diff --git a/src/database/add.rs b/src/database/add.rs
index bf4620b..e96324f 100644
--- a/src/database/add.rs
+++ b/src/database/add.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ pub fn add(pkg: Package, options: Options) {
 
     conn.execute("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO packages (name, version, description, depends, make_depends) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5)",
                  [&pkg.name, &pkg.version, &pkg.description.unwrap_or_else(|| "No description found.".parse().unwrap()), &pkg.depends.join(" "), &pkg.make_depends.join(" ")],
-    ).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        crash(format!("Failed adding package {} to the database: {}", pkg.name, e), 2);
-        1
-    });
+    ).unwrap_or_else(|e|
+        crash(format!("Failed adding package {} to the database: {}", pkg.name, e), 2)
+    );
 }
diff --git a/src/database/initialise.rs b/src/database/initialise.rs
index 01d92b9..a5cef65 100644
--- a/src/database/initialise.rs
+++ b/src/database/initialise.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,5 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
                 )",
         [],
     )
-    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        crash(format!("Couldn't initialise database: {}", e), 3);
-        1
-    });
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| crash(format!("Couldn't initialise database: {}", e), 3));
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..621323a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use crate::crash;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
+use std::io;
+
+pub type AppResult<T> = Result<T, AppError>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum AppError {
+    Io(std::io::Error),
+    Other(String),
+}
+
+impl Display for AppError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            AppError::Io(io) => Display::fmt(io, f),
+            AppError::Other(s) => Display::fmt(s, f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for AppError {}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for AppError {
+    fn from(e: io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Io(e)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for AppError {
+    fn from(string: String) -> Self {
+        Self::Other(string)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for AppError {
+    fn from(string: &str) -> Self {
+        Self::from(string.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait SilentUnwrap<T> {
+    fn silent_unwrap(self) -> T;
+}
+
+impl<T> SilentUnwrap<T> for AppResult<T> {
+    fn silent_unwrap(self) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Ok(val) => val,
+            Err(_) => crash("an error occurred", 1),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/commands.rs b/src/internal/commands.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a5dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/commands.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use crate::error::{AppError, AppResult};
+use crate::internal::uwu_enabled;
+use crate::uwu;
+use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+use std::process::{ChildStderr, ChildStdout, Command, Stdio};
+
+/// Executes a makepkg command
+#[inline]
+pub fn makepkg<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    run_command("makepkg", args)
+}
+
+/// Executes a git command
+#[inline]
+pub fn git<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    run_command("git", args)
+}
+
+/// Executes a bash command
+#[inline]
+pub fn bash<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    run_command("bash", args)
+}
+
+/// Runs pacman with sudo
+pub fn sudo_pacman<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    let mut pacman_args = args
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|i: S| OsString::from(i.as_ref()))
+        .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
+    let mut sudo_args = vec![OsString::from("pacman")];
+    sudo_args.append(&mut pacman_args);
+    sudo(sudo_args)
+}
+
+/// Executes a pacman command
+#[inline]
+pub fn pacman<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    run_command("pacman", args)
+}
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn sudo<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(args: I) -> AppResult<String> {
+    run_command("sudo", args)
+}
+
+/// Runs a command and parses its output as string
+fn run_command<S1: AsRef<OsStr>, I: IntoIterator<Item = S2>, S2: AsRef<OsStr>>(
+    command: S1,
+    args: I,
+) -> AppResult<String> {
+    let mut child = Command::new(command)
+        .args(args)
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()?;
+    let stdout = child.stdout.as_mut().unwrap();
+    let stderr = child.stderr.as_mut().unwrap();
+    let stdout_str = read_stdout(stdout)?;
+    let stderr_str = read_stderr(stderr)?;
+
+    let status = child.wait()?;
+    if status.success() {
+        Ok(stdout_str)
+    } else {
+        Err(AppError::from(stderr_str))
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_stdout(stdout: &mut ChildStdout) -> AppResult<String> {
+    let mut stdout_str = String::new();
+    let stdout_reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+
+    for line in stdout_reader.lines() {
+        let line = line?;
+        if uwu_enabled() {
+            println!("{}", uwu!(&*line))
+        } else {
+            println!("{}", &line);
+        }
+        stdout_str.push_str(&line);
+        stdout_str.push_str("\n");
+    }
+
+    Ok(stdout_str)
+}
+
+fn read_stderr(stderr: &mut ChildStderr) -> AppResult<String> {
+    let mut stderr_str = String::new();
+    let stderr_reader = BufReader::new(stderr);
+
+    for line in stderr_reader.lines() {
+        let line = line?;
+        if uwu_enabled() {
+            eprintln!("{}", uwu!(&line))
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("{}", &line);
+        }
+        stderr_str.push_str(&line);
+        stderr_str.push_str("\n");
+    }
+
+    Ok(stderr_str)
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/mod.rs b/src/internal/mod.rs
index 04b9645..87bf5d6 100644
--- a/src/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/internal/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod clean;
+mod commands;
 mod initialise;
 pub mod rpc;
 mod sort;
@@ -6,14 +7,16 @@ mod strings;
 pub mod structs;
 
