diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0ef869c..2142ee1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.27", default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "3.1.9", features = [ "derive", "wrap_help"] }
 regex = { version = "1.5.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unicode-perl"] }
-runas = "0.2.1"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.26.3", default-features = false }
 ureq = { version = "2.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["native-tls", "json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.90", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "serde_derive"] }
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 93a7fe7..0f9ea84 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct Args {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Subcommand)]
 pub enum Operation {
     /// Installs a package from either the AUR or the PacMan-defined repositories
-    #[clap(name="install", aliases=&["i", "-S"])]
+    #[clap(name="install", aliases=&["i", "ins", "-S"])]
     Install(InstallArgs),
 
     /// Removes a previously installed package
diff --git a/src/database/add.rs b/src/database/add.rs
index bf4620b..07cbd9a 100644
--- a/src/database/add.rs
+++ b/src/database/add.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::rpc::Package;
 use crate::{crash, log, Options};
 
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ 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), AppExitCode::FailedAddingPkg)
+    );
 }
diff --git a/src/database/initialise.rs b/src/database/initialise.rs
index 01d92b9..89105d7 100644
--- a/src/database/initialise.rs
+++ b/src/database/initialise.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::{crash, log, Options};
 
 pub fn init(options: Options) {
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
         [],
     )
     .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        crash(format!("Couldn't initialise database: {}", e), 3);
-        1
+        crash(
+            format!("Couldn't initialise database: {}", e),
+            AppExitCode::FailedInitDb,
+        )
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/commands.rs b/src/internal/commands.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9270a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/commands.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+use crate::internal::error::{AppError, AppResult};
+use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, ExitStatus, Stdio};
+
+pub struct StringOutput {
+    pub stdout: String,
+    pub stderr: String,
+    pub status: ExitStatus,
+}
+
+/// A wrapper around [std::process::Command] with predefined
+/// commands used in this project as well as elevated access.
+pub struct ShellCommand {
+    command: String,
+    args: Vec<OsString>,
+    elevated: bool,
+}
+
+impl ShellCommand {
+    pub fn pacman() -> Self {
+        Self::new("pacman")
+    }
+
+    pub fn makepkg() -> Self {
+        Self::new("makepkg")
+    }
+
+    pub fn git() -> Self {
+        Self::new("git")
+    }
+
+    pub fn bash() -> Self {
+        Self::new("bash")
+    }
+
+    fn new<S: ToString>(command: S) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            command: command.to_string(),
+            args: Vec::new(),
+            elevated: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Adds one argument
+    pub fn arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(mut self, arg: S) -> Self {
+        self.args.push(arg.as_ref().to_os_string());
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Adds a list of arguments
+    pub fn args<I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, S: AsRef<OsStr>>(mut self, args: I) -> Self {
+        self.args.append(
+            &mut args
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|a: S| a.as_ref().to_os_string())
+                .collect(),
+        );
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Runs the command with sudo
+    pub fn elevated(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.elevated = true;
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Waits for the child to exit but returns an error when it exists with a non-zero status code
+    pub fn wait_success(self) -> AppResult<()> {
+        let status = self.wait()?;
+        if status.success() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(AppError::NonZeroExit)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Waits for the child to exit and returns the output status
+    pub fn wait(self) -> AppResult<ExitStatus> {
+        let mut child = self.spawn(false)?;
+
+        child.wait().map_err(AppError::from)
+    }
+
+    /// Waits with output until the program completed and
+    /// returns the string output object
+    pub fn wait_with_output(self) -> AppResult<StringOutput> {
+        let child = self.spawn(true)?;
+        let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).map_err(|e| AppError::from(e.to_string()))?;
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8(output.stderr).map_err(|e| AppError::from(e.to_string()))?;
+
+        Ok(StringOutput {
+            status: output.status,
+            stdout,
