diff --git a/internal/db/entries.go b/internal/db/entries.go
index 30f6677..433db42 100644
--- a/internal/db/entries.go
+++ b/internal/db/entries.go
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ func scanEntries(rows *sql.Rows) ([]Entry, error) {
 		if err := rows.Scan(&e.ID, &ts, &e.Method, &e.Host, &e.Path, &e.StatusCode, &e.RequestRaw, &e.ResponseRaw, &flagged); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		e.Timestamp, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, ts)
+		var tsErr error
+		e.Timestamp, tsErr = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, ts)
+		if tsErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("db: parse timestamp %q: %v", ts, tsErr)
+		}
 		e.Flagged = flagged != 0
 		entries = append(entries, e)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/db/replay.go b/internal/db/replay.go
index ad25f16..acc5786 100644
--- a/internal/db/replay.go
+++ b/internal/db/replay.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ func (d *DB) ListReplayEntries() ([]ReplayEntry, error) {
 			&e.OriginalRaw, &e.RequestRaw, &e.ResponseRaw, &e.StatusCode, &e.ErrorMsg); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		e.Timestamp, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, ts)
+		var tsErr error
+		e.Timestamp, tsErr = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, ts)
+		if tsErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("db: parse replay timestamp %q: %v", ts, tsErr)
+		}
 		entries = append(entries, e)
 	}
 	return entries, rows.Err()
diff --git a/internal/plugins/pluginsfile.go b/internal/plugins/pluginsfile.go
index ab08218..c2ed1a9 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/pluginsfile.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/pluginsfile.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package plugins
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ func (pf *PluginsFile) register(id string, defaultEnabled bool, configText strin
 			}
 		}
 		pf.data.Plugins[id] = entry
-		_ = pf.save()
+		if err := pf.save(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("plugin %s: register save: %v", id, err)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/model.go b/internal/ui/app/model.go
index 78cce01..c7c174e 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/model.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/model.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package app
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ func New(broker *intercept.Broker, name, path string) Model {
 
 	d, err := db.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "db: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		log.Fatalf("db: %v", err)
 	}
 	m.database = d
 	broker.SetDB(d)
diff --git a/internal/ui/home/update.go b/internal/ui/home/update.go
index 76f0c8f..58904d8 100644
--- a/internal/ui/home/update.go
+++ b/internal/ui/home/update.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func (m Model) handleSelection() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	case kindTemp:
 		dir := tempDir()
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o750); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("home: create temp dir: %v", err)
 			return m, nil
 		}
 		initProjectFiles(dir)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ func (m Model) updateNaming(msg tea.KeyPressMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.nameInput.Blur()
 		dir := filepath.Join(m.projectDir, name)
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o750); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("home: create project dir %q: %v", name, err)
 			return m, nil
 		}
 		initProjectFiles(dir)
diff --git a/internal/util/editor.go b/internal/util/editor.go
index e7b9835..9d1787c 100644
--- a/internal/util/editor.go
+++ b/internal/util/editor.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func resolveEditor() string {
 func openWithEditor(content string, callback func(string, error) tea.Msg) tea.Cmd {
 	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "spilltea-*.http")
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("editor: create temp file: %v", err)
 		return nil
 	}
 	tmpPath := f.Name()