diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/from_row.rs b/scylla-macros/src/from_row.rs
index c4caa405b6..027a8b3a0e 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/from_row.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/from_row.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::{spanned::Spanned, DeriveInput};
 
 /// #[derive(FromRow)] derives FromRow for struct
-pub fn from_row_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input).expect("No DeriveInput");
-    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item).expect("No path");
-    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "FromRow");
+pub fn from_row_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, syn::Error> {
+    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input)?;
+    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item)?;
+    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "FromRow")?;
 
     let struct_name = &item.ident;
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = item.generics.split_for_impl();
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ pub fn from_row_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     };
 
-    TokenStream::from(generated)
+    Ok(TokenStream::from(generated))
 }
diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/from_user_type.rs b/scylla-macros/src/from_user_type.rs
index de3a2adb7d..0b1efa54ac 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/from_user_type.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/from_user_type.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::{spanned::Spanned, DeriveInput};
 
 /// #[derive(FromUserType)] allows to parse a struct as User Defined Type
-pub fn from_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input).expect("No DeriveInput");
-    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item).expect("Couldn't get path to the scylla crate");
-    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "FromUserType");
+pub fn from_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, syn::Error> {
+    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input)?;
+    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item)?;
+    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "FromUserType")?;
 
     let struct_name = &item.ident;
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = item.generics.split_for_impl();
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ pub fn from_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     };
 
-    TokenStream::from(generated)
+    Ok(TokenStream::from(generated))
 }
diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/into_user_type.rs b/scylla-macros/src/into_user_type.rs
index 4adfaebd18..2880eb2b02 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/into_user_type.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/into_user_type.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::{spanned::Spanned, DeriveInput};
 
 /// #[derive(IntoUserType)] allows to parse a struct as User Defined Type
-pub fn into_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input).expect("No DeriveInput");
-    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item).expect("No path");
-    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "IntoUserType");
+pub fn into_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, syn::Error> {
+    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input)?;
+    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item)?;
+    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "IntoUserType")?;
 
     let struct_name = &item.ident;
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = item.generics.split_for_impl();
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ pub fn into_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     };
 
-    TokenStream::from(generated)
+    Ok(TokenStream::from(generated))
 }
diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/lib.rs b/scylla-macros/src/lib.rs
index f5ad28a26d..59300a0020 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,26 +10,30 @@ mod value_list;
 /// Works only on simple structs without generics etc
 #[proc_macro_derive(FromRow, attributes(scylla_crate))]
 pub fn from_row_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    from_row::from_row_derive(tokens_input)
+    let res = from_row::from_row_derive(tokens_input);
+    res.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_compile_error().into())
 }
 
 /// #[derive(FromUserType)] allows to parse a struct as User Defined Type
 /// Works only on simple structs without generics etc
 #[proc_macro_derive(FromUserType, attributes(scylla_crate))]
 pub fn from_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    from_user_type::from_user_type_derive(tokens_input)
+    let res = from_user_type::from_user_type_derive(tokens_input);
+    res.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_compile_error().into())
 }
 
 /// #[derive(IntoUserType)] allows to parse a struct as User Defined Type
 /// Works only on simple structs without generics etc
 #[proc_macro_derive(IntoUserType, attributes(scylla_crate))]
 pub fn into_user_type_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    into_user_type::into_user_type_derive(tokens_input)
+    let res = into_user_type::into_user_type_derive(tokens_input);
+    res.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_compile_error().into())
 }
 
 /// #[derive(ValueList)] derives ValueList for struct
 /// Works only on simple structs without generics etc
 #[proc_macro_derive(ValueList, attributes(scylla_crate))]
 pub fn value_list_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    value_list::value_list_derive(tokens_input)
+    let res = value_list::value_list_derive(tokens_input);
+    res.unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_compile_error().into())
 }
diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/parser.rs b/scylla-macros/src/parser.rs
index 7b88cb60f3..6c33fba0c3 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/parser.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/parser.rs
@@ -6,16 +6,32 @@ use syn::{Expr, Meta};
 pub(crate) fn parse_named_fields<'a>(
     input: &'a DeriveInput,
     current_derive: &str,
-) -> &'a FieldsNamed {
+) -> Result<&'a FieldsNamed, syn::Error> {
     match &input.data {
         Data::Struct(data) => match &data.fields {
-            Fields::Named(named_fields) => named_fields,
-            _ => panic!(
-                "derive({}) works only for structs with named fields. Tuples don't need derive.",
+            Fields::Named(named_fields) => Ok(named_fields),
+            _ => Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
+                data.struct_token,
+                format!(
+                    "derive({}) works only for structs with named fields",
+                    current_derive
+                ),
+            )),
+        },
+        Data::Enum(e) => Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
+            e.enum_token,
+            format!(
+                "derive({}) works only for structs with named fields",
                 current_derive
             ),
-        },
-        _ => panic!("derive({}) works only on structs!", current_derive),
+        )),
+        Data::Union(u) => Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
+            u.union_token,
+            format!(
+                "derive({}) works only for structs with named fields",
+                current_derive
+            ),
+        )),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/scylla-macros/src/value_list.rs b/scylla-macros/src/value_list.rs
index 4b19083944..bf6fc38e9d 100644
--- a/scylla-macros/src/value_list.rs
+++ b/scylla-macros/src/value_list.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ use syn::DeriveInput;
 
 /// #[derive(ValueList)] allows to parse a struct as a list of values,
 /// which can be fed to the query directly.
-pub fn value_list_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input).expect("No DeriveInput");
-    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item).expect("No path");
-    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "ValueList");
+pub fn value_list_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, syn::Error> {
+    let item = syn::parse::<DeriveInput>(tokens_input)?;
+    let path = crate::parser::get_path(&item)?;
+    let struct_fields = crate::parser::parse_named_fields(&item, "ValueList")?;
 
     let struct_name = &item.ident;
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = item.generics.split_for_impl();
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ pub fn value_list_derive(tokens_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     };
 
-    TokenStream::from(generated)
+    Ok(TokenStream::from(generated))
 }