diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8917776cad5..5ebacc28b8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a76fd60b23679b7d19bd066031410fb7e458ccc5e958eb5c325888ce4baedc97"
 dependencies = [
- "gimli 0.27.1",
+ "gimli 0.27.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "barretenberg_wrapper"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/noir-lang/aztec-connect?branch=kw/noir-dsl#225bb52f9f9831fae94d0bfbd2f3c554b92ed039"
+source = "git+https://github.com/noir-lang/aztec-connect?branch=kw/noir-dsl#b3abf261314b5ae5bc38e75eb8b40628b4d49fe8"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "cmake",
@@ -690,6 +690,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "common"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -914,9 +941,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx"
-version = "1.0.90"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90d59d9acd2a682b4e40605a242f6670eaa58c5957471cbf85e8aa6a0b97a5e8"
+checksum = "86d3488e7665a7a483b57e25bdd90d0aeb2bc7608c8d0346acf2ad3f1caf1d62"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cxxbridge-flags",
@@ -926,9 +953,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx-build"
-version = "1.0.90"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebfa40bda659dd5c864e65f4c9a2b0aff19bea56b017b9b77c73d3766a453a38"
+checksum = "48fcaf066a053a41a81dfb14d57d99738b767febb8b735c3016e469fac5da690"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "codespan-reporting 0.11.1",
@@ -941,15 +968,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxxbridge-flags"
-version = "1.0.90"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "457ce6757c5c70dc6ecdbda6925b958aae7f959bda7d8fb9bde889e34a09dc03"
+checksum = "a2ef98b8b717a829ca5603af80e1f9e2e48013ab227b68ef37872ef84ee479bf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxxbridge-macro"
-version = "1.0.90"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebf883b7aacd7b2aeb2a7b338648ee19f57c140d4ee8e52c68979c6b2f7f2263"
+checksum = "086c685979a698443656e5cf7856c95c642295a38599f12fb1ff76fb28d19892"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1165,6 +1192,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "fallible-iterator"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1173,9 +1210,9 @@ checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7a407cfaa3385c4ae6b23e84623d48c2798d06e3e6a1878f7f59f17b3f86499"
+checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
 dependencies = [
  "instant",
 ]
@@ -1391,9 +1428,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.27.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "221996f774192f0f718773def8201c4ae31f02616a54ccfc2d358bb0e5cefdec"
+checksum = "ad0a93d233ebf96623465aad4046a8d3aa4da22d4f4beba5388838c8a434bbb4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
@@ -1613,6 +1650,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.2"
@@ -1839,14 +1882,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5d732bc30207a6423068df043e3d02e0735b155ad7ce1a6f76fe2baa5b158de"
+checksum = "5b9d9a46eff5b4ff64b45a9e316a6d1e0bc719ef429cbec4dc630684212bfdf9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1865,6 +1908,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "build-data",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "clap 2.34.0",
+ "color-eyre",
  "const_format",
  "dirs 4.0.0",
  "fm",
@@ -2056,9 +2100,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f61fba1741ea2b3d6a1e3178721804bb716a68a6aeba1149b5d52e3d464ea66"
+checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
@@ -2072,6 +2116,12 @@ version = "6.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -2395,9 +2445,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rend"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79af64b4b6362ffba04eef3a4e10829718a4896dac19daa741851c86781edf95"
+checksum = "581008d2099240d37fb08d77ad713bcaec2c4d89d50b5b21a8bb1996bbab68ab"
 dependencies = [
  "bytecheck",
 ]
@@ -2458,9 +2508,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rkyv"
-version = "0.7.39"
+version = "0.7.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cec2b3485b07d96ddfd3134767b8a447b45ea4eb91448d0a35180ec0ffd5ed15"
+checksum = "c30f1d45d9aa61cbc8cd1eb87705470892289bb2d01943e7803b873a57404dc3"
 dependencies = [
  "bytecheck",
  "hashbrown 0.12.3",
@@ -2472,9 +2522,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rkyv_derive"
-version = "0.7.39"
