diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 650f9fd..bc6782b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr 2.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -1962,6 +1967,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "youmubot-prelude"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow 1.0.32 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam-channel 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rayon 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1975,6 +1981,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum adler32 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5d2e7343e7fc9de883d1b0341e0b13970f764c14101234857d2ddafa1cb1cac2"
 "checksum ahash 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e8fd72866655d1904d6b0997d0b07ba561047d070fbe29de039031c641b61217"
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.7.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8716408b8bc624ed7f65d223ddb9ac2d044c0547b6fa4b0d554f3a9540496ada"
+"checksum anyhow 1.0.32 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6b602bfe940d21c130f3895acd65221e8a61270debe89d628b9cb4e3ccb8569b"
 "checksum arc-swap 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4d25d88fd6b8041580a654f9d0c581a047baee2b3efee13275f2fc392fc75034"
 "checksum async-tls 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6ce6977f57fa68da77ffe5542950d47e9c23d65f5bc7cb0a9f8700996913eec7"
 "checksum async-trait 0.1.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "687c230d85c0a52504709705fc8a53e4a692b83a2184f03dae73e38e1e93a783"
diff --git a/youmubot-prelude/Cargo.toml b/youmubot-prelude/Cargo.toml
index f3ac775..9f7eee0 100644
--- a/youmubot-prelude/Cargo.toml
+++ b/youmubot-prelude/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 serenity = "0.9.0-rc.0"
+anyhow = "1.0"
 youmubot-db = { path = "../youmubot-db" }
 crossbeam-channel = "0.4"
 reqwest = "0.10"
diff --git a/youmubot-prelude/src/lib.rs b/youmubot-prelude/src/lib.rs
index 0a9c2e9..20ad9a1 100644
--- a/youmubot-prelude/src/lib.rs
+++ b/youmubot-prelude/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ pub use args::{Duration, UsernameArg};
 pub use pagination::Pagination;
 pub use reaction_watch::{ReactionHandler, ReactionWatcher};
 
+/// Re-export the anyhow errors
+pub use anyhow::{Error, Result};
+
 /// The global app data.
 pub type AppData = Arc<RwLock<TypeMap>>;