diff --git a/src/ship/quests.rs b/src/ship/quests.rs
index 6d10735..da94e0e 100644
--- a/src/ship/quests.rs
+++ b/src/ship/quests.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ fn read_dat_section_header<T: Read + Seek>(cursor: &mut T, episode: &Episode) ->
 fn quest_episode(bin: &[u8]) -> Option<Episode> {
     for bytes in bin.windows(3) {
         if bytes[0] == 0xF8 && bytes[1] == 0xBC {
-            warn!("ep? {:?}", bytes[2]);
             return Some(Episode::from_quest(bytes[2]).ok()?)
         }
     }
@@ -136,6 +135,10 @@ fn parse_dat(dat: &[u8], episode: &Episode) -> Result<(Vec<Option<MapEnemy>>, Ve
 #[error("")]
 enum QuestLoadError {
     ParseDatError(#[from] ParseDatError),
+    CouldNotReadMetadata,
+    CouldNotLoadConfigFile,
+    QuestFileNotFound(String),
+    CouldNotLoadFile(String),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -153,8 +156,8 @@ pub struct Quest {
 
 impl Quest {
     fn from_bin_dat(bin: Vec<u8>, dat: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Quest, QuestLoadError> {
-        let id = u16::from_le_bytes(bin[16..18].try_into().unwrap());
-        let language = u16::from_le_bytes(bin[18..20].try_into().unwrap());
+        let id = u16::from_le_bytes(bin[16..18].try_into().map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotReadMetadata)?);
+        let language = u16::from_le_bytes(bin[18..20].try_into().map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotReadMetadata)?);
         let name = array_to_utf16(&bin[24..88]);
         let description = array_to_utf16(&bin[88..334]);
         let full_description = array_to_utf16(&bin[334..920]);
@@ -173,8 +176,8 @@ impl Quest {
             full_description: full_description,
             id: id,
             language: language,
-            bin_blob: prs_bin.into_inner().unwrap(),
-            dat_blob: prs_dat.into_inner().unwrap(),
+            bin_blob: prs_bin.into_inner().map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotReadMetadata)?,
+            dat_blob: prs_dat.into_inner().map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotReadMetadata)?,
             enemies: enemies,
             objects: objects,
         })
@@ -184,31 +187,39 @@ impl Quest {
 // QuestCollection
 pub type QuestList = BTreeMap<QuestCategory, Vec<Quest>>;
 
-pub fn load_quests(quest_path: PathBuf) -> QuestList {
-    let mut f = File::open(quest_path).unwrap();
+pub fn load_quests(quest_path: PathBuf) -> Result<QuestList, QuestLoadError> {
+    let mut f = File::open(quest_path).map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotLoadConfigFile)?;
     let mut s = String::new();
     f.read_to_string(&mut s);
 
     let mut used_quest_ids = BTreeSet::new();
-    let ql: BTreeMap<String, QuestListCategory> = toml::from_str(s.as_str()).unwrap();
+    let ql: BTreeMap<String, QuestListCategory> = toml::from_str(s.as_str()).map_err(|_| QuestLoadError::CouldNotLoadConfigFile)?;
 
-    ql.into_iter().map(|(category, category_details)| {
+    Ok(ql.into_iter().map(|(category, category_details)| {
         let quests = category_details.quests
             .into_iter()
             .filter_map(|quest| {
-                warn!("{:?}", quest.bin);
-                let dat_file = File::open(format!("data/quests/{}", quest.dat)).unwrap();
-                let bin_file = File::open(format!("data/quests/{}", quest.bin)).unwrap();
+                let dat_file = File::open(format!("data/quests/{}", quest.dat))
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        warn!("could not load quest file {}: {:?}", quest.dat, err)
+                    }).ok()?;
+                let bin_file = File::open(format!("data/quests/{}", quest.bin))
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        warn!("could not load quest file {}: {:?}", quest.bin, err)
+                    }).ok()?;
                 let mut dat_prs = LegacyPrsDecoder::new(dat_file);
                 let mut bin_prs = LegacyPrsDecoder::new(bin_file);
                 
                 let mut dat = Vec::new();
                 let mut bin = Vec::new();
-                dat_prs.read_to_end(&mut dat).unwrap();
-                bin_prs.read_to_end(&mut bin).unwrap();
+                dat_prs.read_to_end(&mut dat).ok()?;
+                bin_prs.read_to_end(&mut bin).ok()?;
                 
-                let quest = Quest::from_bin_dat(bin, dat).unwrap();
+                let quest = Quest::from_bin_dat(bin, dat).map_err(|err| {
+                    warn!("could not parse quest file {}/{}: {:?}", quest.bin, quest.dat, err)
+                }).ok()?;
                 if used_quest_ids.contains(&quest.id) {
+                    warn!("quest id already exists: {}", quest.id);
                     return None;
                 }
                 used_quest_ids.insert(quest.id);
@@ -219,6 +230,5 @@ pub fn load_quests(quest_path: PathBuf) -> QuestList {
             name: category,
             description: category_details.description,
         }, quests.collect())
-    }).collect()
-    
+    }).collect())
 }
diff --git a/src/ship/ship.rs b/src/ship/ship.rs
index 4e91f6c..b6874c1 100644
--- a/src/ship/ship.rs
+++ b/src/ship/ship.rs
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ impl<EG: EntityGateway> ShipServerState<EG> {
             name: "Sona-Nyl".into(),
             rooms: [None; MAX_ROOMS],
             item_manager: items::ItemManager::new(),
-            quests: quests::load_quests("data/quests.toml".into()),
+            quests: quests::load_quests("data/quests.toml".into()).unwrap(),
         }
     }