diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e6bd61..8071f50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4"
 actix-http = "3"
-futures-util = "0.3.30"
-maxminddb = "0.24.0"
+futures-util = "0.3"
+maxminddb = "0.24"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["stream"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/db_refresher.rs b/src/db_refresher.rs
index 35fd80c..a4fcaa2 100644
--- a/src/db_refresher.rs
+++ b/src/db_refresher.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub trait UpdatableDB: Send + Sync {
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), Box<dyn Error>>> + Send;
 }
 
-pub fn start_db_update_daemon(data: web::Data<impl UpdatableDB + 'static>, interval: u64) {
+pub async fn start_db_update_daemon(data: web::Data<impl UpdatableDB + 'static>, interval: u64) {
     let success_update_sleep = Duration::from_secs(interval);
     let failure_update_sleep = Duration::from_secs(5 * 60);
 
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ pub fn start_db_update_daemon(data: web::Data<impl UpdatableDB + 'static>, inter
             println!("Updater sleeping for {:?}", duration);
             sleep(duration).await;
         }
-    });
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("DB Update daemon crashed");
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 75ba4fd..e1a9fa6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,21 +6,23 @@ pub mod models;
 pub mod network_utils;
 pub mod services;
 
+use std::error::Error;
+
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use maxmind_db::MaxmindDB;
-use std::io::Result;
 use utoipa_swagger_ui::SwaggerUi;
 
-pub async fn init_db(db_path: &str, db_variant: &str) -> web::Data<MaxmindDB> {
-    let maxmind_db = MaxmindDB::init(db_variant, db_path)
-        .await
-        .expect("Failed to load database");
+pub async fn init_db(
+    db_path: &str,
+    db_variant: &str,
+) -> Result<web::Data<MaxmindDB>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let maxmind_db = MaxmindDB::init(db_variant, db_path).await?;
 
-    web::Data::new(maxmind_db)
+    Ok(web::Data::new(maxmind_db))
 }
 
-pub fn start_db_refresher(maxmind_db_arc: web::Data<MaxmindDB>, update_interval: u64) {
-    db_refresher::start_db_update_daemon(maxmind_db_arc.clone(), update_interval)
+pub async fn start_db_refresher(maxmind_db_arc: web::Data<MaxmindDB>, update_interval: u64) {
+    db_refresher::start_db_update_daemon(maxmind_db_arc.clone(), update_interval).await;
 }
 
 pub async fn start_server(
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ pub async fn start_server(
     host: &str,
     port: u16,
     swagger_ui_enabled: bool,
-) -> Result<()> {
+) {
     // Start HTTP Server
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         let reader_data = maxmind_db_arc.clone();
@@ -47,7 +49,9 @@ pub async fn start_server(
             app
         }
     })
-    .bind((host, port))?
+    .bind((host, port))
+    .expect("Cannot bind to specified host and port")
     .run()
     .await
+    .expect("HTTP Server crashed");
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ac3ea7c..c71da49 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -32,15 +32,25 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     match subcommand.as_deref() {
         Some("server") | None => {
             // Load or Initialize MaxMind database
-            let maxmind_db_arc = atlas_rs::init_db(&db_path, &db_variant).await;
-            // Start Database Updater Daemon
-            atlas_rs::start_db_refresher(maxmind_db_arc.clone(), update_interval);
-            // Start Server
-            atlas_rs::start_server(maxmind_db_arc, &host, port, swagger_ui_enabled).await
+            let maxmind_db_arc = atlas_rs::init_db(&db_path, &db_variant)
+                .await
+                .expect("Failed to load/initialize database");
+
+            tokio::select! {
+                // Start Database Updater Daemon
+                _ = atlas_rs::start_db_refresher(maxmind_db_arc.clone(), update_interval) => {}
+                // Start Server
+                _ = atlas_rs::start_server(maxmind_db_arc, &host, port, swagger_ui_enabled) => {}
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
         }
         Some("init") => {
-            let _db = atlas_rs::init_db(&db_path, &db_variant).await;
-            println!("Initiation was successful");
+            match atlas_rs::init_db(&db_path, &db_variant).await {
+                Ok(_) => println!("Database initiation was successful"),
+                Err(reason) => print!("Failed to initialize database {reason:?}"),
+            }
+
             Ok(())
         }
         Some("spec") => {
diff --git a/tests/lookup_service.rs b/tests/lookup_service.rs
index 577ecd8..aedcb3b 100644
--- a/tests/lookup_service.rs
+++ b/tests/lookup_service.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ async fn setup() -> (
     >,
     Data<MaxmindDB>,
 ) {
-    let app_data = atlas_rs::init_db("tests-data/", "GeoIP2-City-Test").await;
+    let app_data = atlas_rs::init_db("tests-data/", "GeoIP2-City-Test")
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     let service = test::init_service(
         App::new()
             .app_data(app_data.clone())