diff --git a/agb-gbafix/Cargo.lock b/agb-gbafix/Cargo.lock
index e23beada..6510f171 100644
--- a/agb-gbafix/Cargo.lock
+++ b/agb-gbafix/Cargo.lock
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@ version = 3
 name = "agb-gbafix"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "bytemuck",
  "elf",
  "gbafix",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.70"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.13.1"
diff --git a/agb-gbafix/Cargo.toml b/agb-gbafix/Cargo.toml
index de91941c..deb9792b 100644
--- a/agb-gbafix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/agb-gbafix/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 elf = "0.7"
 gbafix = "1"
-bytemuck = "1"
\ No newline at end of file
+bytemuck = "1"
+anyhow = "1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agb-gbafix/src/main.rs b/agb-gbafix/src/main.rs
index 263a8011..0bade60f 100644
--- a/agb-gbafix/src/main.rs
+++ b/agb-gbafix/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, ensure, Result};
+
 use std::{
-    error, fs,
+    fs,
     io::{BufWriter, Write},
     path::PathBuf,
 };
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut output = BufWriter::new(fs::File::create("out.gba")?);
 
     let path = PathBuf::from("tests/text_render");
@@ -17,12 +19,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn write_gba_file<W: Write>(input: &[u8], output: &mut W) -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
+fn write_gba_file<W: Write>(input: &[u8], output: &mut W) -> Result<()> {
     let elf_file = elf::ElfBytes::<elf::endian::AnyEndian>::minimal_parse(input)?;
 
     let section_headers = elf_file
         .section_headers()
-        .expect("Expected section headers");
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Failed to parse as elf file"))?;
 
     let mut header = gbafix::GBAHeader::default();
 
@@ -46,13 +48,13 @@ fn write_gba_file<W: Write>(input: &[u8], output: &mut W) -> Result<(), Box<dyn
 
         let (mut data, compression) = elf_file.section_data(&section_header)?;
         if let Some(compression) = compression {
-            panic!("Cannot decompress elf content, but got compression header {compression:?}");
+            bail!("Cannot decompress elf content, but got compression header {compression:?}");
         }
 
         if address == GBA_START_ADDRESS {
             const GBA_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 192;
 
-            assert!(
+            ensure!(
                 data.len() > GBA_HEADER_SIZE,
                 "first section must be at least as big as the gba header"
             );