diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2e7eff1..a8ecd60 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.95"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34ac096ce696dc2fcabef30516bb13c0a68a11d30131d3df6f04711467681b04"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -381,33 +387,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "color-eyre"
-version = "0.6.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55146f5e46f237f7423d74111267d4597b59b0dad0ffaf7303bce9945d843ad5"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
- "color-spantrace",
- "eyre",
- "indenter",
- "once_cell",
- "owo-colors",
- "tracing-error",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "color-spantrace"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd6be1b2a7e382e2b98b43b2adcca6bb0e465af0bdd38123873ae61eb17a72c2"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "owo-colors",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-error",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -709,16 +688,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "eyre"
-version = "0.6.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cd915d99f24784cdc19fd37ef22b97e3ff0ae756c7e492e9fbfe897d61e2aec"
-dependencies = [
- "indenter",
- "once_cell",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -888,12 +857,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indenter"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -1272,12 +1235,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 
-[[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 = "0.12.3"
@@ -1846,10 +1803,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "television"
 version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "bat",
  "better-panic",
  "clap",
- "color-eyre",
  "copypasta",
  "criterion",
  "crossterm",
@@ -2070,16 +2027,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-error"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b1581020d7a273442f5b45074a6a57d5757ad0a47dac0e9f0bd57b81936f3db"
-dependencies = [
- "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2101,7 +2048,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-ansi-term 0.46.0",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "serde",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8211801..27c7daa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ path = "television/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 television-derive = { path = "television-derive", version = "0.0.23" }
 
+anyhow = "1.0"
 directories = "5.0"
 devicons = "0.6"
-color-eyre = { version = "0.6" }
 lazy_static = "1.5"
 tokio = { version = "1.43", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "serde"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 rustc-hash = "2.1"
 syntect = { version = "5.2", default-features = false }
 unicode-width = "0.2"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ toml = "0.8"
 winapi-util = "0.1.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.5.1"
+criterion = "0.5"
 
 [features]
 simd = ["dep:simdutf8"]
diff --git a/television/app.rs b/television/app.rs
index 8acbf22..30329b0 100644
--- a/television/app.rs
+++ b/television/app.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::screen::mode::Mode;
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, Mutex};
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
diff --git a/television/cable.rs b/television/cable.rs
index 8ee9466..ac84b2b 100644
--- a/television/cable.rs
+++ b/television/cable.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 
 use crate::channels::cable::{CableChannelPrototype, CableChannels};
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use tracing::{debug, error};
 
 use crate::config::get_config_dir;
diff --git a/television/channels/cable.rs b/television/channels/cable.rs
index 22189f7..660742f 100644
--- a/television/channels/cable.rs
+++ b/television/channels/cable.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::process::Stdio;
 
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rustc_hash::{FxBuildHasher, FxHashSet};
diff --git a/television/channels/mod.rs b/television/channels/mod.rs
index c259aac..0579ebf 100644
--- a/television/channels/mod.rs
+++ b/television/channels/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::channels::entry::Entry;
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use television_derive::{Broadcast, ToCliChannel, ToUnitChannel};
 