 pub use clean::*;
+pub use commands::*;
 pub use initialise::*;
 pub use sort::*;
+use std::env;
 pub use strings::*;
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! uwu {
     ($x:expr) => {{
-        let uwu: String = String::from_str($x).unwrap();
+        let uwu: String = String::from($x);
 
         let uwu = uwu.replace("l", "w");
         let uwu = uwu.replace("L", "W");
@@ -26,3 +29,11 @@ macro_rules! uwu {
         uwu
     }};
 }
+
+fn uwu_enabled() -> bool {
+    env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
+}
+
+fn uwu_debug_enabled() -> bool {
+    env::var("AME_UWU_DEBUG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/strings.rs b/src/internal/strings.rs
index dd2662d..892bb15 100644
--- a/src/internal/strings.rs
+++ b/src/internal/strings.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,28 @@
+use std::io;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::UNIX_EPOCH;
-use std::{env, io};
 
-use crate::uwu;
+use crate::{internal, uwu};
 
-pub fn info(a: String) {
-    let a = if env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true" {
-        uwu!(&a)
-    } else {
-        a
-    };
+pub fn info<S: ToString>(a: S) {
+    let a = a.to_string();
+    let a = if internal::uwu_enabled() { uwu!(&a) } else { a };
 
     println!("\x1b[2;22;35m❖\x1b[0m \x1b[1;37m{}\x1b[0m", a)
 }
 
-pub fn crash(a: String, b: i32) {
-    let a = if env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true" {
-        uwu!(&a)
-    } else {
-        a
-    };
+pub fn crash<S: ToString>(a: S, b: i32) -> ! {
+    let a = a.to_string();
+    let a = if internal::uwu_enabled() { uwu!(&a) } else { a };
 
     println!("\x1b[2;22;31m❌:\x1b[0m \x1b[1;91m{}\x1b[0m", a);
     exit(b);
 }
 
-pub fn log(a: String) {
-    let a = if env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
-        && env::var("AME_UWU_DEBUG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
-    {
+pub fn log<S: ToString>(a: S) {
+    let a = a.to_string();
+    let a = if internal::uwu_enabled() && internal::uwu_debug_enabled() {
         uwu!(&a)
     } else {
         a
@@ -46,15 +38,12 @@ pub fn log(a: String) {
     );
 }
 
-pub fn prompt(a: String, b: bool) -> bool {
+pub fn prompt<S: ToString>(a: S, b: bool) -> bool {
+    let a = a.to_string();
     let default = ["[Y/n]", "[y/N]"];
     let i = if b { 0 } else { 1 };
 
-    let a = if env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true" {
-        uwu!(&a)
-    } else {
-        a
-    };
+    let a = if internal::uwu_enabled() { uwu!(&a) } else { a };
 
     print!(
         "\x1b[2;22;35m?\x1b[0m \x1b[1;37m{}\x1b[0m \x1b[2;22;37m{}\x1b[0m: ",
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 24b1c28..91471af 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use std::process;
-use std::process::Command;
 
 use crate::args::{InstallArgs, Operation, QueryArgs, RemoveArgs, SearchArgs};
 use args::Args;
 
-use crate::internal::{crash, info, init, log, sort, structs::Options};
+use crate::internal::{bash, crash, info, init, log, pacman, sort, structs::Options};
 
 #[global_allocator]
 static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 
 mod args;
 mod database;
+mod error;
 mod internal;
 mod operations;
 
@@ -71,14 +70,14 @@ fn cmd_install(args: InstallArgs, options: Options) {
         ));
     }
 
-    let out = process::Command::new("bash")
-        .args(&["-c", "sudo find /etc -name *.pacnew"])
-        .output()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-        .stdout;
+    let bash_output = bash(&["-c", "sudo find /etc -name *.pacnew"]).unwrap();
 
