diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9bbf0eec1..b8b9af931 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	app, err := app.NewApp(appConfig)
-	app.Log.Info(err)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: remove this call to panic after anonymous error reporting
+		// is setup (right now the call to panic logs nothing to the screen which
+		// would make debugging difficult
+		panic(err)
+		// app.Log.Panic(err.Error())
+	}
 	app.GitCommand.SetupGit()
 	app.Gui.RunWithSubprocesses()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 98da0b0fa..aaa925e53 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ func NewApp(config config.AppConfigurer) (*App, error) {
 	app.Log = newLogger(config)
 	app.OSCommand, err = commands.NewOSCommand(app.Log)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return app, err
 	}
 
 	app.Tr, err = i18n.NewLocalizer(app.Log)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return app, err
 	}
 
 	app.GitCommand, err = commands.NewGitCommand(app.Log, app.OSCommand)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return app, err
 	}
 	app.Gui, err = gui.NewGui(app.Log, app.GitCommand, app.OSCommand, app.Tr, config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return app, err
 	}
 	return app, nil
 }