diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 769d8d7..d16f578 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a76fd60b23679b7d19bd066031410fb7e458ccc5e958eb5c325888ce4baedc97"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.20"
@@ -72,6 +87,21 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.67"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "233d376d6d185f2a3093e58f283f60f880315b6c60075b01f36b3b85154564ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -160,6 +190,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
  "clap_derive",
+ "color-eyre",
  "glob-match",
  "itertools",
  "jwalk",
@@ -173,6 +204,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ba75b3d9449ecdccb27ecbc479fdc0b87fa2dd43d2f8298f9bf0e59aacc8dce"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concolor-override"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -304,6 +362,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c2b6b5a29c02cdc822728b7d7b8ae1bab3e3b05d44522770ddd49722eeac7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fsio"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -319,6 +387,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0a93d233ebf96623465aad4046a8d3aa4da22d4f4beba5388838c8a434bbb4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob-match"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -352,6 +426,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -461,6 +541,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b275950c28b37e794e8c55d88aeb5e139d0ce23fdbbeda68f8d7174abdf9e8fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nias"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -487,6 +576,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.30.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea86265d3d3dcb6a27fc51bd29a4bf387fae9d2986b823079d4986af253eb439"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.1"
@@ -499,6 +597,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "path-clean"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -605,6 +709,12 @@ version = "0.6.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4a36c42d1873f9a77c53bde094f9664d9891bc604a45b4798fd2c389ed12e5b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.37.5"
@@ -777,6 +887,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "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-log"
 version = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56b7814..e4067a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ name = "codeowners"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
+
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_derive = "4.2.0"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+
 glob-match = "0.2.1"
 itertools = "0.10.5"
 jwalk = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d53d563..3c4c69d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
+use color_eyre::{eyre::Context, Result};
 use ownership::{Ownership, ValidationErrors};
-use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::project::Project;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use path_clean::PathClean;
 use std::{
-    error::Error,
     fs::File,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process,
@@ -47,44 +46,42 @@ struct Args {
 }
 
 impl Args {
-    fn absolute_project_root(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
-        self.project_root.canonicalize()
+    fn absolute_project_root(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+        self.project_root
+            .canonicalize()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Can't canonizalize {}", self.project_root.to_string_lossy()))
     }
 
-    fn absolute_config_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
+    fn absolute_config_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         Ok(self.absolute_path(&self.config_path)?.clean())
     }
 
-    fn absolute_codeowners_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
+    fn absolute_codeowners_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         Ok(self.absolute_path(&self.codeowners_file_path)?.clean())
     }
 
-    fn absolute_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
+    fn absolute_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         Ok(self.absolute_project_root()?.join(path))
     }
 }
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    color_eyre::install()?;
     install_logger();
     print_validation_errors_to_stdout(cli())?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn cli() -> Result<()> {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     let config_path = args.absolute_config_path()?;
     let codeowners_file_path = args.absolute_codeowners_path()?;
     let project_root = args.absolute_project_root()?;
 
-    debug!(
-        config_path = &config_path.to_str(),
-        codeowners_file_path = &codeowners_file_path.to_str(),
-        project_root = &project_root.to_str(),
-    );
-
-    let config = serde_yaml::from_reader(File::open(config_path)?)?;
+    let config =
+        serde_yaml::from_reader(File::open(&config_path).with_context(|| format!("Can't open {}", config_path.to_string_lossy()))?)?;
     let ownership = Ownership::build(Project::build(&project_root, &codeowners_file_path, &config)?);
     let command = args.command;
 
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn print_validation_errors_to_stdout(result: Result<(), Box<dyn Error>>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn print_validation_errors_to_stdout(result: Result<()>) -> Result<()> {
     if let Err(error) = result {
         if let Some(validation_errors) = error.downcast_ref::<ValidationErrors>() {
             println!("{}", validation_errors);
diff --git a/src/project.rs b/src/project.rs
index aa06929..d4db98e 100644
--- a/src/project.rs
+++ b/src/project.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
-    error::Error,
     fs::File,
     io::BufRead,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+use color_eyre::Result;
 use jwalk::WalkDir;
 use rayon::prelude::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ mod deserializers {
 
 impl Project {
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
-    pub fn build(base_path: &Path, codeowners_file_path: &Path, config: &Config) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn build(base_path: &Path, codeowners_file_path: &Path, config: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
         debug!("scanning project ({})", base_path.to_string_lossy());
 
         let mut owned_file_paths: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn owned_files(owned_file_paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Vec<ProjectFile> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-fn package_owner(path: &Path) -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn package_owner(path: &Path) -> Result<Option<String>> {
     let deserializer: deserializers::Package = serde_yaml::from_reader(File::open(path)?)?;
 
     if let Some(metadata) = deserializer.metadata {