diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 599c243..7af0634 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use confy::ConfyError;
 use rocksdb::{BlockBasedIndexType, BlockBasedOptions, Cache, DBCompactionStyle, Options};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -155,12 +154,12 @@ fn block_based_opts(cfg: &RocksDbConfig) -> BlockBasedOptions {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn load_db_config(cfg_path: &str) -> Result<DbConfig, ConfyError> {
+pub fn load_db_config(cfg_path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<DbConfig> {
     let rocks_cfg = confy::load_path(format!("{}/db_config.toml", cfg_path))?;
     Ok(DbConfig::new(rocks_cfg))
 }
 
-pub fn load_service_config(cfg_path: &str) -> Result<ServiceConfig, ConfyError> {
+pub fn load_service_config(cfg_path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<ServiceConfig> {
     Ok(confy::load_path(format!(
         "{}/service_config.toml",
         cfg_path
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 7b55bca..d62bcf0 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use std::io::ErrorKind;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -66,11 +65,3 @@ impl From<anyhow::Error> for ErrWrapper {
         ErrWrapper { err }
     }
 }
-
-pub fn convert_err(any: anyhow::Error) -> std::io::Error {
-    if let Some(err) = any.downcast::<std::io::Error>().err() {
-        std::io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, err)
-    } else {
-        std::io::Error::from(ErrorKind::Other)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0555bd2..9c94101 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use actix_web::web::Bytes;
 use actix_web::{delete, dev, get, http, post, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, ResponseError};
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use actix_web_prom::PrometheusMetrics;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use simplelog::{ConfigBuilder, TermLogger, TerminalMode, ThreadLogMode, WriteLogger};
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ use structopt::StructOpt;
 use crate::config::{load_db_config, load_service_config};
 use crate::conversion::{convert, current_ms};
 use crate::db::DbManager;
-use crate::errors::{convert_err, ApiError, ErrWrapper, ErrorCtx};
+use crate::errors::{ApiError, ErrWrapper, ErrorCtx};
 
 mod errors;
 
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ struct PathVal {
 }
 
 trait Expiration {
-    fn calc_expire(&self) -> Response<u128>;
+    fn calc_expire(&self) -> anyhow::Result<u128>;
 }
 
 impl Expiration for HttpRequest {
-    fn calc_expire(&self) -> Response<u128> {
+    fn calc_expire(&self) -> anyhow::Result<u128> {
         self.headers()
             .get(TTL_HEADER)
             .map(|h| Ok(current_ms()? + convert(h)?))
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ async fn health() -> HttpResponse {
 
 // main thread will panic! if config can't be initialized
 #[actix_web::main]
-async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=error");
     std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
 
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let db_cfg = load_db_config(&path_cfg.config_path).expect("Can't load service config");
     info!("Loaded db configuration = {:#?}", &db_cfg);
 
-    let db_manager = DbManager::new(db_cfg).map_err(convert_err)?;
+    let db_manager = DbManager::new(db_cfg)?;
     let db_manager = web::Data::new(db_manager);
 
     let prometheus = init_prometheus();
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     .shutdown_timeout(60)
     .run()
     .await
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Startup failed {}", e))
 }
 
 fn init_prometheus() -> PrometheusMetrics {