-    if !String::from_utf8((*out).to_owned()).unwrap().is_empty() {
-        info(format!("You have .pacnew files in /etc ({}) that you haven't removed or acted upon, it is recommended you do that now", String::from_utf8((*out).to_owned()).unwrap().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<&str>>().join(", ")));
+    if !bash_output.is_empty() {
+        let pacnew_files = bash_output
+            .split_whitespace()
+            .collect::<Vec<&str>>()
+            .join(", ");
+        info(format!("You have .pacnew files in /etc ({pacnew_files}) that you haven't removed or acted upon, it is recommended you do that now", ));
     }
 }
 
@@ -108,33 +107,13 @@ fn cmd_search(args: SearchArgs, options: Options) {
 
 fn cmd_query(args: QueryArgs) {
     if args.aur {
-        Command::new("pacman")
-            .arg("-Qm")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+        pacman(&["-Qm"]).unwrap();
     }
     if args.repo {
-        Command::new("pacman")
-            .arg("-Qn")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+        pacman(&["-Qn"]).unwrap();
     }
     if !args.repo && !args.aur {
-        Command::new("pacman")
-            .arg("-Qn")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
-        Command::new("pacman")
-            .arg("-Qm")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+        pacman(&["-Qn"]).unwrap();
+        pacman(&["-Qm"]).unwrap();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/operations/aur_install.rs b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
index 130f541..659f1c2 100644
--- a/src/operations/aur_install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use std::env::set_current_dir;
 use std::fs::remove_dir_all;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::process::Command;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
+use crate::error::SilentUnwrap;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcinfo;
-use crate::internal::{crash, prompt};
-use crate::{info, log, Options};
+use crate::internal::{crash, git, makepkg, prompt};
+use crate::{bash, info, log, Options};
 
 pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
     let url = crate::internal::rpc::URL;
@@ -36,12 +37,7 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
         info("Cloning package source".to_string());
 
         set_current_dir(Path::new(&cachedir)).unwrap();
-        Command::new("git")
-            .arg("clone")
-            .arg(format!("{}/{}", url, pkg))
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .output()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+        git(&["clone", &format!("{}/{}", url, pkg)]).silent_unwrap();
 
         if verbosity >= 1 {
             log(format!(
@@ -113,18 +109,10 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
                     .wait()
                     .unwrap();
 
-                let out = Command::new("bash")
-                    .args(&["-c", &format!("ls {}/*.install &> /dev/null", pkg)])
-                    .status()
-                    .unwrap();
+                let result = bash(&["-c", &format!("ls {}/*.install &> /dev/null", pkg)]);
 
-                if out.code() == Some(0) {
-                    Command::new("bash")
-                        .args(&["-c", &format!("{} {}/*.install", editor, pkg)])
-                        .spawn()
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .wait()
-                        .unwrap();
+                if result.is_ok() {
+                    bash(&["-c", &format!("{} {}/*.install", editor, pkg)]).silent_unwrap();
                 }
 
                 let p2 = prompt(format!("Would you still like to install {}?", pkg), true);
@@ -157,12 +145,9 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
         // package building and installing
         info("Building time!".to_string());
         set_current_dir(format!("{}/{}", cachedir, pkg)).unwrap();
-        let out = Command::new("makepkg")
-            .args(&makepkg_args)
-            .status()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+        let result = makepkg(&makepkg_args);
 
-        if out.code() != Some(0) {
+        if result.is_ok() {
             fs::remove_dir_all(format!("{}/{}", cachedir, pkg)).unwrap();
             crash(
                 format!("Error encountered while installing {}, aborting", pkg),
diff --git a/src/operations/install.rs b/src/operations/install.rs
index cb0aa38..5c19056 100644
--- a/src/operations/install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/install.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
+use crate::internal::sudo_pacman;
 use crate::{crash, info, log, Options};
 
 pub fn install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
     info(format!("Installing packages {} from repos", &a.join(", ")));
-    let mut opers = vec![];
+    let mut opers = vec!["-S", "--needed"];
     if options.noconfirm {
-        opers.push("--noconfirm".to_string());
+        opers.push("--noconfirm");
     }
     if options.asdeps {
-        opers.push("--asdeps".to_string());
+        opers.push("--asdeps");
     }
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
     if !a.is_empty() {
@@ -15,15 +16,7 @@ pub fn install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
             log(format!("Installing from repos: {:?}", &a));
         }
 