diff --git a/television/channels/remote_control.rs b/television/channels/remote_control.rs
index a6b6767..f2530a2 100644
--- a/television/channels/remote_control.rs
+++ b/television/channels/remote_control.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use crate::channels::cable::{CableChannelPrototype, CableChannels};
 use crate::channels::entry::{Entry, PreviewType};
 use crate::channels::{CliTvChannel, OnAir, TelevisionChannel, UnitChannel};
 use crate::matcher::{config::Config, Matcher};
+use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::ValueEnum;
-use color_eyre::Result;
 use devicons::FileIcon;
 use rustc_hash::{FxBuildHasher, FxHashSet};
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl RemoteControl {
             }
             None => match UnitChannel::try_from(channel_name) {
                 Ok(channel) => Ok(channel.into()),
-                Err(_) => Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!(
+                Err(_) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
                     "No channel or cable channel prototype found for {}",
                     channel_name
                 )),
diff --git a/television/cli.rs b/television/cli.rs
index 66d6e2d..9cc1fbc 100644
--- a/television/cli.rs
+++ b/television/cli.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand, ValueEnum};
-use color_eyre::{eyre::eyre, Result};
 use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::channels::{
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fn parse_channel(channel: &str) -> Result<ParsedCliChannel> {
                 // try to parse the channel as a builtin channel
                 CliTvChannel::try_from(channel)
                     .map(ParsedCliChannel::Builtin)
-                    .map_err(|_| eyre!("Unknown channel: {}", channel))
+                    .map_err(|_| anyhow!("Unknown channel: {}", channel))
             },
             |(_, v)| Ok(ParsedCliChannel::Cable(v.clone())),
         )
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn guess_channel_from_prompt(
     if prompt.trim().is_empty() {
         return match command_mapping.get("") {
             Some(channel) => parse_channel(channel),
-            None => Err(eyre!("No channel found for prompt: {}", prompt)),
+            None => Err(anyhow!("No channel found for prompt: {}", prompt)),
         };
     }
     let rev_prompt_words = prompt.split_whitespace().rev();
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ pub fn guess_channel_from_prompt(
         // reset the stack
         stack.clear();
     }
-    Err(eyre!("No channel found for prompt: {}", prompt))
+    Err(anyhow!("No channel found for prompt: {}", prompt))
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_wraps)]
diff --git a/television/config/keybindings.rs b/television/config/keybindings.rs
index 282a560..140eb3d 100644
--- a/television/config/keybindings.rs
+++ b/television/config/keybindings.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub enum SerializedBinding {
 }
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for KeyBindings {
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> color_eyre::Result<Self, D::Error>
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> anyhow::Result<Self, D::Error>
     where
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
     {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for KeyBindings {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn parse_key_event(raw: &str) -> color_eyre::Result<KeyEvent, String> {
+pub fn parse_key_event(raw: &str) -> anyhow::Result<KeyEvent, String> {
     let raw_lower = raw.to_ascii_lowercase();
     let (remaining, modifiers) = extract_modifiers(&raw_lower);
     parse_key_code_with_modifiers(remaining, modifiers)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fn extract_modifiers(raw: &str) -> (&str, KeyModifiers) {
 fn parse_key_code_with_modifiers(
     raw: &str,
     mut modifiers: KeyModifiers,
-) -> color_eyre::Result<KeyEvent, String> {
+) -> anyhow::Result<KeyEvent, String> {
     let c = match raw {
         "esc" => KeyCode::Esc,
         "enter" => KeyCode::Enter,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub fn key_event_to_string(key_event: &KeyEvent) -> String {
     key
 }
 
-pub fn parse_key(raw: &str) -> color_eyre::Result<Key, String> {
+pub fn parse_key(raw: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Key, String> {
     if raw.chars().filter(|c| *c == '>').count()
         != raw.chars().filter(|c| *c == '<').count()
     {
diff --git a/television/config/mod.rs b/television/config/mod.rs
index c5dcedb..d8bc1c8 100644
--- a/television/config/mod.rs
+++ b/television/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
 use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
-use color_eyre::{eyre::Context, Result};
+use anyhow::Result;
 use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use keybindings::merge_keybindings;
 pub use keybindings::{parse_key, Binding, KeyBindings};
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
         // Load the default_config values as base defaults
         let default_config: Config = toml::from_str(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
-            .wrap_err("Error parsing default config")?;
+            .expect("Error parsing default config");
 
         // initialize the config builder
         let data_dir = get_data_dir();
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ impl Config {
             let path = config_dir.join(CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
             let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&path)?;
 
-            let cfg: Config = toml::from_str(&contents)
-                .wrap_err(format!("error parsing config: {path:?}"))?;
+            let cfg: Config = toml::from_str(&contents).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                warn!(
+                    "Error parsing config file, using default configuration"
+                );
+                default_config.clone()
+            });
 
