diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 66a8eb5..f833c75 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ AlignTrailingComments: true
 AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: true
 AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine: false
 AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: false
-AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: false
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: true
 AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
 AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: false
 AlwaysBreakAfterDefinitionReturnType: None
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb5bc65..e7cc724 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(cmkr VERSION 0.1.0)
 
-
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 set(CMKRLIB_SOURCES
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ set(CMKRLIB_SOURCES
 	"src/gen.cpp"
 	"src/help.cpp"
 	"src/build.cpp"
+	"src/error.cpp"
 	)
 
 add_library(cmkrlib STATIC ${CMKRLIB_SOURCES})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 741f327..23e299f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [[bin]]
 name = "cmkrlib"
 type = "static"
-sources = ["src/args.cpp", "src/gen.cpp", "src/help.cpp", "src/build.cpp"]
+sources = ["src/args.cpp", "src/gen.cpp", "src/help.cpp", "src/build.cpp", "error.cpp"]
 include-dirs = ["vendor"]
 features = ["cxx_std_17"]
 
diff --git a/cmake.toml b/cmake.toml
index d6446c6..aaabc42 100644
--- a/cmake.toml
+++ b/cmake.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [[bin]]
 name = "cmkrlib"
 type = "static"
-sources = ["src/args.cpp", "src/gen.cpp", "src/help.cpp", "src/build.cpp"]
+sources = ["src/args.cpp", "src/gen.cpp", "src/help.cpp", "src/build.cpp", "src/error.cpp"]
 include-dirs = ["vendor"]
 features = ["cxx_std_17"]
 
diff --git a/src/args.cpp b/src/args.cpp
index 0337068..ffb8002 100644
--- a/src/args.cpp
+++ b/src/args.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "gen.h"
 #include "help.h"
 
+#include <exception>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
@@ -15,25 +16,29 @@ const char *handle_args(int argc, char **argv) {
         args.push_back(argv[i]);
 
     if (args.size() < 2)
-        throw std::runtime_error("Please provide command line arguments!");
+        return "Please provide command line arguments!";
     std::string main_arg = args[1];
     if (main_arg == "gen") {
-        cmkr::gen::generate_cmake(std::filesystem::current_path().string().c_str());
-        return "Generation successful!";
+        auto ret = cmkr::gen::generate_cmake(std::filesystem::current_path().string().c_str());
+        if (ret)
+            return "CMake generation error!";
+        return "CMake generation successful!";
     } else if (main_arg == "help") {
         return cmkr::help::message();
     } else if (main_arg == "version") {
         return cmkr::help::version();
     } else if (main_arg == "init") {
         if (args.size() < 3)
-            throw std::runtime_error("Please provide a project type!");
-        cmkr::gen::generate_project(args[2].c_str());
+            return "Please provide a project type!";
+        auto ret = cmkr::gen::generate_project(args[2].c_str());
+        if (ret)
+            return "Initialization failure!";
         return "Directory initialized!";
     } else if (main_arg == "build") {
         auto ret = build::run(argc, argv);
         if (ret)
-            return "Run faced an error!";
-        return "Run completed!";
+            return "CMake build error!";
+        return "CMake run completed!";
     } else {
         return "Unknown argument!";
     }
@@ -41,5 +46,11 @@ const char *handle_args(int argc, char **argv) {
 } // namespace cmkr::args
 
 const char *cmkr_args_handle_args(int argc, char **argv) {
-    return cmkr::args::handle_args(argc, argv);
+    try {
+        return cmkr::args::handle_args(argc, argv);
+    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+        return e.what();
+    } catch (...) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/build.cpp b/src/build.cpp
index 3ecbf90..7a91f5b 100644
--- a/src/build.cpp
+++ b/src/build.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "build.h"
+#include "error.h"
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -47,5 +48,9 @@ int run(int argc, char **argv) {
 } // namespace cmkr::build
 
