diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8fc473..7818832 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a30b2e23b9e17a9f90641c7ab1549cd9b44f296d3ccbf309d2863cfe398a0cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.15"
@@ -57,6 +72,21 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "76a2e8124351fda1ef8aaaa3bbd7ebbcb486bbcd4225aca0aa0d84bb2db8fecb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.71"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26b05800d2e817c8b3b4b54abd461726265fa9789ae34330622f2db9ee696f9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -78,6 +108,15 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.1.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e80e3b6a3ab07840e1cae9b0666a63970dc28e8ed5ffbcdacbfc760c281bfc1"
+dependencies = [
+ "shlex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -111,6 +150,33 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1462739cb27611015575c0c11df5df7601141071f07518d56fcc1be504cbec97"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-eyre"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55146f5e46f237f7423d74111267d4597b59b0dad0ffaf7303bce9945d843ad5"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "color-spantrace",
+ "eyre",
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "color-spantrace"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd6be1b2a7e382e2b98b43b2adcca6bb0e465af0bdd38123873ae61eb17a72c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -194,9 +260,20 @@ name = "ethshadow-cli"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "color-eyre",
  "ethshadow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cd915d99f24784cdc19fd37ef22b97e3ff0ae756c7e492e9fbfe897d61e2aec"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -218,6 +295,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.0"
@@ -267,6 +350,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -304,6 +393,12 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.159"
@@ -364,6 +459,30 @@ version = "0.4.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.32.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6a622008b6e321afc04970976f62ee297fdbaa6f95318ca343e3eebb9648441"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.20.2"
@@ -376,6 +495,18 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.20"
@@ -433,6 +564,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -485,6 +622,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "opaque-debug",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -528,6 +680,57 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-error"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d686ec1c0f384b1277f097b2f279a2ecc11afe8c133c1aabf036a27cb4cd206e"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typeid"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -592,6 +795,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bab7536..3458705 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ path = "ethshadow.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 ethshadow = { path = "lib" }
-clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["cargo"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["cargo"] }
+color-eyre = "0.6"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ethshadow.rs b/ethshadow.rs
index cf3de0c..cb5c47d 100755
--- a/ethshadow.rs
+++ b/ethshadow.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 //! ```
 
 use clap::{arg, command, value_parser};
+use color_eyre::Result;
 use ethshadow::generate;
 use std::env;
-use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::CommandExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use color_eyre::eyre::WrapErr;
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut matches = command!() // requires `cargo` feature
         .bin_name("ethshadow")
         .arg(arg!(dir: -d [DIR] "Output directory for ethshadow and Shadow")
@@ -32,16 +33,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         .expect("there is a default in place");
     let config = matches.get_one::<PathBuf>("config").expect("required arg");
 
-    let config = File::open(config)?;
+    let config = File::open(config).wrap_err("Unable to read the config")?;
 
-    let mut invocation = generate(config, dir)?;
+    let mut invocation = generate(config, dir).wrap_err("Failed to generate data directory")?;
 
     if !matches.get_flag("genonly") {
         if let Some(user_args) = matches.get_many::<String>("shadow_cli") {
             invocation.with_user_args(user_args);
         }
         // if exec() returns, the call failed!
-        Err(invocation.command().exec().into())
+        Err(invocation.command().exec()).wrap_err("Failed to invoke Shadow")
     } else {
         Ok(())
     }