+version = "0.7.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6eaedadc88b53e36dd32d940ed21ae4d850d5916f2581526921f553a72ac34c4"
+checksum = "ff26ed6c7c4dfc2aa9480b86a60e3c7233543a270a680e10758a507c5a4ce476"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2742,6 +2792,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "opaque-debug",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2876,9 +2935,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "target-lexicon"
-version = "0.12.5"
+version = "0.12.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9410d0f6853b1d94f0e519fb95df60f29d2c1eff2d921ffdf01a4c8a3b54f12d"
+checksum = "8ae9980cab1db3fceee2f6c6f643d5d8de2997c58ee8d25fb0cc8a9e9e7348e5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempdir"
@@ -2948,6 +3007,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -3004,9 +3073,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc6a3b08b64e6dfad376fa2432c7b1f01522e37a623c3050bc95db2d3ff21583"
+checksum = "5427d89453009325de0d8f342c9490009f76e999cb7672d77e46267448f7e6b2"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3062,6 +3131,28 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24eb03ba0eab1fd845050058ce5e616558e8f8d8fca633e6b163fe25c797213a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "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-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6176eae26dd70d0c919749377897b54a9276bd7061339665dd68777926b5a70"
+dependencies = [
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3132,6 +3223,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vec_map"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -3260,9 +3357,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-encoder"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c3e4bc09095436c8e7584d86d33e6c3ee67045af8fb262cbb9cc321de553428"
+checksum = "704553b4d614a47080b4a457a976b3c16174b19ce95b931b847561b590dd09ba"
 dependencies = [
  "leb128",
 ]
@@ -3506,9 +3603,9 @@ checksum = "718ed7c55c2add6548cca3ddd6383d738cd73b892df400e96b9aa876f0141d7a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wast"
-version = "53.0.0"
+version = "54.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8244fa24196b1d8fd3ca4a96a3a164c40f846498c5deab6caf414c67340ca4af"
+checksum = "f0d3df4a63b10958fe98ab9d7e9a57a7bc900209d2b4edd10535bfb0703e6516"
 dependencies = [
  "leb128",
  "memchr",
@@ -3518,9 +3615,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wat"
-version = "1.0.58"
+version = "1.0.59"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4620f1059add6dad511decb9d5d88b4a0a0d3e2e315ed34f79b0dc0dce18aa4b"
+checksum = "3e9a7c7d177696d0548178c36e377d49eba54170e885801d4270e2d44e82ac84"
 dependencies = [
  "wast",
 ]
@@ -3624,6 +3721,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.45.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e2522491fbfcd58cc84d47aeb2958948c4b8982e9a2d8a2a35bbaed431390e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.1",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.1"
diff --git a/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml b/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
index 58c0f1ed99c..14704c46405 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ tempdir = "0.3.7"
 aztec_backend = { optional = true, package = "barretenberg_static_lib", git = "https://github.com/noir-lang/aztec_backend", rev = "d0e1257c22618f98f53781faba3c372ef91a0172" }
 aztec_wasm_backend = { optional = true, package = "barretenberg_wasm", git = "https://github.com/noir-lang/aztec_backend", rev = "d0e1257c22618f98f53781faba3c372ef91a0172" }
 marlin_arkworks_backend = { optional = true, git = "https://github.com/noir-lang/marlin_arkworks_backend", rev = "144378edad821bfaa52bf2cacca8ecc87514a4fc" }
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["plonk_bn254"]
diff --git a/crates/nargo/src/main.rs b/crates/nargo/src/main.rs
index 7d82b39f947..e27cacad829 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/nargo/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+
+use color_eyre::config::HookBuilder;
 use nargo::cli::start_cli;
+
 fn main() {
+    // Register a panic hook to display more readable panic messages to end-users
+    let (panic_hook, _) = HookBuilder::default()
+        .display_env_section(false)
+        .panic_section("This is a bug. Consider opening an issue at https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/issues/new?labels=bug&template=bug_report.md")
+        .into_hooks();
+    panic_hook.install();
+
     start_cli();
 }