diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FortunaRandomSource.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FortunaRandomSource.java
index 340b836a4..9688e8764 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FortunaRandomSource.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FortunaRandomSource.java
@@ -262,8 +262,14 @@ public class FortunaRandomSource extends RandomSource implements EntropyHarveste
     /** reseed the fortuna */
     @Override
     public void feedEntropy(String source, byte[] data, int offset, int len) {
-        synchronized(_fortuna) {
-            _fortuna.addRandomBytes(data, offset, len);
+        try {
+            synchronized(_fortuna) {
+                _fortuna.addRandomBytes(data, offset, len);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // AIOOBE seen, root cause unknown, ticket #1576
+            Log log = _context.logManager().getLog(FortunaRandomSource.class);
+            log.warn("feedEntropy()", e);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 878f30950..832911645 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2015-05-31 zzz
+ * Fortuna: Catch AIOOBE (ticket #1576)
+
 2015-05-30 zzz
  * i2ptunnel: Fix +/- variance config (ticket #1587)
 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index fc03273f8..b76ab6863 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 33;
+    public final static long BUILD = 34;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "-rc";