diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e660fd9..0e43070 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 bin/
+tags
diff --git a/build.lisp b/build.lisp
index 727f832..6f625ce 100644
--- a/build.lisp
+++ b/build.lisp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+(ql:register-local-projects)
 (ql:quickload :geml/bin)
 
 (sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die "bin/geml-server"
diff --git a/src/bin.lisp b/src/bin.lisp
index 5e61bb1..14be2a5 100644
--- a/src/bin.lisp
+++ b/src/bin.lisp
@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@
       ((getf options :version)
        (format t "~a~%" (asdf:component-version (asdf:find-system 'geml))))
       (t (let ((settings (cl-ini:parse-ini (getf options :config))))
-           (start-server settings))))))
+           (handler-case (start-server settings)
+             ;; TODO handle more specific cases
+             (error (c) (format t "Server Error: ~A~%" c))))))))