diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61b2e31..e5c877b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -204,6 +204,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-eyre"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a667583cca8c4f8436db8de46ea8233c42a7d9ae424a82d338f2e4675229204"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "color-spantrace",
+ "eyre",
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "color-spantrace"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ba75b3d9449ecdccb27ecbc479fdc0b87fa2dd43d2f8298f9bf0e59aacc8dce"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -300,6 +327,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c2b6b5a29c02cdc822728b7d7b8ae1bab3e3b05d44522770ddd49722eeac7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -431,6 +468,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cxx-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is-terminal"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -552,9 +595,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "ogle"
 version = "1.4.5"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "color-eyre",
  "console",
  "man",
  "tokio",
@@ -568,6 +611,12 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -629,6 +678,15 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1792db035ce95be60c3f8853017b3999209281c24e2ba5bc8e59bf97a0c590c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -684,6 +742,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.32.0"
@@ -751,6 +819,48 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-error"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d686ec1c0f384b1277f097b2f279a2ecc11afe8c133c1aabf036a27cb4cd206e"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
+dependencies = [
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -769,6 +879,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0643774..ede259d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ keywords = ["watch", "command-line"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.3.23", features = ["derive"] }
-anyhow = "1.0.75"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 tokio = "1.32.0"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 console = "0.15.7"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ default-features = false
 features = ["clock"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.75"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 man = "0.3.0"
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index f44be38..c352e0f 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
 // file 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use color_eyre::{eyre::eyre, Result};
 use man::prelude::*;
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path;
 
-fn generate_man_page<P: AsRef<path::Path>>(outdir: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+fn generate_man_page<P: AsRef<path::Path>>(outdir: P) -> Result<()> {
     let outdir = outdir.as_ref();
     let man_path = outdir.join("ogle.1");
     let manpage = Manual::new("ogle")
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ fn generate_man_page<P: AsRef<path::Path>>(outdir: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let mut outdir = path::PathBuf::from(
-        env::var_os("OUT_DIR").ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("error getting OUT_DIR"))?,
-    );
+    color_eyre::install()?;
+    let mut outdir =
+        path::PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").ok_or_else(|| eyre!("error getting OUT_DIR"))?);
     fs::create_dir_all(&outdir)?;
     generate_man_page(&outdir)?;
     // build/ogle-*/out
diff --git a/src/progbar.rs b/src/progbar.rs
index 0dc0abf..49e56d8 100644
--- a/src/progbar.rs
+++ b/src/progbar.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
 // file 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use color_eyre::Result;
 use console::Term;
 use tokio::time;
 
diff --git a/src/runner.rs b/src/runner.rs
index 12e6f83..acb2cc7 100644
--- a/src/runner.rs
+++ b/src/runner.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
 // file 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use color_eyre::Result;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::process::ExitStatus;
 use std::process::Stdio;