diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a1b0b31..00000000
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-use std::fmt;
-
-use reqwest::Error as ReqwestError;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[allow(clippy::enum_variant_names)]
-pub enum TealdeerError {
-    UpdateError(String),
-}
-
-impl From<ReqwestError> for TealdeerError {
-    fn from(err: ReqwestError) -> Self {
-        Self::UpdateError(format!("HTTP error: {}", err.to_string()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for TealdeerError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::UpdateError(e) => write!(f, "UpdateError: {}", e),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/formatter.rs b/src/formatter.rs
index 97899751..c87d39b6 100644
--- a/src/formatter.rs
+++ b/src/formatter.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Functions related to formatting and printing lines from a `Tokenizer`.
 
-use crate::{extensions::FindFrom, types::LineType};
-
 use log::debug;
 
+use crate::{extensions::FindFrom, types::LineType};
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 /// Represents a snippet from a page of a specific highlighting class.
 pub enum PageSnippet<'a> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 25f31e44..a7d376db 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use pager::Pager;
 
 mod cache;
 mod config;
-mod error;
 pub mod extensions;
 mod formatter;
 mod line_iterator;
@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ fn create_config_and_exit(enable_styles: bool) {
             process::exit(0);
         }
         Err(e) => {
-            print_error(enable_styles, &e);
+            print_error(enable_styles, &e.context("Could not create seed config"));
             process::exit(1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 39817763..f80aa980 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::{fmt, str};
 
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Copy, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for PlatformType {
 }
 
 impl str::FromStr for PlatformType {
-    type Err = String;
+    type Err = anyhow::Error;
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         match s {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ impl str::FromStr for PlatformType {
             "osx" | "macos" => Ok(Self::OsX),
             "sunos" => Ok(Self::SunOs),
             "windows" => Ok(Self::Windows),
-            other => Err(format!(
+            other => Err(anyhow!(
                 "Unknown OS: {}. Possible values: linux, macos, osx, sunos, windows",
                 other
             )),
@@ -87,14 +88,14 @@ pub enum ColorOptions {
 }
 
 impl str::FromStr for ColorOptions {
-    type Err = String;
+    type Err = anyhow::Error;
 
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         match s {
             "always" => Ok(Self::Always),
             "auto" => Ok(Self::Auto),
             "never" => Ok(Self::Never),
-            other => Err(format!(
+            other => Err(anyhow!(
                 "Unknown color option: {}. Possible values: always, auto, never",
                 other
             )),