diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9970039..6fd2e35 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7825f6833612eb2414095684fcf6c635becf3ce97fe48cf6421321e93bfbd53c"
+checksum = "d9a60d744a80c30fcb657dfe2c1b22bcb3e814c1a1e3674f32bf5820b570fbff"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "attohttpc"
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ checksum = "e7ca8a5221364ef15ce201e8ed2f609fc312682a8f4e0e3d4aa5879764e0fa3b"
 name = "diplonat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "igd",
  "log",
  "pretty_env_logger",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7771e70..1164d5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ log = "0.4"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 tokio = "0.2.11"
 serde = "1.0.107"
+anyhow = "1.0.28"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index bbc1b33..2cf2061 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::env;
-
+use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
 use log::*;
 
 pub struct DiplonatConfig {
@@ -9,41 +9,23 @@ pub struct DiplonatConfig {
    pub expiration_time: u32
 }
 
-pub fn load_env() -> Result<DiplonatConfig, String> {
+pub fn load_env() -> Result<DiplonatConfig> {
   let env_private_ip = "DIPLONAT_PRIVATE_IP";
-  let private_ip = match env::var(env_private_ip) {
-      Ok(val) => val,
-      Err(e) => return Err(format!("unable to fetch environment variable {}: {}", env_private_ip, e)),
-  };
-
   let env_refresh_time = "DIPLONAT_REFRESH_TIME";
-  let refresh_time: u32 = match env::var(env_refresh_time) {
-      Ok(val) => val.parse().unwrap(),
-      Err(e) => return Err(format!("unable to fetch environment variable {}: {}", env_refresh_time,e))
-  };
-  
   let env_expiration_time = "DIPLONAT_EXPIRATION_TIME";
-  let expiration_time: u32 = match env::var(env_expiration_time) {
-      Ok(val) => val.parse().unwrap(),
-      Err(e) => return Err(format!("unable to fetch environment variable {}: {}", env_expiration_time,e))
-  };
-  
   let env_consul_node_name = "DIPLONAT_CONSUL_NODE_NAME";
-  let consul_node_name = match env::var(env_consul_node_name) {
-      Ok(val) => val,
-      Err(e) => return Err(format!("unable to fetch environment variable {}: {}", env_consul_node_name,e))
-  };
-
-  if refresh_time * 2 > expiration_time {
-    return Err(format!("Expiration time (currently: {}s) must be twice bigger than refresh time (currently: {}s)", expiration_time, refresh_time))
-  }
 
   let config = DiplonatConfig { 
-    private_ip: private_ip, 
-    refresh_time: refresh_time, 
-    expiration_time: expiration_time, 
-    consul_node_name: consul_node_name 
+    private_ip: env::var(env_private_ip)?, 
+    refresh_time: env::var(env_refresh_time)?.parse()?, 
+    expiration_time: env::var(env_expiration_time)?.parse()?, 
+    consul_node_name: env::var(env_consul_node_name)?
   };
+
+  if config.refresh_time * 2 > config.expiration_time {
+    return Err(anyhow!("Expiration time (currently: {}s) must be twice bigger than refresh time (currently: {}s)", config.expiration_time, config.refresh_time))
+  }
+
   info!("Consul node name: {}", config.consul_node_name);
   info!("Private IP address: {}", config.private_ip);
   info!("Refresh time: {} seconds", config.refresh_time);
diff --git a/src/diplonat.rs b/src/diplonat.rs
index 44f6ac5..089a5c7 100644
--- a/src/diplonat.rs
+++ b/src/diplonat.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use igd::Gateway;
+use anyhow::Result;
 
 use crate::*;
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ pub struct DiplonatContext {
   //pub gateway: igd::Gateway
 }
 
-pub fn setup() -> Result<DiplonatContext, String> {
+pub fn setup() -> Result<DiplonatContext> {
   return Ok(DiplonatContext {
     config: config::load_env()?,
     //gateway: search_gateway(Default::default()).await