage = true, 'inventory:framework must be set to "qbx" in order to use qbx_core'
+end
+if startupErrors then
+    lib.print.error('Startup errors detected, shutting down server...')
+    ExecuteCommand('quit immediately')
+    for _ = 1, 100 do
+        lib.print.error(errorMessage)
+    end
+    error(errorMessage)
+end
 
 ---@type 'strict'|'relaxed'|'inactive'
 local bucketLockDownMode = GetConvar('qbx:bucketlockdownmode', 'inactive')