diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a735e7..51ef983 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ csv = "1.4"
 gtfs-structures = "0.47"
 log = "0.4"
 sdl3 = {version = "0.17", features = ["ttf"]}
-serde = { "1.0", features = ["derive"]}
-serde_yaml = "0.8"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"]}
+yaml_serde = "0.10"
 zip = "8.3"
 
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 4583089..d0ef439 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 use crate::{gtfs, renderer};
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-extern crate serde_derive;
-extern crate serde_yaml;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use std::fs;
+use yaml_serde;
 
-struct Error {
-    message: String
-}
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct Config {
+pub struct Config {
     #[serde(rename = "gtfs")]
     pub gtfs_prefs: gtfs::structs::Preferences,
 
@@ -16,7 +13,39 @@ struct Config {
     pub screen_prefs: renderer::structs::Prefs,
 }
 
+#[derive (Debug)]
+pub struct Error {
+    pub message: String
+}
+
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        return Error {
+            message: value.to_string(),
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<yaml_serde::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: yaml_serde::Error) -> Self {
+        return Error {
+            message: value.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<sdl3::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: sdl3::Error) -> Self {
+        return Error {
+            message: value.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
 pub fn load_config(config_name: String) -> Result<Config, Error> {
-    return Err(Error { message: String::from("Foo") });
+    let config_text = fs::read_to_string(config_name)?;
+    let config = yaml_serde::from_str(config_text.as_ref())?;
+    return Ok(config);
 }
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diff --git a/src/gtfs/structs.rs b/src/gtfs/structs.rs
index 4ec21c8..b6eb058 100644
--- a/src/gtfs/structs.rs
+++ b/src/gtfs/structs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use gtfs_structures::{Agency, Calendar, CalendarDate, RawStopTime, RawTrip, Route, Stop};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 // This is to store the preferences for the GTFS(-R) side of the code.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a909793..4981c9b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ fn main() {
         process::exit(-1);
     }
     // Create preferences structures from config
-    let gtfs_prefs = config_result.unwrap().gtfs_prefs;
-    let screen_prefs = config_result.unwrap().screen_prefs;
+    let config = config_result.unwrap();
+    let gtfs_prefs = config.gtfs_prefs;
+    let screen_prefs = config.screen_prefs;
 
     // Init GTFS static info
     info!("Loading GTFS data...");
@@ -103,7 +104,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Init screen
     info!("Initializing screen...");
-    let mut screen = Screen::init(&screen_prefs);
+    let screen_result = Screen::init(&screen_prefs);
+    if let Err(e) = screen_result {
+        error!("Error initializing video: {}", e.message);
+        process::exit(-1);
+    }
+    let mut screen = screen_result.unwrap();
     info!("Startup done.");
 
     // Register our custom event and obtain the event-related objects to interact with the event loop
diff --git a/src/renderer/mod.rs b/src/renderer/mod.rs
index e831f38..659c988 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use log::{debug, error, warn};
 use sdl3::{Sdl, pixels::Color, rect::Rect};
 use structs::{Prefs, DisplayData};
 
-use crate::renderer::structs::Screen;
+use crate::{config::Error, renderer::structs::Screen};
 
 const LINE_COUNT: i32 = 5;
 const COLOR_LCD_AMBER   : Color = Color::RGB(0xf4, 0xcb, 0x60);
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ impl Screen<'_> {
 
     /// Initialize video, allocate buffers and load fonts
     /// Based on https://github.com/vhspace/sdl3-rs/blob/master/examples/ttf-demo.rs
-    pub fn init(prefs: &Prefs) -> Screen<'_> {
+    pub fn init(prefs: &Prefs) -> Result<Screen<'_>, Error> {
         // Initialize the screen   
         let sdl_context = sdl3::init().unwrap();
-        let video_subsys = sdl_context.video().unwrap();
+        let video_subsys = sdl_context.video()?;
 
         let window = video_subsys
         .window("Dublin Bus", prefs.screen_width, prefs.screen_height)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl Screen<'_> {
 
         // Load font
         let ttf_context = sdl3::ttf::init().unwrap();
-        let font = ttf_context.load_font(&prefs.font_path, TEXT_SIZE).unwrap();
+        let font = ttf_context.load_font(&prefs.font_path, TEXT_SIZE)?;
         
         let mut screen: Screen = Screen {
             canvas:  Box::new(window.into_canvas()), 
@@ -155,6 +155,6 @@ impl Screen<'_> {
         };
 
         screen.clear();
-        return screen;
+        return Ok(screen);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/renderer/structs.rs b/src/renderer/structs.rs
index eb71d47..370d2f6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/structs.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/structs.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use sdl3::{Sdl, pixels::Color, render::Canvas, ttf::Font, video::Window};
-extern crate serde;
-extern crate serde_derive;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 pub struct Screen<'a> {
     pub(crate) canvas: Box<Canvas<Window>>,