diff --git a/usr/shelly/shelly.c b/usr/shelly/shelly.c
index f65d8b7..66fdba3 100644
--- a/usr/shelly/shelly.c
+++ b/usr/shelly/shelly.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void init_fs_on_demand(void) {
     errval_t err;
     if (global_state->did_init_filesystem == false) {
         err = filesystem_init();
-        if (err_is_fail(err)) DEBUG_ERR(err, "Failed to init filesystem");
+        if (err_is_fail(err)) shelly_write_str("Failed to init filesystem\n\r");
         global_state->did_init_filesystem = true;
         SHELLY_DEBUG("initialized filesystem\n");
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void handle_lpuart_interrupt(void * arg) {
             if (err_is_fail(err)) USER_PANIC_ERR(err, "while trying to write string");
 
             err = handle_shelly_cmd(global_state->buf, global_state->buffer_i);
-            if (err_is_fail(err)) DEBUG_ERR(err, "while running command");
+            if (err_is_fail(err)) shelly_write_str("failed to run command :(\n\r");
 
             shelly_reset_buffer();
 
@@ -306,8 +306,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     while (true) {
         err = event_dispatch(global_state->ws);
         if (err_is_fail(err)) {
-            DEBUG_ERR(err, "in event_dispatch");
-            abort();
+            USER_PANIC_ERR(err, "in event_dispatch");
         }
     }
 }
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