+            stderr,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn spawn(self, piped: bool) -> AppResult<Child> {
+        let (stdout, stderr) = if piped {
+            (Stdio::piped(), Stdio::piped())
+        } else {
+            (Stdio::inherit(), Stdio::inherit())
+        };
+        let child = if self.elevated {
+            Command::new("sudo")
+                .arg(self.command)
+                .args(self.args)
+                .stdout(stdout)
+                .stderr(stderr)
+                .spawn()?
+        } else {
+            Command::new(self.command)
+                .args(self.args)
+                .stdout(stdout)
+                .stderr(stderr)
+                .spawn()?
+        };
+
+        Ok(child)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/error.rs b/src/internal/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02e3010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use crate::crash;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
+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),
+    NonZeroExit,
+}
+
+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),
+            AppError::NonZeroExit => Display::fmt("exited with non zero code", 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, error_code: AppExitCode) -> T;
+}
+
+impl<T> SilentUnwrap<T> for AppResult<T> {
+    fn silent_unwrap(self, exit_code: AppExitCode) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Ok(val) => val,
+            Err(_) => crash("an error occurred", exit_code),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/exit_code.rs b/src/internal/exit_code.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa34dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/exit_code.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+pub enum AppExitCode {
+    RunAsRoot = 1,
+    FailedAddingPkg = 2,
+    FailedInitDb = 3,
+    FailedCreatingPaths = 4,
+    MissingDeps = 5,
+    UserCancellation = 6,
+    PacmanError = 7,
+    GitError = 8,
+    MakePkgError = 9,
+    Other = 102,
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/initialise.rs b/src/internal/initialise.rs
index 9fe510b..01ee009 100644
--- a/src/internal/initialise.rs
+++ b/src/internal/initialise.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use std::env;
 use std::path::Path;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
             Err(e) => {
                 crash(
                     format!("Couldn't create path: {}/.local/share/ame: {}", homedir, e),
-                    4,
+                    AppExitCode::FailedCreatingPaths,
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
             Err(e) => {
                 crash(
                     format!("Couldn't create path: {}/.cache/ame: {}", homedir, e),
-                    4,
+                    AppExitCode::FailedCreatingPaths,
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
             Err(e) => {
                 crash(
                     format!("Couldn't remove path: {}/.cache/ame: {}", homedir, e),
-                    4,
+                    AppExitCode::FailedCreatingPaths,
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn init(options: Options) {
             Err(e2) => {
                 crash(
                     format!("Couldn't create path: {}/.cache/ame: {}", homedir, e2),
-                    4,
+                    AppExitCode::FailedCreatingPaths,
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/internal/mod.rs b/src/internal/mod.rs
index 04b9645..fbc6619 100644
--- a/src/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/internal/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 mod clean;
+pub mod commands;
+pub mod error;
+pub mod exit_code;
 mod initialise;
 pub mod rpc;
 mod sort;
@@ -8,12 +11,13 @@ pub mod structs;
 pub use clean::*;
 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 +30,11 @@ macro_rules! uwu {
         uwu
     }};
 }
+
+pub fn uwu_enabled() -> bool {
+    env::var("AME_UWU").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
+}
+
+pub 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..3ffe71d 100644
--- a/src/internal/strings.rs
+++ b/src/internal/strings.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,29 @@
+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::exit_code::AppExitCode;
+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>(msg: S) {
+    let a = msg.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>(msg: S, exit_code: AppExitCode) -> ! {
+    let a = msg.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);
+    exit(exit_code as i32);
 }
 
-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>(msg: S) {
+    let a = msg.to_string();
+    let a = if internal::uwu_enabled() && internal::uwu_debug_enabled() {
         uwu!(&a)
     } else {
         a
@@ -46,15 +39,12 @@ 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..4d20366 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use std::process;
-use std::process::Command;
 
 use crate::args::{InstallArgs, Operation, QueryArgs, RemoveArgs, SearchArgs};
 use args::Args;
+use internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
 
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::{crash, info, init, log, sort, structs::Options};
 
