diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index dd5f3022..fb3addca 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
-func App(opts ...AppOption) *fiber.App {
+func App(opts ...AppOption) (*fiber.App, error) {
 	options := newOptions(opts...)
 
 	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ func App(opts ...AppOption) *fiber.App {
 
 	if options.preloadJSONModels != "" {
 		if err := ApplyGalleryFromString(options.loader.ModelPath, options.preloadJSONModels, cm); err != nil {
-			return nil
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
 	if options.preloadModelsFromPath != "" {
 		if err := ApplyGalleryFromFile(options.loader.ModelPath, options.preloadModelsFromPath, cm); err != nil {
-			return nil
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ func App(opts ...AppOption) *fiber.App {
 	app.Get("/v1/models", listModels(options.loader, cm))
 	app.Get("/models", listModels(options.loader, cm))
 
-	return app
+	return app, nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f391affc..bdf95db7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ It uses llama.cpp, ggml and gpt4all as backend with golang c bindings.
 		Copyright: "go-skynet authors",
 		Action: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			fmt.Printf("Starting LocalAI using %d threads, with models path: %s\n", ctx.Int("threads"), ctx.String("models-path"))
-			return api.App(
+			app, err := api.App(
 				api.WithConfigFile(ctx.String("config-file")),
 				api.WithJSONStringPreload(ctx.String("preload-models")),
 				api.WithYAMLConfigPreload(ctx.String("preload-models-config")),
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ It uses llama.cpp, ggml and gpt4all as backend with golang c bindings.
 				api.WithCors(ctx.Bool("cors")),
 				api.WithCorsAllowOrigins(ctx.String("cors-allow-origins")),
 				api.WithThreads(ctx.Int("threads")),
-				api.WithUploadLimitMB(ctx.Int("upload-limit"))).Listen(ctx.String("address"))
+				api.WithUploadLimitMB(ctx.Int("upload-limit")))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return app.Listen(ctx.String("address"))
 		},
 	}