 int cmkr_build_run(int argc, char **argv) {
-    return cmkr::build::run(argc, argv);
+    try {
+        return cmkr::build::run(argc, argv);
+    } catch (...) {
+        return cmkr::error::Status(cmkr::error::Status::Code::BuildError);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/error.cpp b/src/error.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a3038f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "error.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+namespace cmkr::error {
+
+Status::Status(Code ec) noexcept : ec_(ec) {}
+
+Status::operator int() noexcept { return static_cast<int>(ec_); }
+
+} // namespace cmkr::error
+
+const char *err_string[] = {
+    "Success", "Runtime error", "Initialization error", "CMake generation error", "Build error",
+};
+
+const char *cmkr_error_status(int i) {
+    assert(i >= 0 && i < 5);
+    return err_string[i];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89fe5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+namespace cmkr::error {
+
+struct Status {
+    enum class Code {
+        Success = 0,
+        RuntimeError,
+        InitError,
+        GenerationError,
+        BuildError,
+    };
+    Status() = delete;
+    Status(Code ec) noexcept;
+    operator int() noexcept;
+
+  private:
+    Code ec_;
+};
+
+} // namespace cmkr::error
+
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+const char *cmkr_error_status(int);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/gen.cpp b/src/gen.cpp
index d6870b4..1a448f5 100644
--- a/src/gen.cpp
+++ b/src/gen.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "gen.h"
+#include "error.h"
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ inline std::string to_upper(const std::string &str) {
 
 } // namespace detail
 
-void generate_project(const char *str) {
+int generate_project(const char *str) {
     fs::create_directory("src");
     auto dir_name = fs::current_path().stem();
     if (!strcmp(str, "exe")) {
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@ void generate_project(const char *str) {
 
         std::ofstream ofs2("cmake.toml");
         if (ofs2.is_open()) {
-            ofs2 << "[cmake]\nminimum = \"3.14\"\n\n[project]\nname = \""
-                 << dir_name.string()
+            ofs2 << "[cmake]\nminimum = \"3.14\"\n\n[project]\nname = \"" << dir_name.string()
                  << "\"\nversion = "
                     "\"0.1.0\"\n\n[[bin]]\nname = \""
                  << dir_name.string() << "\"\nsources = [\"src/main.cpp\"]\ntype = \"" << str
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ void generate_project(const char *str) {
 
         std::ofstream ofs2("cmake.toml");
         if (ofs2.is_open()) {
-            ofs2 << "[cmake]\nminimum = \"3.14\"\n\n[project]\nname = \""
-                 << dir_name.string()
+            ofs2 << "[cmake]\nminimum = \"3.14\"\n\n[project]\nname = \"" << dir_name.string()
                  << "\"\nversion = "
                     "\"0.1.0\"\n\n[[bin]]\nname = \""
                  << dir_name.string() << "\"\nsources = [\"src/lib.cpp\"]\ntype = \"" << str
@@ -70,9 +69,10 @@ void generate_project(const char *str) {
     } else {
         throw std::runtime_error("Unknown project type. Types are exe, shared, static!");
     }
+    return 0;
 }
 
-void generate_cmake(const char *path) {
+int generate_cmake(const char *path) {
     std::stringstream ss;
     std::vector<std::string> subdirs;
 
@@ -83,30 +83,30 @@ void generate_cmake(const char *path) {
         ss << "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION " << cmake_min << ")\n\n";
 
         if (cmake.contains("cpp-flags")) {
-            ss << "set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}";
+            ss << "set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}\"";
             const auto flags = toml::find(cmake, "cpp-flags").as_array();
             for (const auto &flag : flags) {
-                ss << " " << flag;
+                ss << " " << std::string(flag.as_string());
             }
-            ss << ")\n\n";
+            ss << "\")\n\n";
         }
 
         if (cmake.contains("c-flags")) {
-            ss << "set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}";
+            ss << "set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}\"";
             const auto flags = toml::find(cmake, "c-flags").as_array();
             for (const auto &flag : flags) {
-                ss << " " << flag;
+                ss << " " << std::string(flag.as_string());
             }
-            ss << ")\n\n";
+            ss << "\")\n\n";
         }
 
