diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 771e2a8..4ed4896 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ impl EventHandler for Handler {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let file_path = std::env::var("CONFIG_PATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| "./config.json".to_string());
-    println!("reading config from {file_path}");
-    let file = fs::read_to_string(file_path).unwrap();
+    let file = match fs::read_to_string(file_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        eprintln!("Error reading config file ({file_path}): {err}");
+        std::process:exit(1);
+    });
     let config = serde_json::from_str::<ConfigFile>(&file).unwrap();
 
     let token = &config.token;