diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6bb0b3c..5d9afd4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.70"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
@@ -179,9 +176,10 @@ checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
 name = "centralex"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "bytemuck",
+ "color-eyre",
  "console-subscriber",
+ "eyre",
  "futures",
  "hyper",
  "once_cell",
@@ -190,6 +188,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-error",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
@@ -199,6 +198,33 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-eyre"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a667583cca8c4f8436db8de46ea8233c42a7d9ae424a82d338f2e4675229204"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "color-spantrace",
+ "eyre",
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "color-spantrace"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ba75b3d9449ecdccb27ecbc479fdc0b87fa2dd43d2f8298f9bf0e59aacc8dce"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console-api"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -269,6 +295,16 @@ version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c2b6b5a29c02cdc822728b7d7b8ae1bab3e3b05d44522770ddd49722eeac7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.25"
@@ -490,6 +526,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.2"
@@ -659,6 +701,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1119,6 +1167,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-error"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d686ec1c0f384b1277f097b2f279a2ecc11afe8c133c1aabf036a27cb4cd206e"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-futures"
 version = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 71429e7..0368cf6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,21 +3,30 @@ name = "centralex"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
+
+[profile.dev.package.backtrace]
+opt-level = 3
+
+
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "net", "io-util", "sync", "time"] }
-anyhow = { version = "1.0.68", features = ["backtrace"] }
+time = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["local-offset", "macros"] }
 bytemuck = { version = "1.13.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.91"
 hyper = { version = "0.14.24", optional = true, features = ["server", "http1", "tcp"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.27", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-console-subscriber = {  version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = ["time"] }
-time = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["local-offset", "macros"] }
+console-subscriber = {  version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 once_cell = "1.17.1"
+eyre = "0.6.8"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["debug_server", "tokio_console"]
diff --git a/src/auth.rs b/src/auth.rs
index b1ed0fa..6df0281 100644
--- a/src/auth.rs
+++ b/src/auth.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-use anyhow::bail;
-use tracing::debug;
+use eyre::eyre;
+use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
 use crate::packets::{Header, Packet, PacketKind};
 
 /// # Errors
 /// - the dyn ip server returns a malformed response or is unreachable
 /// - the authentication fails
+#[instrument]
 pub async fn dyn_ip_update(
     server: &SocketAddr,
     number: u32,
     pin: u16,
     port: u16,
-) -> anyhow::Result<std::net::Ipv4Addr> {
+) -> eyre::Result<std::net::Ipv4Addr> {
     debug!(%number, %port, "starting dyn ip update");
 
     let mut packet = Packet {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ pub async fn dyn_ip_update(
     let result = match packet.kind() {
         PacketKind::DynIpUpdateResponse => Ok(<[u8; 4]>::try_from(packet.data)
             .map_err(|err| {
-                anyhow::anyhow!(
+                eyre!(
                     "too little data for ip address. Need 4 bytes got {}",
                     err.len()
                 )
@@ -54,13 +55,13 @@ pub async fn dyn_ip_update(
                 .enumerate()
                 .find_map(|(i, x)| (*x == 0).then_some(i));
 
-            bail!(
+            return Err(eyre!(
                 "{}",
                 std::str::from_utf8(first_zero.map_or(&packet.data, |i| &packet.data[..i]),)?
-            )
+            ));
         }
 
-        _ => bail!("server returned unexpected packet"),
+        _ => return Err(eyre!("server returned unexpected packet")),
     };
 
     debug!(?result, "finished dyn ip update");
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 96b4e2c..ed4254c 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context};
+use eyre::eyre;
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, time::Instant};
 use tokio::{
     io::AsyncWriteExt,
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tokio::{
     sync::Mutex,
     time::{sleep, timeout},
 };
-use tracing::{info, trace};
+use tracing::{info, instrument, trace};
 
 use crate::{
     auth::dyn_ip_update,
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ use crate::{
 
 /// # Errors
 /// - the client authentication fails
+#[instrument(skip(config, port_handler, handler_metadata))]
 async fn authenticate(
     config: &Config,
     port_handler: &Mutex<PortHandler>,
     handler_metadata: &mut HandlerMetadata,
     number: u32,
     pin: u16,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Option<u16>> {
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<u16>> {
     let mut authenticated = false;
     loop {
         let mut updated_server = false;
@@ -44,9 +45,7 @@ async fn authenticate(
 
