diff --git a/src/config/Config.cpp b/src/config/Config.cpp
index 310cef2..6cd3ef6 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/config/Config.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CConfig::CConfig() {
         NFsUtils::readFileAsString(NFsUtils::isAbsolute(g_pGlobalState->configPath) ? g_pGlobalState->configPath : g_pGlobalState->cwd + "/" + g_pGlobalState->configPath).value());
 
     if (!json.has_value())
-        throw std::runtime_error("No config / bad config format");
+        Debug::die("No config or config has bad format");
 
     m_config = json.value();
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CConfig::CConfig() {
             parsed.exclude_regex = std::make_unique<re2::RE2>(ic.exclude_regex);
             if (parsed.exclude_regex->error_code() != RE2::NoError) {
                 Debug::log(CRIT, "Regex \"{}\" failed to parse", ic.exclude_regex);
-                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse regex");
+                Debug::die("Failed to parse regex");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/config/IPRange.cpp b/src/config/IPRange.cpp
index 901d1d4..1457c36 100644
--- a/src/config/IPRange.cpp
+++ b/src/config/IPRange.cpp
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
+#include "../debug/log.hpp"
+
 CIP::CIP(const std::string& ip) {
     if (std::count(ip.begin(), ip.end(), '.') == 3)
         parseV4(ip);
     else if (std::count(ip.begin(), ip.end(), ':') >= 2)
         parseV6(ip);
     else
-        throw std::runtime_error("IP not valid");
+        Debug::die("Invalid IP: {}", ip);
 }
 
 void CIP::parseV4(const std::string& ip) {
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ void CIP::parseV4(const std::string& ip) {
         m_blocks.push_back(std::stoul(std::string{curr}));
 
         if (m_blocks.back() > 0xFF)
-            throw std::runtime_error("Invalid IPv4 byte");
+            Debug::die("Invalid ipv4 byte: {}", curr);
     }
 }
 
@@ -74,13 +76,13 @@ void CIP::parseV6(const std::string& ip) {
             m_blocks.push_back(std::stoul(std::string{curr}, nullptr, 16));
 
         if (m_blocks.back() > 0xFFFF)
-            throw std::runtime_error("Invalid IPv6 byte");
+            Debug::die("Invalid ipv6 byte: {}", curr);
     }
 }
 
 CIPRange::CIPRange(const std::string& range) {
     if (!range.contains('/'))
-        throw std::runtime_error("Range has no subnet");
+        Debug::die("IP range {} has no subnet", range);
 
     m_subnet = std::stoul(range.substr(range.find('/') + 1));
 
diff --git a/src/core/Crypto.cpp b/src/core/Crypto.cpp
index eb1ea44..e21019e 100644
--- a/src/core/Crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Crypto.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 constexpr const char* KEY_FILENAME = "privateKey.key";
 
 CCrypto::CCrypto() {
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(NFsUtils::dataDir() + "/" + KEY_FILENAME)) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(NFsUtils::dataDir() + "/" + KEY_FILENAME, ec) || ec) {
         Debug::log(LOG, "No private key, generating one.");
         if (!genKey()) {
             Debug::log(CRIT, "Couldn't generate a key.");
-            throw std::runtime_error("Keygen failed");
+            Debug::die("Keygen failed");
         }
     } else {
         auto f = fopen((NFsUtils::dataDir() + "/" + KEY_FILENAME).c_str(), "r");
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ CCrypto::CCrypto() {
 
     if (!m_evpPkey) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Couldn't read the key.");
-        throw std::runtime_error("Key read openssl failed");
+        Debug::die("Key reading from openssl failed");
     }
 
     Debug::log(LOG, "Read private key");
diff --git a/src/debug/log.hpp b/src/debug/log.hpp
index d9ec762..146c3eb 100644
--- a/src/debug/log.hpp
+++ b/src/debug/log.hpp
@@ -37,4 +37,12 @@ namespace Debug {
 
         std::cout << logMsg << "\n";
     }
+
+    template <typename... Args>
+    void die(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+        const std::string logMsg = fmt::vformat(fmt.get(), fmt::make_format_args(args...));
+
+        std::cout << "[ERR] " << logMsg << "\n";
+        exit(1);
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/helpers/FsUtils.cpp b/src/helpers/FsUtils.cpp
index 42cd4dc..ca59790 100644
--- a/src/helpers/FsUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/FsUtils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "FsUtils.hpp"
 
 #include <fstream>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 #include "../GlobalState.hpp"
 #include "../config/Config.hpp"
@@ -9,6 +10,13 @@ bool NFsUtils::isAbsolute(const std::string& sv) {
     return sv.size() > 0 && (*sv.begin() == '/' || *sv.begin() == '~');
 }
 
+bool NFsUtils::exists(const std::string& path) {
+    const std::string p = isAbsolute(path) ? path : g_pGlobalState->cwd + "/" + path;
+
+    std::error_code   ec;
+    return std::filesystem::exists(p) && !ec;
+}
+
 std::expected<std::string, std::string> NFsUtils::readFileAsString(const std::string& path) {
     std::ifstream ifs(path);
     if (!ifs.good())
diff --git a/src/helpers/FsUtils.hpp b/src/helpers/FsUtils.hpp
index d391a60..bff3d90 100644
--- a/src/helpers/FsUtils.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/FsUtils.hpp
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ namespace NFsUtils {
     std::expected<std::string, std::string> readFileAsString(const std::string& path);
     std::string                             htmlPath(const std::string& resource);
     std::string                             dataDir();
+    bool                                    exists(const std::string& path);
 };
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1270f18..4580ffb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "headers/xrealip.hpp"
 
 #include "debug/log.hpp"
+#include "helpers/FsUtils.hpp"
 
 #include "core/Handler.hpp"
 #include "core/Crypto.hpp"
@@ -63,12 +64,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
     g_pConfig = std::make_unique<CConfig>();
 
     if (g_pConfig->m_config.html_dir.empty() || g_pConfig->m_config.data_dir.empty())
-        return 1;
+        Debug::die("No data / html dir");
+
+    if (!NFsUtils::exists(g_pConfig->m_config.html_dir) || !NFsUtils::exists(g_pConfig->m_config.data_dir))
+        Debug::die("data / html dir does not exist");
 
     sigset_t signals;
     if (sigemptyset(&signals) != 0 || sigaddset(&signals, SIGTERM) != 0 || sigaddset(&signals, SIGINT) != 0 || sigaddset(&signals, SIGQUIT) != 0 ||
         sigaddset(&signals, SIGPIPE) != 0 || sigaddset(&signals, SIGALRM) != 0 || sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &signals, nullptr) != 0)
-        return 1;
+        Debug::die("Failed to set sighandlers");
 
     int               threads = 1;
     Pistache::Address address = {Pistache::Ipv4::any(), (uint16_t)g_pConfig->m_config.port};