diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fab3b96fc..5dcde5a95 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ idea/
 .gradle/
 gradle.properties
 
+jadx-output/
 *-tmp/
 
 *.dex
diff --git a/jadx-core/build.gradle b/jadx-core/build.gradle
index fa292422d..b863e94d9 100644
--- a/jadx-core/build.gradle
+++ b/jadx-core/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ext.jadxClasspath = 'clsp-data/android-5.1.jar'
 dependencies {
     runtime files(jadxClasspath)
 
-    compile files('lib/dx-1.13.jar')
+    compile files('lib/dx-1.14.jar')
     compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.6'
     compile 'org.ow2.asm:asm:5.0.3'
     compile 'com.intellij:annotations:12.0'
diff --git a/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.13.jar b/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.13.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 37773c811..000000000
Binary files a/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.13.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.14.jar b/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.14.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..023b8da38
Binary files /dev/null and b/jadx-core/lib/dx-1.14.jar differ
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
index fd7d8c563..815f5e15c 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/instructions/InsnDecoder.java
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ public class InsnDecoder {
 						InsnArg.reg(insn, 0, ArgType.UNKNOWN_OBJECT));
 		}
 
-		throw new DecodeException("Unknown instruction: " + OpcodeInfo.getName(insn.getOpcode()));
+		throw new DecodeException("Unknown instruction: '" + OpcodeInfo.getName(insn.getOpcode()) + "'");
 	}
 
 	private InsnNode decodeSwitch(DecodedInstruction insn, int offset, boolean packed) {
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/MethodNode.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/MethodNode.java
index c2f87cb7a..07c7499a8 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/MethodNode.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/MethodNode.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class MethodNode extends LineAttrNode implements ILoadable, IDexNode {
 				load();
 				noCode = false;
 			}
-			throw new DecodeException(this, "Load method exception", e);
+			throw new DecodeException(this, "Load method exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/InputFile.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/InputFile.java
index cb1fb5c49..d1615726e 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/InputFile.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/InputFile.java
@@ -146,19 +146,20 @@ public class InputFile {
 	}
 
 	private static Dex loadFromJar(File jarFile) throws DecodeException {
+		JavaToDex j2d = new JavaToDex();
 		try {
 			LOG.info("converting to dex: {} ...", jarFile.getName());
-			JavaToDex j2d = new JavaToDex();
 			byte[] ba = j2d.convert(jarFile.getAbsolutePath());
 			if (ba.length == 0) {
-				throw new JadxException(j2d.isError() ? j2d.getDxErrors() : "Empty dx output");
-			}
-			if (j2d.isError()) {
-				LOG.warn("dx message: {}", j2d.getDxErrors());
+				throw new JadxException("Empty dx output");
 			}
 			return new Dex(ba);
 		} catch (Throwable e) {
 			throw new DecodeException("java class to dex conversion error:\n " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		} finally {
+			if (j2d.isError()) {
+				LOG.warn("dx message: {}", j2d.getDxErrors());
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/JavaToDex.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/JavaToDex.java
index 359dbda6d..1636c7e3b 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/JavaToDex.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/files/JavaToDex.java
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 package jadx.core.utils.files;
 
-import jadx.core.utils.exceptions.JadxException;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 
 import com.android.dx.command.dexer.DxContext;
 import com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main;
 import com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.Arguments;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import static jadx.core.utils.files.FileUtils.close;
+import jadx.core.utils.exceptions.JadxException;
 
 public class JavaToDex {
 
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JavaToDex.class);
 	private static final String CHARSET_NAME = "UTF-8";
 
 	public static class DxArgs extends Arguments {
-		public DxArgs(String dexFile, String[] input) {
+		public DxArgs(DxContext context, String dexFile, String[] input) {
+			super(context);
 			outName = dexFile;
 			fileNames = input;
 			jarOutput = false;
@@ -25,28 +27,26 @@ public class JavaToDex {
 			coreLibrary = true;
 
 			debug = true;
+			warnings = true;
+			minSdkVersion = 28;
 		}
 	}
 
 	private String dxErrors;
 
 	public byte[] convert(String javaFile) throws JadxException {
-		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		ByteArrayOutputStream errOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		try {
+		try (ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		     ByteArrayOutputStream errOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
 			DxContext context = new DxContext(out, errOut);
-			DxArgs args = new DxArgs("-", new String[]{javaFile});
+			DxArgs args = new DxArgs(context, "-", new String[]{javaFile});
 			int result = (new Main(context)).runDx(args);
+			dxErrors = errOut.toString(CHARSET_NAME);
 			if (result != 0) {
 				throw new JadxException("Java to dex conversion error, code: " + result);
 			}
-			dxErrors = errOut.toString(CHARSET_NAME);
 			return out.toByteArray();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new JadxException("dx exception: " + e.getMessage(), e);
-		} finally {
-			close(out);
-			close(errOut);
 		}
 	}