         // make sure the client is authenticated before opening any ports
         if !authenticated {
-            let _ip = dyn_ip_update(&config.dyn_ip_server, number, pin, port)
-                .await
-                .context("dy-ip update")?;
+            let _ip = dyn_ip_update(&config.dyn_ip_server, number, pin, port).await?;
             authenticated = true;
             updated_server = true;
         }
@@ -68,9 +67,7 @@ async fn authenticate(
             // we need to update the server here once a port that can be opened
             // has been found
             if !updated_server {
-                let _ip = dyn_ip_update(&config.dyn_ip_server, number, pin, port)
-                    .await
-                    .context("dy-ip update")?;
+                let _ip = dyn_ip_update(&config.dyn_ip_server, number, pin, port).await?;
             }
 
             port_handler.register_update();
@@ -101,12 +98,13 @@ enum IdleResult {
     },
 }
 
+#[instrument(skip(listener, reader, writer, packet))]
 async fn idle(
     listener: &mut TcpListener,
     mut packet: Packet,
     reader: &mut ReadHalf<'_>,
     writer: &mut WriteHalf<'_>,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Option<IdleResult>> {
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<IdleResult>> {
     let mut last_ping_sent_at = Instant::now();
     let mut last_ping_received_at = Instant::now();
 
@@ -132,8 +130,8 @@ async fn idle(
                 let (stream, addr) = caller?;
                 break Ok(Some(IdleResult::Caller { packet, stream, addr }))
             },
-            _ = Packet::peek_packet_kind( reader) => {
-                packet.recv_into( reader).await?;
+            _ = Packet::peek_packet_kind(reader) => {
+                packet.recv_into(reader).await?;
 
                 if packet.kind() == PacketKind::Ping {
                     trace!("received ping");
@@ -148,6 +146,7 @@ async fn idle(
                 last_ping_sent_at = Instant::now();
             }
             _ = sleep(next_ping_expected_in) => {
+
                 writer.write_all(REJECT_TIMEOUT).await?;
                 break Ok(None);
             }
@@ -155,13 +154,14 @@ async fn idle(
     }
 }
 
+#[instrument(skip(port_handler, handler_metadata, writer))]
 async fn notify_or_disconnect(
     result: IdleResult,
     handler_metadata: &mut HandlerMetadata,
     port_handler: &Mutex<PortHandler>,
     port: u16,
     writer: &mut WriteHalf<'_>,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Option<(TcpStream, Packet)>> {
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<(TcpStream, Packet)>> {
     match result {
         IdleResult::Disconnect { mut packet } => {
             if matches!(packet.kind(), PacketKind::End | PacketKind::Reject) {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ async fn notify_or_disconnect(
                 );
                 Ok(None)
             } else {
-                Err(anyhow!("unexpected packet: {:?}", packet.kind()))
+                Err(eyre!("unexpected packet: {:?}", packet.kind()))
             }
         }
         IdleResult::Caller {
@@ -213,14 +213,21 @@ async fn notify_or_disconnect(
     }
 }
 
+fn print_addr(stream: &TcpStream) -> String {
+    stream
+        .peer_addr()
+        .map_or_else(|_| "?".to_owned(), |addr| format!("{addr}"))
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip(packet, port_handler, handler_metadata, caller, client), fields(client_addr = print_addr(client), caller_addr = print_addr(caller)))]
 async fn connect(
     mut packet: Packet,
     port_handler: &Mutex<PortHandler>,
     port: u16,
     handler_metadata: &mut HandlerMetadata,
-    stream: &mut TcpStream,
     client: &mut TcpStream,
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    caller: &mut TcpStream,
+) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     packet.header = Header {
         kind: PacketKind::Reject.raw(),
         length: 4,
@@ -249,10 +256,10 @@ async fn connect(
         );
     }
 
-    stream.set_nodelay(true)?;
     client.set_nodelay(true)?;
+    caller.set_nodelay(true)?;
 