             // merge keybindings with default keybindings
             let keybindings = merge_keybindings(
diff --git a/television/config/themes.rs b/television/config/themes.rs
index 01c9ddf..2708278 100644
--- a/television/config/themes.rs
+++ b/television/config/themes.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use crate::screen::colors::{
diff --git a/television/errors.rs b/television/errors.rs
index 818064c..9de663c 100644
--- a/television/errors.rs
+++ b/television/errors.rs
@@ -1,43 +1,31 @@
-use std::env;
+use std::panic;
 
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use tracing::error;
 
 pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
-    let (panic_hook, eyre_hook) = color_eyre::config::HookBuilder::default()
-        .panic_section(format!(
-            "This is a bug. Consider reporting it at {}",
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY")
-        ))
-        .capture_span_trace_by_default(false)
-        .display_location_section(false)
-        .display_env_section(false)
-        .into_hooks();
-    eyre_hook.install()?;
-    std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(move |panic_info| {
+    panic::set_hook(Box::new(move |panic_info| {
+        // Clean up the terminal
         if let Ok(mut t) = crate::tui::Tui::new(std::io::stderr()) {
-            if let Err(r) = t.exit() {
-                error!("Unable to exit Terminal: {:?}", r);
+            if let Err(err) = t.exit() {
+                error!("Unable to exit terminal: {:?}", err);
             }
         }
 
+        // In release builds, use human-panic to generate a friendly crash report:
         #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
         {
             use human_panic::{handle_dump, metadata, print_msg};
-            let metadata = metadata!();
-            let file_path = handle_dump(&metadata, panic_info);
-            // prints human-panic message
-            print_msg(file_path, &metadata).expect(
+            let meta = metadata!();
+            let file_path = handle_dump(&meta, panic_info);
+            print_msg(file_path, &meta).expect(
                 "human-panic: printing error message to console failed",
             );
-            eprintln!("{}", panic_hook.panic_report(panic_info)); // prints color-eyre stack trace to stderr
         }
-        let msg = format!("{}", panic_hook.panic_report(panic_info));
-        error!("Error: {}", msg);
 
+        // In debug builds, use better-panic for a more detailed dev stacktrace:
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         {
-            // Better Panic stacktrace that is only enabled when debugging.
             better_panic::Settings::auto()
                 .most_recent_first(false)
                 .lineno_suffix(true)
@@ -47,31 +35,6 @@ pub fn init() -> Result<()> {
 
         std::process::exit(1);
     }));
+
     Ok(())
 }
-
-/// Similar to the `std::dbg!` macro, but generates `tracing` events rather
-/// than printing to stdout.
-///
-/// By default, the verbosity level for the generated events is `DEBUG`, but
-/// this can be customized.
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! trace_dbg {
-        (target: $target:expr, level: $level:expr, $ex:expr) => {{
-                match $ex {
-                        value => {
-                                tracing::event!(target: $target, $level, ?value, stringify!($ex));
-                                value
-                        }
-                }
-        }};
-        (level: $level:expr, $ex:expr) => {
-                trace_dbg!(target: module_path!(), level: $level, $ex)
-        };
-        (target: $target:expr, $ex:expr) => {
-                trace_dbg!(target: $target, level: tracing::Level::DEBUG, $ex)
-        };
-        ($ex:expr) => {
-                trace_dbg!(level: tracing::Level::DEBUG, $ex)
-        };
-}
diff --git a/television/keymap.rs b/television/keymap.rs
index 2090fb7..d660dd1 100644
--- a/television/keymap.rs
+++ b/television/keymap.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
 use crate::screen::mode::Mode;
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 
 use crate::action::Action;
 use crate::config::{Binding, KeyBindings};
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ impl Keymap {
         mode: Mode,
         mappings: Vec<(Key, Action)>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mode_keymap = self.0.get_mut(&mode).ok_or_else(|| {
-            color_eyre::eyre::eyre!("Mode {:?} not found", mode)
-        })?;
+        let mode_keymap = self
+            .0
+            .get_mut(&mode)
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Mode {:?} not found", mode))?;
         for (key, action) in mappings {
             mode_keymap.insert(key, action);
         }
diff --git a/television/logging.rs b/television/logging.rs
index 9436d3c..8913fcc 100644
--- a/television/logging.rs
+++ b/television/logging.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 use crate::config::get_data_dir;
diff --git a/television/main.rs b/television/main.rs
index 9119582..0bec8f2 100644
--- a/television/main.rs
+++ b/television/main.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use std::io::{stdout, BufWriter, IsTerminal, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::exit;
 
