diff --git a/backend/src/main.go b/backend/src/main.go
index ca83de46c..4274c05ec 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.go
+++ b/backend/src/main.go
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ func main() {
 
 	err = database.ConnPooling(db)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to database: %s", err.Error()))
 	}
 
 	app := server.Init(db, *config)
 
 	err = app.Listen(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", config.Application.Host, config.Application.Port))
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error starting server: %s", err.Error()))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 52c5208f1..344c08ef1 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrk
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.2/go.mod h1:qkPdfjR2SIEbspLqpe1tO4n5yICnr2DY7mqEx2tUTP0=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.8/go.mod h1:qkpG+2ldGg4xRFmx+jfTvZPxfGFhi64BcnL9vkCm/Tw=