-    let _ = timeout(CALL_TIMEOUT, tokio::io::copy_bidirectional(stream, client)).await;
+    let _ = timeout(CALL_TIMEOUT, tokio::io::copy_bidirectional(client, caller)).await;
 
     {
         let mut port_handler = port_handler.lock().await;
@@ -286,14 +293,15 @@ async fn connect(
 /// - accepting a tcp connection fails
 /// - settings tcp socket properties fails
 /// - the client authentication fails
+#[instrument(skip_all)]
 pub async fn handler(
-    stream: &mut TcpStream,
+    client: &mut TcpStream,
     addr: SocketAddr,
     config: &Config,
     handler_metadata: &mut HandlerMetadata,
     port_handler: &Mutex<PortHandler>,
-) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let (mut reader, mut writer) = stream.split();
+) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let (mut reader, mut writer) = client.split();
 
     let mut packet = Packet::default();
 
@@ -334,7 +342,7 @@ pub async fn handler(
         return Ok(());
     };
 
-    let Some((mut client, mut packet)) = notify_or_disconnect(idle_result, handler_metadata, port_handler, port, &mut writer).await? else {
+    let Some((mut caller, mut packet)) = notify_or_disconnect(idle_result, handler_metadata, port_handler, port, &mut writer).await? else {
         return Ok(());
    };
 
@@ -369,12 +377,12 @@ pub async fn handler(
                 port_handler,
                 port,
                 handler_metadata,
-                stream,
-                &mut client,
+                client,
+                &mut caller,
             )
             .await
         }
 
-        kind => bail!("unexpected packet: {:?}", kind),
+        kind => Err(eyre!("unexpected packet: {:?}", kind)),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fa8787a..a776882 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ use tokio::{
     sync::Mutex,
     time::{sleep, Instant},
 };
-use tracing::{error, info, warn, Level};
+use tracing::{error, info, instrument, warn, Level};
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::time::FormatTime;
 
 use crate::packets::PacketKind;
 use crate::ports::{cache_daemon, AllowedList, PortHandler, PortStatus};
@@ -112,25 +113,28 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "tokio_console"))]
-#[track_caller]
-fn spawn<T: Send + 'static>(
-    _name: &str,
-    future: impl Future<Output = T> + Send + 'static,
-) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<T> {
-    tokio::spawn(future)
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "tokio_console")]
 #[track_caller]
 fn spawn<T: Send + 'static>(
     name: &str,
     future: impl Future<Output = T> + Send + 'static,
 ) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<T> {
-    tokio::task::Builder::new()
+    use tracing::Instrument;
+
+    let future = future.instrument(tracing::span!(
+        Level::TRACE,
+        "spawn",
+        name = name,
+        caller = %std::panic::Location::caller().to_string()
+    ));
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "tokio_console")]
+    return tokio::task::Builder::new()
         .name(name)
         .spawn(future)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("failed to spawn {name:?}: {err:?}"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("failed to spawn {name:?}: {err:?}"));
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio_console"))]
+    return tokio::spawn(future);
 }
 
 static TIME_ZONE_OFFSET: once_cell::sync::OnceCell<time::UtcOffset> =
@@ -139,8 +143,66 @@ static TIME_ZONE_OFFSET: once_cell::sync::OnceCell<time::UtcOffset> =
 static TIME_FORMAT: once_cell::sync::OnceCell<OwnedFormatItem> = once_cell::sync::OnceCell::new();
 