-        let r = runas::Command::new("pacman")
-            .arg("-S")
-            .arg("--needed")
-            .args(&a)
-            .args(&opers)
-            .status()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong");
-
-        if r.code() != Some(0) {
+        if let Err(_e) = sudo_pacman(&opers) {
             crash(
                 format!(
                     "An error occured while installing packages: {}, aborting",
diff --git a/src/operations/search.rs b/src/operations/search.rs
index 2056f67..6b0c035 100644
--- a/src/operations/search.rs
+++ b/src/operations/search.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
+use crate::error::SilentUnwrap;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcsearch;
-use crate::{log, Options};
+use crate::{log, pacman, Options};
 
 pub fn aur_search(a: &str, options: Options) {
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
     let res = rpcsearch(a.to_string());
 
-    if verbosity >= 1 {
-        log(format!(
-            "Found {} resuls for \"{}\" in AUR",
-            res.resultcount, a
-        ));
-    }
-
     for r in &res.results {
         println!(
             "aur/{} {}\n    {}",
@@ -24,25 +16,24 @@ pub fn aur_search(a: &str, options: Options) {
                 .unwrap_or(&"No description".to_string())
         )
     }
+
+    if verbosity >= 1 {
+        log(format!(
+            "Found {} resuls for \"{}\" in AUR",
+            res.resultcount, a
+        ));
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn repo_search(a: &str, options: Options) {
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
-    let rs = Command::new("pacman")
-        .arg("-Ss")
-        .arg(&a)
-        .output()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
-
-    let str = String::from_utf8(rs.stdout).unwrap();
+    let output = pacman(&["-Ss", a]).silent_unwrap();
 
     if verbosity >= 1 {
         log(format!(
             "Found {} results for \"{}\" in repos",
-            &str.split('\n').count() / 2,
+            &output.split('\n').count() / 2,
             &a
         ));
     }
-
-    print!("{}", str);
 }
diff --git a/src/operations/uninstall.rs b/src/operations/uninstall.rs
index 0e2ef05..1d1700a 100644
--- a/src/operations/uninstall.rs
+++ b/src/operations/uninstall.rs
@@ -1,43 +1,47 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
+use crate::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::sudo_pacman;
 use crate::{log, Options};
 
-pub fn uninstall(mut a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
-    let b = a.clone();
+pub fn uninstall(packages: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
+    let mut pacman_args = vec!["-Rs"];
+    pacman_args.append(&mut packages.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect());
+
     if options.noconfirm {
-        a.push("--noconfirm".to_string());
+        pacman_args.push("--noconfirm");
     }
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
     if verbosity >= 1 {
-        log(format!("Uninstalling: {:?}", &b));
+        log(format!("Uninstalling: {:?}", &packages));
     }
 
-    let r = runas::Command::new("pacman")
-        .arg("-Rs")
-        .args(&a)
-        .status()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+    sudo_pacman(pacman_args).silent_unwrap();
 
-    if let Some(x) = r.code() {
-        if verbosity >= 1 {
-            log(format!(
-                "Uninstalling packages: {:?} exited with code {}",
-                &b, x
-            ));
-        }
+    if verbosity >= 1 {
+        log(format!(
+            "Uninstalling packages: {:?} exited with code 0",
+            &packages
+        ));
     }
 
-    for b in a {
-        crate::database::remove(&b, options);
-        if Path::new(&format!("{}/.cache/ame/{}", env::var("HOME").unwrap(), b)).exists() {
+    for package in packages {
+        crate::database::remove(&package, options);
+        if Path::new(&format!(
+            "{}/.cache/ame/{}",
+            env::var("HOME").unwrap(),
+            package
+        ))
+        .exists()
+        {
             if verbosity >= 1 {
                 log("Old cache directory found, deleting".to_string());
             }
             fs::remove_dir_all(Path::new(&format!(
                 "{}/.cache/ame/{}",
                 env::var("HOME").unwrap(),
-                b
+                package
             )))
             .unwrap();
         }
diff --git a/src/operations/upgrade.rs b/src/operations/upgrade.rs
index d80c824..a7b8f03 100644
--- a/src/operations/upgrade.rs
+++ b/src/operations/upgrade.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use runas::Command;
-
+use crate::error::SilentUnwrap;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcinfo;
+use crate::internal::sudo_pacman;
 use crate::operations::aur_install::aur_install;
 use crate::{info, log, Options};
 
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ pub fn upgrade(options: Options) {
         log("Upgrading repo packages".to_string());
     }
 
-    Command::new("pacman")
-        .args(&pacman_args)
-        .status()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+    sudo_pacman(pacman_args).silent_unwrap();
 
     if verbosity >= 1 {
         log("Upgrading AUR packages".to_string());