diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5fa792e..0c45523 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,39 +2,147 @@
 # 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 = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2089b7e3f35b9dd2d0ed921ead4f6d318c27680d4a5bd167b3ee120edb105837"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.90"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-eyre"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a667583cca8c4f8436db8de46ea8233c42a7d9ae424a82d338f2e4675229204"
+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 = "crosec-rs"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "color-eyre",
  "nix",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[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 = "gimli"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "523dc4f511e55ab87b694dc30d0f820d60906ef06413f93d4d7a1385599cc149"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d811f3e15f28568be3407c8e7fdb6514c1cda3cb30683f15b6a1a1dc4ea14a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.27.1"
@@ -66,6 +174,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
+[[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 = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.78"
@@ -84,6 +219,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
+
+[[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 = "syn"
 version = "2.0.49"
@@ -95,8 +245,85 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e45bcbe8ed29775f228095caf2cd67af7a4ccf756ebff23a306bf3e8b47b24b"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a953cb265bef375dae3de6663da4d3804eee9682ea80d8e2542529b73c531c81"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "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 = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 616d9f5..81c204d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 nix = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["ioctl"] }
 num-derive = "0.4.2"
 num-traits = "0.2.18"
+thiserror = "1.0.57"
diff --git a/src/bin/ectool.rs b/src/bin/ectool.rs
index d21ae40..262841f 100644
--- a/src/bin/ectool.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ectool.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use crosec_rs::commands::get_chip_info::ec_cmd_get_chip_info;
 use crosec_rs::commands::hello::ec_cmd_hello;
 use crosec_rs::commands::version::ec_cmd_version;
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    color_eyre::install()?;
+
     println!("Hello command");
-    let status = ec_cmd_hello();
+    let status = ec_cmd_hello()?;
     if status {
         println!("EC says hello!");
     } else {
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     println!("Version command");
-    let (ro_ver, rw_ver, firmware_copy, build_info, tool_version) = ec_cmd_version();
+    let (ro_ver, rw_ver, firmware_copy, build_info, tool_version) = ec_cmd_version()?;
     println!("RO version:    {ro_ver}");
     println!("RW version:    {rw_ver}");
     println!("Firmware copy: {firmware_copy}");
@@ -20,9 +23,11 @@ fn main() {
     println!("Tool version:  {tool_version}");
 
     println!("Chip info command");
-    let (vendor, name, revision) = ec_cmd_get_chip_info();
+    let (vendor, name, revision) = ec_cmd_get_chip_info()?;
     println!("Chip info:");
     println!("  vendor:    {vendor}");
     println!("  name:      {name}");
     println!("  revision:  {revision}");
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/get_chip_info.rs b/src/commands/get_chip_info.rs
index 44e5590..cf61e38 100644
--- a/src/commands/get_chip_info.rs
+++ b/src/commands/get_chip_info.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::commands::CrosEcCmds;
 use crate::crosec::dev::ec_command;
+use crate::crosec::EcCmdResult;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::slice;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ struct EcResponseGetChipInfo {
     revision: [u8; 32],
 }
 
-pub fn ec_cmd_get_chip_info() -> (String, String, String) {
+pub fn ec_cmd_get_chip_info() -> EcCmdResult<(String, String, String)> {
     let params = EcResponseGetChipInfo {
         vendor: [0; 32],
         name: [0; 32],
@@ -21,13 +22,12 @@ pub fn ec_cmd_get_chip_info() -> (String, String, String) {
     let params_slice =
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(params_ptr, size_of::<EcResponseGetChipInfo>()) };
 
-    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::GetChipInfo as u32, 0, params_slice)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("EC error: {error:?}"));
+    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::GetChipInfo as u32, 0, params_slice)?;
     let response: EcResponseGetChipInfo = unsafe { std::ptr::read(result.as_ptr() as *const _) };
 
     let vendor = String::from_utf8(response.vendor.to_vec()).unwrap_or(String::from(""));
     let name = String::from_utf8(response.name.to_vec()).unwrap_or(String::from(""));
     let revision = String::from_utf8(response.revision.to_vec()).unwrap_or(String::from(""));
 
-    (vendor, name, revision)
+    Ok((vendor, name, revision))
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/hello.rs b/src/commands/hello.rs
index 8c94ca1..4275812 100644
--- a/src/commands/hello.rs
+++ b/src/commands/hello.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::commands::CrosEcCmds;
 use crate::crosec::dev::ec_command;
+use crate::crosec::EcCmdResult;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::slice;
 