         if (cmake.contains("link-flags")) {
-            ss << "set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}";
+            ss << "set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}\"";
             const auto flags = toml::find(cmake, "link-flags").as_array();
             for (const auto &flag : flags) {
-                ss << " " << flag;
+                ss << " " << std::string(flag.as_string());
             }
-            ss << ")\n\n";
+            ss << "\")\n\n";
         }
 
         if (cmake.contains("subdirs")) {
@@ -142,19 +142,20 @@ void generate_cmake(const char *path) {
 
     if (toml.contains("fetch-content")) {
         std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> deps =
-            toml::find<std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>(toml, "fetch-content");
+            toml::find<std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>(toml,
+                                                                                  "fetch-content");
         ss << "include(FetchContent)\n\n";
         for (const auto &dep : deps) {
             ss << "FetchContent_Declare(\n\t" << dep.first << "\n";
-            for (const auto &arg: dep.second) {
+            for (const auto &arg : dep.second) {
                 ss << "\t" << arg.first << " " << arg.second << "\n";
             }
             ss << "\t)\n\n"
-               << "FetchContent_MakeAvailable("<< dep.first << ")\n\n";
+               << "FetchContent_MakeAvailable(" << dep.first << ")\n\n";
         }
     }
 
-    ss << "\nset(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)\n\n";
+    ss << "set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)\n\n";
 
     if (toml.contains("bin")) {
         const auto &bins = toml::find(toml, "bin").as_array();
@@ -233,13 +234,22 @@ void generate_cmake(const char *path) {
     for (const auto &sub : subdirs) {
         generate_cmake(sub.c_str());
     }
+    return 0;
 }
 } // namespace cmkr::gen
 
-void cmkr_gen_generate_project(const char *typ) {
-    cmkr::gen::generate_project(typ);
+int cmkr_gen_generate_project(const char *typ) {
+    try {
+        return cmkr::gen::generate_project(typ);
+    } catch (...) {
+        return cmkr::error::Status(cmkr::error::Status::Code::InitError);
+    }
 }
 
-void cmkr_gen_generate_cmake(const char *path) {
-    cmkr::gen::generate_cmake(path);
+int cmkr_gen_generate_cmake(const char *path) {
+    try {
+        return cmkr::gen::generate_cmake(path);
+    } catch (...) {
+        return cmkr::error::Status(cmkr::error::Status::Code::GenerationError);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/gen.h b/src/gen.h
index 0ef6bc2..9fdf6ca 100644
--- a/src/gen.h
+++ b/src/gen.h
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 namespace cmkr::gen {
 
-void generate_project(const char *typ);
+int generate_project(const char *typ);
 
-void generate_cmake(const char *path);
+int generate_cmake(const char *path);
 
 } // namespace cmkr::gen
 
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-void cmkr_gen_generate_project(const char *typ);
+int cmkr_gen_generate_project(const char *typ);
 
-void cmkr_gen_generate_cmake(const char *path);
+int cmkr_gen_generate_cmake(const char *path);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/help.cpp b/src/help.cpp
index 445b677..b7bc8e1 100644
--- a/src/help.cpp
+++ b/src/help.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace cmkr::help {
 
-const char *version() {
-    return "cmkr version 0.1.0";
-}
+const char *version() noexcept { return "cmkr version 0.1.0"; }
 
-const char *message() {
+const char *message() noexcept {
     return R"lit(
 Usage: cmkr [arguments]
 arguments:
@@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ arguments:
 }
 } // namespace cmkr::help
 
-const char *cmkr_help_version(void) {
-    return cmkr::help::version();
-}
+const char *cmkr_help_version(void) { return cmkr::help::version(); }
 
-const char *cmkr_help_message(void) {
-    return cmkr::help::message();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+const char *cmkr_help_message(void) { return cmkr::help::message(); }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/help.h b/src/help.h
index 4cece36..1be4374 100644
--- a/src/help.h
+++ b/src/help.h
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 namespace cmkr::help {
 
-const char *version();
+const char *version() noexcept;
 
-const char *message();
+const char *message() noexcept;
 
 } // namespace cmkr::help