diff --git a/core/cli/models.go b/core/cli/models.go
index 6615e21d..5bbb60e6 100644
--- a/core/cli/models.go
+++ b/core/cli/models.go
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ func (mi *ModelsInstall) Run(ctx *Context) error {
 		progressbar.OptionClearOnFinish(),
 	)
 	progressCallback := func(fileName string, current string, total string, percentage float64) {
-		progressBar.Set(int(percentage * 10))
+		v := int(percentage * 10)
+		err := progressBar.Set(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("filename", fileName).Int("value", v).Msg("error while updating progress bar")
+		}
 	}
 	err := gallery.InstallModelFromGallery(galleries, modelName, mi.ModelsPath, gallery.GalleryModel{}, progressCallback)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/cli/transcript.go b/core/cli/transcript.go
index 9f36a77c..1f2f779a 100644
--- a/core/cli/transcript.go
+++ b/core/cli/transcript.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/core/backend"
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/core/config"
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 type TranscriptCMD struct {
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ func (t *TranscriptCMD) Run(ctx *Context) error {
 
 	c.Threads = &t.Threads
 
-	defer ml.StopAllGRPC()
+	defer func() {
+		err := ml.StopAllGRPC()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unable to stop all grpc processes")
+		}
+	}()
 
 	tr, err := backend.ModelTranscription(t.Filename, t.Language, ml, c, opts)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/cli/tts.go b/core/cli/tts.go
index 1d8fd3a3..d4bd2553 100644
--- a/core/cli/tts.go
+++ b/core/cli/tts.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/core/backend"
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/core/config"
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 type TTSCMD struct {
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ func (t *TTSCMD) Run(ctx *Context) error {
 	}
 	ml := model.NewModelLoader(opts.ModelPath)
 
-	defer ml.StopAllGRPC()
+	defer func() {
+		err := ml.StopAllGRPC()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unable to stop all grpc processes")
+		}
+	}()
 
 	options := config.BackendConfig{}
 	options.SetDefaults()
diff --git a/core/startup/config_file_watcher.go b/core/startup/config_file_watcher.go
index 6bbb367f..259446f1 100644
--- a/core/startup/config_file_watcher.go
+++ b/core/startup/config_file_watcher.go
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ func newConfigFileHandler(appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) configFileHandler
 		handlers:  make(map[string]fileHandler),
 		appConfig: appConfig,
 	}
-	c.Register("api_keys.json", readApiKeysJson(*appConfig), true)
-	c.Register("external_backends.json", readExternalBackendsJson(*appConfig), true)
+	err := c.Register("api_keys.json", readApiKeysJson(*appConfig), true)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Str("file", "api_keys.json").Msg("unable to register config file handler")
+	}
+	err = c.Register("external_backends.json", readExternalBackendsJson(*appConfig), true)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Str("file", "external_backends.json").Msg("unable to register config file handler")
+	}
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -118,8 +124,8 @@ func (c *configFileHandler) Watch() error {
 }
 
 // TODO: When we institute graceful shutdown, this should be called
-func (c *configFileHandler) Stop() {
-	c.watcher.Close()
+func (c *configFileHandler) Stop() error {
+	return c.watcher.Close()
 }
 
 func readApiKeysJson(startupAppConfig config.ApplicationConfig) fileHandler {
diff --git a/core/startup/startup.go b/core/startup/startup.go
index 17bbf9f5..e5660f4c 100644
--- a/core/startup/startup.go
+++ b/core/startup/startup.go
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ func Startup(opts ...config.AppOption) (*config.BackendConfigLoader, *model.Mode
 	go func() {
 		<-options.Context.Done()
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Context canceled, shutting down")
-		ml.StopAllGRPC()
+		err := ml.StopAllGRPC()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error while stopping all grpc backends")
+		}
 	}()
 
 	if options.WatchDog {
diff --git a/pkg/functions/functions.go b/pkg/functions/functions.go
index d75a2ee3..f5e37d75 100644
--- a/pkg/functions/functions.go
+++ b/pkg/functions/functions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package functions
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 type Function struct {
@@ -30,8 +32,14 @@ func (f Functions) ToJSONStructure() JSONFunctionStructure {
 		prop := map[string]interface{}{}
 		defsD := map[string]interface{}{}
 
