diff --git a/cmd/gen/main.go b/cmd/gen/main.go
index b5116c0..b9de703 100644
--- a/cmd/gen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gen/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ import (
 
 	"go.arsenm.dev/go-lemmy/cmd/gen/generator"
 	"go.arsenm.dev/go-lemmy/cmd/gen/parser"
+	"go.arsenm.dev/logger"
+	"go.arsenm.dev/logger/log"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	log.Logger = logger.NewPretty(os.Stderr)
+}
+
 var implDirs = [...]string{
 	"crates/api_crud/src",
 	"crates/apub/src/api",
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 			return generator.NewStruct(outFl, "types").Generate(fileStructs)
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Fatal("Error walking directory while parsing structs").Err(err).Str("dir", dir).Send()
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -136,36 +142,36 @@ func main() {
 			return nil
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Fatal("Error walking directory while parsing impls").Err(err).Str("dir", dir).Send()
 		}
 	}
 
 	routesPath := filepath.Join(*lemmyDir, routesFile)
 	rf, err := os.Open(routesPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error opening routes file").Err(err).Send()
 	}
 	defer rf.Close()
 
 	rp := parser.NewRoutes(rf)
 	routes, err := rp.Parse()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error parsing routes file").Err(err).Send()
 	}
 
 	orf, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(*outDir, "routes.gen.go"))
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error creating routes output file").Err(err).Send()
 	}
 	defer orf.Close()
 
 	_, err = orf.WriteString("//  Source: " + routesPath + "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error writing source string to routes file").Err(err).Send()
 	}
 
 	err = generator.NewRoutes(orf, "lemmy").Generate(routes, impls)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error generating output routes file").Err(err).Send()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aca80fe..37807a5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/dave/jennifer v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
+	go.arsenm.dev/logger v0.0.0-20230104225304-d706171ea6df
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230105000112-eab7a2c85304
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 99a9128..bfce658 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
 github.com/dave/jennifer v1.6.0 h1:MQ/6emI2xM7wt0tJzJzyUik2Q3Tcn2eE0vtYgh4GPVI=
 github.com/dave/jennifer v1.6.0/go.mod h1:AxTG893FiZKqxy3FP1kL80VMshSMuz2G+EgvszgGRnk=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
+github.com/gookit/color v1.5.1 h1:Vjg2VEcdHpwq+oY63s/ksHrgJYCTo0bwWvmmYWdE9fQ=
+github.com/gookit/color v1.5.1/go.mod h1:wZFzea4X8qN6vHOSP2apMb4/+w/orMznEzYsIHPaqKM=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 h1:+/TMaTYc4QFitKJxsQ7Yye35DkWvkdLcvGKqM+x0Ufc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2 h1:4jaiDzPyXQvSd7D0EjG45355tLlV3VOECpq10pLC+8s=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
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+github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778/go.mod h1:2MuV+tbUrU1zIOPMxZ5EncGwgmMJsa+9ucAQZXxsObs=
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 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230105000112-eab7a2c85304 h1:YUqj+XKtfrn3kXjFIiZ8jwKROD7ioAOOHUuo3ZZ2opc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230105000112-eab7a2c85304/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 h1:kunALQeHf1/185U1i0GOB/fy1IPRDDpuoOOqRReG57U=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
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