diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b7a81a2..d80090c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.70"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-broadcast"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -772,6 +778,7 @@ checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
 name = "rings"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "protobuf",
  "smol",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 255f117..428a007 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ smol = "1.3.0"
 zbus = "3.12.0"
 clap = { version = "4.2.4", features = ["derive"] }
 uds = "0.2.6"
+anyhow = "1.0.70"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc08e64..8e689d0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,71 +1,55 @@
 mod args;
+use anyhow::bail;
 use args::Args;
 use clap::Parser;
-use uds::{UnixSeqpacketListener, UnixSeqpacketConn, UnixSocketAddr};
-extern crate uds;
+use uds::{UnixSeqpacketConn, UnixSeqpacketListener};
 
 fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     let result = validate_arguments(&args);
     match result {
-        Ok(_) => {},
-        Err(err) => println!("{}", err.message)
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(err) => println!("{err}"),
     }
 }
 
-fn validate_arguments(args: &Args) -> Result<(), RingsError> {
+fn validate_arguments(args: &Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     if !args.server && !args.client {
-        return Err(RingsError{message: "Please provide either --client or --server".to_string()}); 
+        bail!("Please provide either --client or --server");
     }
 
-    if args.server && args.client  {
-       return Err(RingsError{message: "You can't have both flags active at the same time".to_string()}); 
+    if args.server && args.client {
+        bail!("You can't have both flags active at the same time");
     }
 
     if args.server {
         server()?;
-        return Ok(());
     } else if args.client {
-        
-        return Ok(());
+        client(todo!())?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn server() -> Result<(), RingsError> {
+fn server() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     create_rings_socket()?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn client( addr: &uds::UnixSocketAddr ) -> Result<UnixSeqpacketConn, RingsError> {
+fn client(addr: &uds::UnixSocketAddr) -> anyhow::Result<UnixSeqpacketConn> {
     let client = uds::UnixSeqpacketConn::connect_unix_addr(addr);
     match client {
-        Ok(client) => {
-            return Err(RingsError { message: "to be implemented".to_string() })
-        },
+        Ok(_client) => {
+            todo!()
+        }
         Err(_) => {
-            return Err(RingsError { message: "to be written".to_string() })
+            todo!()
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn create_rings_socket() -> Result<UnixSeqpacketListener, RingsError> {
-    let addr = uds::UnixSocketAddr::new("@abstract");
-    match addr {
-        Ok(addr) => {
-            let listener = UnixSeqpacketListener::bind_unix_addr(&addr).expect("create seqpacket listener");
-            return Ok(listener)
-        },
-        Err(_) => {
-            return Err(RingsError { message: "boop".to_string() })
-        }, 
-        _ => {
-            return Err(RingsError { message: "something has gone wrong".to_string() })
-        }
-    };
+fn create_rings_socket() -> anyhow::Result<UnixSeqpacketListener> {
+    let addr = uds::UnixSocketAddr::new("@abstract")?;
+    let listener = UnixSeqpacketListener::bind_unix_addr(&addr).expect("create seqpacket listener");
+    Ok(listener)
 }
-
-struct RingsError {
-    message: String
-}
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