 #[global_allocator]
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     if unsafe { geteuid() } == 0 {
-        crash("Running amethyst as root is disallowed as it can lead to system breakage. Instead, amethyst will prompt you when it needs superuser permissions".to_string(), 1);
+        crash("Running amethyst as root is disallowed as it can lead to system breakage. Instead, amethyst will prompt you when it needs superuser permissions".to_string(), AppExitCode::RunAsRoot);
     }
 
     let args: Args = Args::parse();
@@ -65,20 +66,28 @@ fn cmd_install(args: InstallArgs, options: Options) {
         operations::aur_install(sorted.aur, options);
     }
     if !sorted.nf.is_empty() {
-        log(format!(
-            "Couldn't find packages: {} in repos or the AUR",
-            sorted.nf.join(", ")
-        ));
+        crash(
+            format!(
+                "Couldn't find packages: {} in repos or the AUR",
+                sorted.nf.join(", ")
+            ),
+            AppExitCode::PacmanError,
+        );
     }
 
-    let out = process::Command::new("bash")
-        .args(&["-c", "sudo find /etc -name *.pacnew"])
-        .output()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong")
+    let bash_output = ShellCommand::bash()
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg("sudo find /etc -name *.pacnew")
+        .wait_with_output()
+        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::Other)
         .stdout;
 
-    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 +117,25 @@ fn cmd_search(args: SearchArgs, options: Options) {
 
 fn cmd_query(args: QueryArgs) {
     if args.aur {
-        Command::new("pacman")
+        ShellCommand::pacman()
             .arg("-Qm")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+            .wait_success()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
     }
     if args.repo {
-        Command::new("pacman")
+        ShellCommand::pacman()
             .arg("-Qn")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+            .wait_success()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
     }
     if !args.repo && !args.aur {
-        Command::new("pacman")
+        ShellCommand::pacman()
             .arg("-Qn")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
-        Command::new("pacman")
+            .wait_success()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
+        ShellCommand::pacman()
             .arg("-Qm")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
-            .wait()
-            .unwrap();
+            .wait_success()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/operations/aur_install.rs b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
index 130f541..9d1be84 100644
--- a/src/operations/aur_install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 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::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcinfo;
 use crate::internal::{crash, prompt};
 use crate::{info, log, Options};
@@ -36,12 +39,11 @@ 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")
+        ShellCommand::git()
             .arg("clone")
             .arg(format!("{}/{}", url, pkg))
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .output()
-            .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+            .wait()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::GitError);
 
         if verbosity >= 1 {
             log(format!(
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
                     sorted.nf.join(", "),
                     pkg
                 ),
-                5,
+                AppExitCode::MissingDeps,
             );
         }
 
@@ -113,24 +115,24 @@ 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 status = ShellCommand::bash()
+                    .arg("-c")
+                    .arg(format!("ls {}/*.install &> /dev/null", pkg))
+                    .wait()
+                    .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::Other);
 
-                if out.code() == Some(0) {
-                    Command::new("bash")
-                        .args(&["-c", &format!("{} {}/*.install", editor, pkg)])
-                        .spawn()
-                        .unwrap()
+                if status.success() {
+                    ShellCommand::bash()
+                        .arg("-c")
+                        .arg(format!("{} {}/*.install", editor, pkg))
                         .wait()
-                        .unwrap();
+                        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::Other);
                 }
 
                 let p2 = prompt(format!("Would you still like to install {}?", pkg), true);
                 if !p2 {
                     fs::remove_dir_all(format!("{}/{}", cachedir, pkg)).unwrap();
-                    crash("Not proceeding".to_string(), 6);
+                    crash("Not proceeding".to_string(), AppExitCode::UserCancellation);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -157,16 +159,16 @@ 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 status = ShellCommand::makepkg()
+            .args(makepkg_args)
+            .wait()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::MakePkgError);
 