@@ -16,15 +17,15 @@ struct EcResponseHello {
     out_data: u32,
 }
 
-pub fn ec_cmd_hello() -> bool {
+pub fn ec_cmd_hello() -> EcCmdResult<bool> {
     let params = EcParamsHello {
         in_data: INPUT_DATA,
     };
     let params_ptr = &params as *const _ as *const u8;
     let params_slice = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(params_ptr, size_of::<EcParamsHello>()) };
 
-    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::Hello as u32, 0, params_slice)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("EC error: {error:?}"));
+    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::Hello as u32, 0, params_slice)?;
     let response: EcResponseHello = unsafe { std::ptr::read(result.as_ptr() as *const _) };
-    response.out_data == EXPECTED_OUTPUT
+
+    Ok(response.out_data == EXPECTED_OUTPUT)
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/version.rs b/src/commands/version.rs
index 77a43c8..ca35f1a 100644
--- a/src/commands/version.rs
+++ b/src/commands/version.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::commands::CrosEcCmds;
 use crate::crosec::dev::ec_command;
 use crate::crosec::dev::BUF_SIZE;
+use crate::crosec::EcCmdResult;
 use num_derive::FromPrimitive;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
 use std::mem::size_of;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ enum EcImage {
     RwB = 4,
 }
 
-pub fn ec_cmd_version() -> (String, String, String, String, String) {
+pub fn ec_cmd_version() -> EcCmdResult<(String, String, String, String, String)> {
     let params = EcResponseVersionV1 {
         version_string_ro: [0; 32],
         version_string_rw: [0; 32],
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ pub fn ec_cmd_version() -> (String, String, String, String, String) {
     let params_slice =
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(params_ptr, size_of::<EcResponseVersionV1>()) };
 
-    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::Version as u32, 0, params_slice)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("EC error: {error:?}"));
+    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::Version as u32, 0, params_slice)?;
     let response: EcResponseVersionV1 = unsafe { std::ptr::read(result.as_ptr() as *const _) };
 
     let ro_ver = String::from_utf8(response.version_string_ro.to_vec()).unwrap_or(String::from(""));
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ pub fn ec_cmd_version() -> (String, String, String, String, String) {
     let build_string_ptr = &build_string as *const _ as *const u8;
     let build_string_slice = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(build_string_ptr, BUF_SIZE) };
 
-    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::GetBuildInfo as u32, 0, build_string_slice)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("EC error: {error:?}"));
+    let result = ec_command(CrosEcCmds::GetBuildInfo as u32, 0, build_string_slice)?;
     let response: [u8; BUF_SIZE] = unsafe { std::ptr::read(result.as_ptr() as *const _) };
 
     let build_info = String::from_utf8(response.to_vec()).unwrap_or(String::from(""));
-    (ro_ver, rw_ver, image, build_info, String::from(TOOLVERSION))
+    Ok((ro_ver, rw_ver, image, build_info, String::from(TOOLVERSION)))
 }
diff --git a/src/crosec/dev.rs b/src/crosec/dev.rs
index 3364581..8b890df 100644
--- a/src/crosec/dev.rs
+++ b/src/crosec/dev.rs
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ pub fn ec_command(command: u32, command_version: u8, data: &[u8]) -> EcCmdResult
         };
         result
             .map(|result| cmd.data[0..result as usize].to_vec())
-            .map_err(|err| {
-                EcError::DeviceError(format!("ioctl to send command to EC failed with {err:?}"))
-            })
+            .map_err(|err| EcError::DeviceError(err))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/crosec/mod.rs b/src/crosec/mod.rs
index c5836de..71b3db4 100644
--- a/src/crosec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/crosec/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use nix::errno::Errno;
 use num_derive::FromPrimitive;
+use thiserror::Error;
 pub mod dev;
 
 #[derive(FromPrimitive, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
@@ -26,11 +28,14 @@ pub enum EcResponseStatus {
     DUPUnavailable = 20,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum EcError {
+    #[error("command failed with status {0:?}")]
     Response(EcResponseStatus),
+    #[error("received unknown response code {0}")]
     UnknownResponseCode(u32),
-    DeviceError(String),
+    #[error("device error with errno {0:?}")]
+    DeviceError(Errno),
 }
 
 pub type EcCmdResult<T> = Result<T, EcError>;