 fn setup_tracing(config: &Config) {
+    use tracing::Subscriber;
+    use tracing_error::ErrorLayer;
     use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
-    use tracing_subscriber::{filter, fmt};
+    use tracing_subscriber::{
+        filter,
+        fmt::{self, FormatEvent, FormatFields},
+        registry::LookupSpan,
+    };
+
+    struct EventFormater;
+    impl<S, N> FormatEvent<S, N> for EventFormater
+    where
+        S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>,
+        N: for<'a> FormatFields<'a> + 'static,
+    {
+        fn format_event(
+            &self,
+            ctx: &fmt::FmtContext<'_, S, N>,
+            mut writer: fmt::format::Writer<'_>,
+            event: &tracing::Event<'_>,
+        ) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            use color_eyre::owo_colors::OwoColorize;
+
+            let meta = event.metadata();
+
+            fmt::time::OffsetTime::new(
+                *TIME_ZONE_OFFSET.get().unwrap(),
+                TIME_FORMAT.get().unwrap(),
+            )
+            .format_time(&mut writer)?;
+
+            // TODO: check writer.has_ansi_escapes()
+
+            let level = *meta.level();
+            match level {
+                Level::TRACE => write!(writer, " {:>5} ", level.purple())?,
+                Level::DEBUG => write!(writer, " {:>5} ", level.cyan())?,
+                Level::INFO => write!(writer, " {:>5} ", level.green())?,
+                Level::WARN => write!(writer, " {:>5} ", level.yellow())?,
+                Level::ERROR => write!(writer, " {:>5} ", level.red())?,
+            }
+
+            write!(writer, "{:17}{}", meta.target().dimmed(), ":".bold())?;
+
+            /*
+            if let Some(filename) = meta.file() {
+                write!(writer, " {}{}", filename.bold(), ":".dimmed())?;
+            }
+            if let Some(line_number) = meta.line() {
+                write!(writer, "{}{}", line_number.bold(), ":".dimmed())?;
+            }
+            */
+
+            writer.write_char(' ')?;
+
+            ctx.format_fields(writer.by_ref(), event)?;
+
+            writeln!(writer)
+        }
+    }
 
     // build a `Subscriber` by combining layers with a
     // `tracing_subscriber::Registry`:
@@ -150,13 +212,11 @@ fn setup_tracing(config: &Config) {
     let registry = registry.with(console_subscriber::spawn());
 
     registry
+        .with(ErrorLayer::default())
         .with(
             fmt::layer()
                 .with_target(true)
-                .with_timer(fmt::time::OffsetTime::new(
-                    *TIME_ZONE_OFFSET.get().unwrap(),
-                    TIME_FORMAT.get().unwrap(),
-                ))
+                .event_format(EventFormater)
                 .with_filter(filter::LevelFilter::from_level(config.log_level))
                 .with_filter(tracing_subscriber::filter::filter_fn(|meta| {
                     meta.target().starts_with("centralex")
@@ -165,6 +225,7 @@ fn setup_tracing(config: &Config) {
         .init();
 }
 
+#[instrument(skip(stream, config, port_handler))]
 async fn connection_handler(
     mut stream: TcpStream,
     addr: SocketAddr,
@@ -186,13 +247,7 @@ async fn connection_handler(
     .await;
 
     let error = match res {
-        Err(err) => {
-            let err = err
-                .downcast::<String>()
-                .map_or_else(|_| "?".to_owned(), |err| *err);
-
-            Some(format!("panic at: {err}"))
-        }
+        Err(_) => Some("internal server error".to_owned()),
         Ok(Err(err)) => Some(err.to_string()),
         Ok(Ok(())) => None,
     };
@@ -241,7 +296,9 @@ async fn connection_handler(
     let _ = stream.shutdown().await;
 }
 
-fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    color_eyre::install()?;
+
     let config = Arc::new(Config::load("config.json")?);
 
     assert!(!config.allowed_ports.is_empty(), "no allowed ports");
@@ -261,7 +318,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .block_on(tokio_main(config))
 }
 
-async fn tokio_main(config: Arc<Config>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+async fn tokio_main(config: Arc<Config>) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     setup_tracing(&config);
 
     let cache_path = PathBuf::from("cache.json");
diff --git a/src/packets.rs b/src/packets.rs
index 038b1f8..183d537 100644
--- a/src/packets.rs
+++ b/src/packets.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
-use anyhow::bail;
 use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
+use eyre::eyre;
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
     net::tcp::{ReadHalf, WriteHalf},
@@ -169,16 +169,19 @@ impl Packet {
 
     /// # Errors
     /// the packet must be a `RemConnect` packet and must contain at least 6 bytes of data
-    pub fn as_rem_connect(&self) -> anyhow::Result<RemConnect> {
+    pub fn as_rem_connect(&self) -> eyre::Result<RemConnect> {
         if self.kind() != PacketKind::RemConnect {
-            bail!("Unexpected Packet: {:?} expected RemConnect", self.kind());
+            return Err(eyre!(
+                "Unexpected Packet: {:?} expected RemConnect",
+                self.kind()
+            ));
         }
 
         if self.data.len() < 6 {
-            bail!(
+            return Err(eyre!(
                 "Too little data for RemConnect. Need at least 6 Bytes got {}",
                 self.data.len()
-            );
+            ));
         }
 
