diff --git a/core/src/chain_prover.rs b/core/src/chain_prover.rs
index 28f9dd67..18522a1f 100644
--- a/core/src/chain_prover.rs
+++ b/core/src/chain_prover.rs
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ where
 
         let prover = risc0_zkvm::default_prover();
 
-        let receipt = prover
-            .prove(env, verifier_circuit::GUEST_ELF)
-            .unwrap()
-            .receipt;
+        let receipt = match prover.prove(env, verifier_circuit::GUEST_ELF) {
+            Ok(proove_info) => proove_info.receipt,
+            Err(e) => return Err(BridgeError::ProveError(e.to_string())),
+        };
         let output: ([u32; 8], [u8; 32], u32, [u8; 32], [u8; 32]) =
             receipt.journal.decode().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/core/src/errors.rs b/core/src/errors.rs
index 1559c78f..e507a609 100644
--- a/core/src/errors.rs
+++ b/core/src/errors.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ pub enum BridgeError {
 
     #[error("Musig2 error: {0}")]
     Musig2Error(#[from] musig2::secp256k1::Error),
+
+    #[error("Proving error: {0}")]
+    ProveError(String),
 }
 
 impl From<BridgeError> for ErrorObject<'static> {