+use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
-use color_eyre::Result;
 use tracing::{debug, error, info};
 
 use television::app::App;
diff --git a/television/render.rs b/television/render.rs
index f13b95b..2bf21d9 100644
--- a/television/render.rs
+++ b/television/render.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use std::{
     io::{stderr, stdout, LineWriter},
diff --git a/television/screen/input.rs b/television/screen/input.rs
index 11dbb9f..b7db944 100644
--- a/television/screen/input.rs
+++ b/television/screen/input.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::utils::input::Input;
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use ratatui::{
     layout::{
         Alignment, Constraint, Direction, Layout as RatatuiLayout, Rect,
diff --git a/television/screen/preview.rs b/television/screen/preview.rs
index 53a87f8..8005337 100644
--- a/television/screen/preview.rs
+++ b/television/screen/preview.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::utils::strings::{
     replace_non_printable, shrink_with_ellipsis, ReplaceNonPrintableConfig,
     EMPTY_STRING,
 };
-use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use devicons::FileIcon;
 use ratatui::widgets::{Block, BorderType, Borders, Padding, Paragraph, Wrap};
 use ratatui::Frame;
diff --git a/television/screen/remote_control.rs b/television/screen/remote_control.rs
index b84d285..905ddaf 100644
--- a/television/screen/remote_control.rs
+++ b/television/screen/remote_control.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::screen::mode::{mode_color, Mode};
 use crate::screen::results::build_results_list;
 use crate::utils::input::Input;
 
-use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use ratatui::layout::{Alignment, Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect};
 use ratatui::prelude::Style;
 use ratatui::style::{Color, Stylize};
diff --git a/television/screen/results.rs b/television/screen/results.rs
index dfc40cb..f20b26e 100644
--- a/television/screen/results.rs
+++ b/television/screen/results.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::utils::strings::{
     make_matched_string_printable, next_char_boundary,
     slice_at_char_boundaries,
 };
-use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use ratatui::layout::{Alignment, Rect};
 use ratatui::prelude::{Color, Line, Span, Style};
 use ratatui::style::Stylize;
diff --git a/television/television.rs b/television/television.rs
index 1a447a8..3ab0806 100644
--- a/television/television.rs
+++ b/television/television.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::screen::spinner::{Spinner, SpinnerState};
 use crate::utils::metadata::AppMetadata;
 use crate::utils::strings::EMPTY_STRING;
 use crate::{cable::load_cable_channels, keymap::Keymap};
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use copypasta::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use ratatui::{layout::Rect, style::Color, Frame};
 use rustc_hash::{FxBuildHasher, FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
diff --git a/television/tui.rs b/television/tui.rs
index 2d40ba9..2281781 100644
--- a/television/tui.rs
+++ b/television/tui.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 use crossterm::{
     cursor, execute,
     terminal::{
diff --git a/television/utils/shell.rs b/television/utils/shell.rs
index 3d9d0bb..5b546e1 100644
--- a/television/utils/shell.rs
+++ b/television/utils/shell.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use color_eyre::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Shell {
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ pub fn completion_script(shell: Shell) -> Result<&'static str> {
         Shell::Bash => Ok(COMPLETION_BASH),
         Shell::Zsh => Ok(COMPLETION_ZSH),
         Shell::Fish => Ok(COMPLETION_FISH),
-        _ => color_eyre::eyre::bail!(
-            "This shell is not yet supported: {:?}",
-            shell
-        ),
+        _ => anyhow::bail!("This shell is not yet supported: {:?}", shell),
     }
 }
diff --git a/television/utils/syntax.rs b/television/utils/syntax.rs
index f18e1b3..35acff9 100644
--- a/television/utils/syntax.rs
+++ b/television/utils/syntax.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
 use bat::assets::HighlightingAssets;
-use color_eyre::Result;
 use gag::Gag;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use syntect::easy::HighlightLines;