         Ok(RemConnect {
diff --git a/src/ports.rs b/src/ports.rs
index b1ff5ec..eedda49 100644
--- a/src/ports.rs
+++ b/src/ports.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
-use anyhow::anyhow;
+use eyre::eyre;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::{
     net::TcpListener,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use tokio::{
     task::JoinHandle,
     time::Instant,
 };
-use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, warn};
 
 use crate::{
     constants::{CACHE_STORE_INTERVAL, PORT_OWNERSHIP_TIMEOUT, PORT_RETRY_TIME},
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pub struct PortHandler {
     pub port_state: HashMap<Port, PortState>,
 }
 
+#[instrument(skip(port_handler, change_receiver))]
 pub async fn cache_daemon(
     port_handler: Arc<Mutex<PortHandler>>,
     cache_path: PathBuf,
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ fn duration_in_hours(duration: Duration) -> String {
 fn format_instant(instant: Instant) -> String {
     let when = duration_in_hours(instant.elapsed()) + " ago";
 
-    (|| -> anyhow::Result<_> {
+    (|| -> eyre::Result<_> {
         let timestamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)? - instant.elapsed();
         let date = time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(
             timestamp.as_secs().try_into().expect("timestamp overflow"),
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::missing_errors_doc)]
+    #[instrument(skip(self))]
     pub fn store(&self, cache: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         debug!("storing cache");
         let temp_file = cache.with_extension(".temp");
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::missing_errors_doc)]
+    #[instrument(skip(change_sender))]
     pub fn load(
         cache: &Path,
         change_sender: tokio::sync::watch::Sender<Instant>,
@@ -301,6 +304,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
     }
 
     #[must_use]
+    #[instrument(skip(change_sender))]
     pub fn load_or_default(
         path: &Path,
         change_sender: tokio::sync::watch::Sender<Instant>,
@@ -346,6 +350,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
         });
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip(self, listener))]
     pub fn start_rejector(&mut self, port: Port, listener: TcpListener, packet: Packet) {
         info!(port, ?packet, "starting rejector");
 
@@ -356,6 +361,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
         }
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn stop_rejector(&mut self, port: Port) -> Option<(TcpListener, Packet)> {
         info!(port, "stopping rejector");
 
@@ -368,11 +374,11 @@ impl PortHandler {
         &mut self,
         port: Port,
         f: impl FnOnce(&mut Packet),
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let (listener, mut packet) = self
             .stop_rejector(port)
             .await
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("tried to stop rejector that is not running"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| eyre!("tried to stop rejector that is not running"))?;
 
         f(&mut packet);
 
@@ -396,6 +402,7 @@ impl Debug for Rejector {
 }
 
 impl Rejector {
+    #[instrument(skip(listener))]
     fn start(listener: TcpListener, packet: Packet) -> Self {
         let port = listener.local_addr().map(|addr| addr.port()).unwrap_or(0);
         let state = Arc::new((Mutex::new(listener), packet));
@@ -419,6 +426,7 @@ impl Rejector {
 
         Self { state, handle }
     }
+    #[instrument(skip(self))]
     async fn stop(self) -> (TcpListener, Packet) {
         self.handle.abort();
         let _ = self.handle.await;
@@ -428,6 +436,7 @@ impl Rejector {
 }
 
 impl PortHandler {
+    #[instrument(skip(self, config))]
     pub fn allocate_port_for_number(&mut self, config: &Config, number: Number) -> Option<Port> {
         let port = if let Some(port) = self.allocated_ports.get(&number) {
             let already_connected = self
@@ -462,6 +471,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
         port
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip(self, config))]
     fn try_recover_port(&mut self, config: &Config) -> Option<Port> {
         let now = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap();
 
@@ -522,6 +532,7 @@ impl PortHandler {
         None // TODO
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip(self))]
     pub fn mark_port_error(&mut self, number: Number, port: Port) {
         warn!(port, number, "registering an error on");
         self.register_update();