-		json.Unmarshal(dat, &prop)
-		json.Unmarshal(dat2, &defsD)
+		err := json.Unmarshal(dat, &prop)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error unmarshalling dat")
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(dat2, &defsD)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("error unmarshalling dat2")
+		}
 		if js.Defs == nil {
 			js.Defs = defsD
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/functions/parse.go b/pkg/functions/parse.go
index 5324e8c6..26312560 100644
--- a/pkg/functions/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/functions/parse.go
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ func ParseFunctionCall(llmresult string, functionConfig FunctionsConfig) []FuncC
 	if multipleResults {
 		ss := []map[string]interface{}{}
 		s := utils.EscapeNewLines(llmresult)
-		json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &ss)
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &ss)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("escapedLLMResult", s).Msg("multiple results: unable to unmarshal llm result")
+		}
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Function return: %s %+v", s, ss)
 
 		for _, s := range ss {
@@ -83,7 +86,10 @@ func ParseFunctionCall(llmresult string, functionConfig FunctionsConfig) []FuncC
 		ss := map[string]interface{}{}
 		// This prevent newlines to break JSON parsing for clients
 		s := utils.EscapeNewLines(llmresult)
-		json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &ss)
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &ss)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("escapedLLMResult", s).Msg("unable to unmarshal llm result")
+		}
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Function return: %s %+v", s, ss)
 
 		// The grammar defines the function name as "function", while OpenAI returns "name"
diff --git a/pkg/model/initializers.go b/pkg/model/initializers.go
index 5d9808a4..5a65d01f 100644
--- a/pkg/model/initializers.go
+++ b/pkg/model/initializers.go
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) grpcModel(backend string, o *Options) func(string, string
 		// If no specific model path is set for transformers/HF, set it to the model path
 		for _, env := range []string{"HF_HOME", "TRANSFORMERS_CACHE", "HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE"} {
 			if os.Getenv(env) == "" {
-				os.Setenv(env, ml.ModelPath)
+				err := os.Setenv(env, ml.ModelPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Str("name", env).Str("modelPath", ml.ModelPath).Msg("unable to set environment variable to modelPath")
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -184,8 +187,13 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) BackendLoader(opts ...Option) (client grpc.Backend, err e
 	if o.singleActiveBackend {
 		ml.mu.Lock()
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Stopping all backends except '%s'", o.model)
-		ml.StopAllExcept(o.model)
+		err := ml.StopAllExcept(o.model)
 		ml.mu.Unlock()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("keptModel", o.model).Msg("error while shutting down all backends except for the keptModel")
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	var backendToConsume string
@@ -224,7 +232,10 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) GreedyLoader(opts ...Option) (grpc.Backend, error) {
 	// If we can have only one backend active, kill all the others (except external backends)
 	if o.singleActiveBackend {
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Stopping all backends except '%s'", o.model)
-		ml.StopAllExcept(o.model)
+		err := ml.StopAllExcept(o.model)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("keptModel", o.model).Msg("error while shutting down all backends except for the keptModel - greedyloader continuing")
+		}
 	}
 	ml.mu.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/pkg/model/loader.go b/pkg/model/loader.go
index 2d6b3acb..8bf9da5a 100644
--- a/pkg/model/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/model/loader.go
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) CheckIsLoaded(s string) ModelAddress {
 			if !ml.grpcProcesses[s].IsAlive() {
 				log.Debug().Msgf("GRPC Process is not responding: %s", s)
 				// stop and delete the process, this forces to re-load the model and re-create again the service
-				ml.deleteProcess(s)
+				err := ml.deleteProcess(s)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Str("process", s).Msg("error stopping process")
+				}
 				return ""
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/model/process.go b/pkg/model/process.go
index 08822fd9..ff3b12cc 100644
--- a/pkg/model/process.go
+++ b/pkg/model/process.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package model
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
-func (ml *ModelLoader) StopAllExcept(s string) {
-	ml.StopGRPC(func(id string, p *process.Process) bool {
+func (ml *ModelLoader) StopAllExcept(s string) error {
+	return ml.StopGRPC(func(id string, p *process.Process) bool {
 		if id != s {
 			for ml.models[id].GRPC(false, ml.wd).IsBusy() {
 				log.Debug().Msgf("%s busy. Waiting.", id)
@@ -43,16 +44,19 @@ func includeAllProcesses(_ string, _ *process.Process) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (ml *ModelLoader) StopGRPC(filter GRPCProcessFilter) {
+func (ml *ModelLoader) StopGRPC(filter GRPCProcessFilter) error {
+	var err error = nil
 	for k, p := range ml.grpcProcesses {
 		if filter(k, p) {
-			ml.deleteProcess(k)
+			e := ml.deleteProcess(k)
+			err = errors.Join(err, e)
 		}
 	}
+	return err
 }
 
-func (ml *ModelLoader) StopAllGRPC() {
-	ml.StopGRPC(includeAllProcesses)
+func (ml *ModelLoader) StopAllGRPC() error {
+	return ml.StopGRPC(includeAllProcesses)
 }
 
 func (ml *ModelLoader) GetGRPCPID(id string) (int, error) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/stores_test.go b/tests/integration/stores_test.go
index 54d0844c..ec67af78 100644
--- a/tests/integration/stores_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/stores_test.go
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Integration tests for the stores backend(s) and internal APIs"
 		})
 
 		AfterEach(func() {
-			sl.StopAllGRPC()
-			err := os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+			err := sl.StopAllGRPC()
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			err = os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		})