diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27c7d33..901a78c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "quick-xml",
  "serde",
+ "thiserror",
  "toml",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6592a43..32e5530 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ libloot = "0.29.0"
 log = "0.4.29"
 quick-xml = { version = "0.39.2", features = ["serde-types", "serialize"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = "2.0.18"
 toml = "1.0.3"
diff --git a/src/fomod.rs b/src/fomod.rs
index 61c5296..419d790 100644
--- a/src/fomod.rs
+++ b/src/fomod.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // https://github.com/luctius/fomod/
 // Original license: MIT / Apache-2.0
 
-use std::{error::Error, fs, path::Path};
+use std::{fs, io, path::Path};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Info {
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ pub struct Info {
     pub category_id: Option<usize>,
 }
 
+impl Info {
+    pub fn load_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self, FOModError> {
+        let data = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+        let config = quick_xml::de::from_str(&data)?;
+
+        Ok(config)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Config {
     #[serde(rename = "moduleName")]
@@ -44,7 +54,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    pub fn load_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn load_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self, FOModError> {
         let data = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
         let config = quick_xml::de::from_str(&data)?;
 
@@ -52,6 +62,15 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum FOModError {
+    #[error("Failed to read file")]
+    Io(#[from] io::Error),
+
+    #[error("Failed to parse config")]
+    Parse(#[from] quick_xml::de::DeError),
+}
+
 #[derive(
     Copy, Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Default,
 )]
diff --git a/src/load_order.rs b/src/load_order.rs
index 137e0eb..1b35368 100644
--- a/src/load_order.rs
+++ b/src/load_order.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 use std::{
     error::Error,
+    io,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
-use libloot::{Game, GameType};
+use libloot::{
+    Game, GameType,
+    error::{GameHandleCreationError, LoadPluginsError, SortPluginsError},
+};
 use log::trace;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::{
     basic_types::{ModdedInstance, RootConfig},
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ pub struct LoadOrder {
 }
 
 impl LoadOrder {
-    pub fn new(install_dir: impl AsRef<Path>, game_type: GameType) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn new(install_dir: impl AsRef<Path>, game_type: GameType) -> Result<Self, LoadOrderError> {
         Ok(Self {
             game: Game::with_local_path(
                 game_type,
@@ -32,7 +37,7 @@ impl LoadOrder {
         &mut self,
         root_config: &RootConfig,
         instance: &ModdedInstance,
-    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    ) -> Result<(), LoadOrderError> {
         for installed_mod in &instance.mods {
             let mod_config = root_config.get_mod_by_id(&installed_mod.mod_id()).unwrap();
             let mod_source_root = root_config.get_mod_location(&mod_config);
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ impl LoadOrder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn add_plugins_from_install(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn add_plugins_from_install(&mut self) -> Result<(), LoadOrderError> {
         let plugins: Vec<_> = walk_files_recursive(self.target.join("Data"))?
             .filter(|f| Self::is_plugin_file(f.path()))
             .map(|f| f.path())
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ impl LoadOrder {
             .is_some_and(|ext| ext == "esp" || ext == "esm" || ext == "esl")
     }
 
-    pub fn load_order(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn load_order(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, LoadOrderError> {
         trace!("Generating new load order");
         let all_plugins = self.game.loaded_plugins();
         let plugins_names: Vec<&str> = all_plugins.iter().map(|e| e.name()).collect();
@@ -79,3 +84,18 @@ impl LoadOrder {
         Ok(sorted)
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum LoadOrderError {
+    #[error("Failed to read game directory")]
+    Io(#[from] io::Error),
+
+    #[error("Failed to create libloot game")]
+    Creating(#[from] GameHandleCreationError),
+
+    #[error("Failed to add plugins to libloot")]
+    Loading(#[from] LoadPluginsError),
+
+    #[error("libloot failed to sort plugins")]
+    Sorting(#[from] SortPluginsError),
+}