diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f4349f..8051393 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ Environment variables read when `STORAGE_BACKEND=s3`:
    could not be locked, but delete the account after the grace period even if
    the email could not be sent…)
 - auth: add support for connecting to the forge using oauth?
-- improve error handling 
+- improve error handling? currently the app will panic if writing to the storage
+  backend fails. Can we do better?