-        if out.code() != Some(0) {
+        if !status.success() {
             fs::remove_dir_all(format!("{}/{}", cachedir, pkg)).unwrap();
             crash(
                 format!("Error encountered while installing {}, aborting", pkg),
-                7,
+                AppExitCode::PacmanError,
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/operations/install.rs b/src/operations/install.rs
index cb0aa38..d1f1c59 100644
--- a/src/operations/install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/install.rs
@@ -1,40 +1,48 @@
+use crate::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 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![];
+pub fn install(packages: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
+    info(format!(
+        "Installing packages {} from repos",
+        &packages.join(", ")
+    ));
+    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() {
+
+    if !packages.is_empty() {
         if verbosity >= 1 {
-            log(format!("Installing from repos: {:?}", &a));
+            log(format!("Installing from repos: {:?}", &packages));
         }
 
-        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) {
+        let status = ShellCommand::pacman()
+            .elevated()
+            .args(opers)
+            .args(&packages)
+            .wait()
+            .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
+        if !status.success() {
             crash(
                 format!(
                     "An error occured while installing packages: {}, aborting",
-                    a.join(", ")
+                    packages.join(", ")
                 ),
-                7,
+                AppExitCode::PacmanError,
             );
         }
 
         if verbosity >= 1 {
-            log(format!("Installing packages: {:?} was successful", &a));
+            log(format!(
+                "Installing packages: {:?} was successful",
+                &packages
+            ));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/operations/search.rs b/src/operations/search.rs
index 2056f67..b837133 100644
--- a/src/operations/search.rs
+++ b/src/operations/search.rs
@@ -1,48 +1,49 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
+use crate::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcsearch;
 use crate::{log, Options};
 
-pub fn aur_search(a: &str, options: Options) {
+pub fn aur_search(query: &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
-        ));
-    }
+    let res = rpcsearch(query.to_string());
 
-    for r in &res.results {
+    for package in &res.results {
         println!(
             "aur/{} {}\n    {}",
-            r.name,
-            r.version,
-            r.description
+            package.name,
+            package.version,
+            package
+                .description
                 .as_ref()
                 .unwrap_or(&"No description".to_string())
         )
     }
+
+    if verbosity >= 1 {
+        log(format!(
+            "Found {} resuls for \"{}\" in AUR",
+            res.resultcount, query
+        ));
+    }
 }
 
-pub fn repo_search(a: &str, options: Options) {
+pub fn repo_search(query: &str, options: Options) {
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
-    let rs = Command::new("pacman")
+    let output = ShellCommand::pacman()
         .arg("-Ss")
-        .arg(&a)
-        .output()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
-
-    let str = String::from_utf8(rs.stdout).unwrap();
+        .arg(query)
+        .wait_with_output()
+        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError)
+        .stdout;
 
     if verbosity >= 1 {
         log(format!(
             "Found {} results for \"{}\" in repos",
-            &str.split('\n').count() / 2,
-            &a
+            &output.split('\n').count() / 2,
+            &query
         ));
     }
 
-    print!("{}", str);
+    println!("{}", output)
 }
diff --git a/src/operations/uninstall.rs b/src/operations/uninstall.rs
index 0e2ef05..e7e51a6 100644
--- a/src/operations/uninstall.rs
+++ b/src/operations/uninstall.rs
@@ -1,43 +1,52 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
+use crate::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 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");
+    ShellCommand::pacman()
+        .elevated()
+        .args(pacman_args)
+        .wait_success()
+        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
 
-    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..f03d20d 100644
--- a/src/operations/upgrade.rs
+++ b/src/operations/upgrade.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use runas::Command;
-
+use crate::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
+use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
+use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcinfo;
 use crate::operations::aur_install::aur_install;
 use crate::{info, log, Options};
@@ -17,10 +18,11 @@ pub fn upgrade(options: Options) {
         log("Upgrading repo packages".to_string());
     }
 
-    Command::new("pacman")
-        .args(&pacman_args)
-        .status()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+    ShellCommand::pacman()
+        .elevated()
+        .args(pacman_args)
+        .wait_success()
+        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
 
     if verbosity >= 1 {
         log("Upgrading AUR packages".to_string());