diff --git a/src/structs/config.rs b/src/structs/config.rs
index f72c40d..ae4dc32 100644
--- a/src/structs/config.rs
+++ b/src/structs/config.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ impl Config {
   pub fn priorities_to_lower(&mut self) {
     self.player_priorities = self.player_priorities.iter().map(|i| i.to_lowercase()).collect();
   }
+
+  pub fn find_player_priorities_idx(&self, name: &str) -> i32 {
+    match self.player_priorities.iter()
+    .position(|x| x.to_ascii_lowercase().eq(&name.to_ascii_lowercase())) {
+        Some(idx) => idx as i32,
+        None => i32::MAX,
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 fn ms(str: &str) -> String {
diff --git a/src/update_message.rs b/src/update_message.rs
index c138d86..7d0f05d 100644
--- a/src/update_message.rs
+++ b/src/update_message.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn update_prefix(cfg: &Config, data: &mut Data) {
       data.display_prefix = char.clone();
       trace!("updated prefix to {}", data.display_prefix);
     } else {
-      data.display_prefix = cfg.player_prefixes.get("default").unwrap().clone();  //todo: error handling
+      data.display_prefix = cfg.player_prefixes.get("default").unwrap_or(&'>').clone();
       trace!("set prefix to default ({})", data.display_prefix);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/update_players.rs b/src/update_players.rs
index faa4b9a..fc82221 100644
--- a/src/update_players.rs
+++ b/src/update_players.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub fn update_players(
   cfg: &Config,
   mut data: &mut Data,
 ) {
-  let players = pf.find_all().unwrap(); //todo: error handling
+  let players = pf.find_all().unwrap_or(Vec::new());
   if players.is_empty() {
     data.current_player = None;
   } else {
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ pub fn update_players(
     for player in players {
       if cfg.player_priorities.contains(&player.identity().to_owned().to_ascii_lowercase()) {
         let name = player.identity();
-        let idx = cfg.player_priorities.iter().position(|x| x.to_ascii_lowercase().eq(&name.to_ascii_lowercase())).unwrap() as i32; //todo: move to function in config; error handling
-        let status = player.get_playback_status().unwrap(); //todo: error handling
-        match status {
+        let idx = cfg.find_player_priorities_idx(name);
+        if let Ok(status) = player.get_playback_status() {
+          match status {
             mpris::PlaybackStatus::Playing => active[0].push((idx, name.to_owned())),
             mpris::PlaybackStatus::Paused => active[1].push((idx, name.to_owned())),
             mpris::PlaybackStatus::Stopped => active[2].push((idx, name.to_owned())),
-        };
+          };
+        }
       }
     }
     if !active[0].is_empty() {