diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c729ca1..24fcd5d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -78,8 +78,20 @@ async fn rocket() -> _ {
 
     let rocket = rocket::build();
 
-    let config: Config = rocket.figment().extract().unwrap();
-    let ctx = Context::init(config).unwrap();
+    let config: Config = match rocket.figment().extract() {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("Could not load configuration: {}", e);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        },
+    };
+    let ctx = match Context::init(config) {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("Could not initialize application context: {}", e);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        },
+    };
 
     rocket
         .manage(ctx)