diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0a318f2..5af9d22 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 typed-arena = "2.0.1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 log = "0.4"
+simple_logger = "1.11.0"
 png = "0.16"
 #winit = { version = "0.24.0"}
 rand = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/src/geometry.rs b/src/geometry.rs
index e53dbaf..5dcc80e 100644
--- a/src/geometry.rs
+++ b/src/geometry.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
 use nalgebra::Vector4;
 use rapier3d::parry::math::Point;
+use tobj::{LoadError, Model, Material};
+
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -32,14 +34,23 @@ pub struct RawMesh {
     pub indices: Vec<[u32; 3]>,
 }
 
-pub fn load_obj(obj_path: &str) -> RawMesh {
 
-    let (models, materials) = tobj::load_obj(obj_path, true).expect("Failed to load file");
+/// We use meshes in a few different places. To keep things simple, we return
+/// the most basic, direct-to-memory version. If something fancy needs to be done
+/// with it, the fancy stays there
+pub fn load_obj(obj_path: &str) -> Result<RawMesh, String> {
+
+    log::info!("Loading object {}", obj_path);
 
-    println!("# of models: {}", models.len());
-    println!("# of materials: {}", materials.len());
+    // Is there no better way to translate error messages?
+    let (models, materials) = match tobj::load_obj(obj_path, true) {
+        Ok((a, b)) => {Ok((a, b))}
+        Err(load_error) => {Err(load_error.to_string())}
+    }.unwrap();
 
-    println!("{:?}", materials);
+    // println!("# of models: {}", models.len());
+    // println!("# of materials: {}", materials.len());
+    // println!("{:?}", materials);
 
     let mut index_data: Vec<[u32; 3]> = Vec::new();
     let mut vertex_data = Vec::new();
@@ -54,14 +65,22 @@ pub fn load_obj(obj_path: &str) -> RawMesh {
             let end = next_face + mesh.num_face_indices[f] as usize;
             let face_indices: Vec<_> = mesh.indices[next_face..end].iter().collect();
 
-            assert!(face_indices.len() == 3, "we only handle triangulated faces");
+            if face_indices.len() != 3 {
+                return Err("we only handle triangulated faces".to_string());
+            }
             index_data.push([*face_indices[0], *face_indices[1], *face_indices[2]]);
-
             next_face = end;
         }
 
-        assert!(mesh.positions.len() % 3 == 0);
-        assert!(mesh.texcoords.len() % 2 == 0);
+        if mesh.positions.len() % 3 != 0 {
+            return Err(format!("position array not % 3 : {}", mesh.positions.len()))
+        }
+        if mesh.texcoords.len() % 2 != 0 {
+            return Err(format!("position array not % 3 : {}", mesh.positions.len()))
+        }
+        if mesh.texcoords.is_empty() {
+            log::info!("Mesh texture coordinates empty")
+        }
 
         for v in 0..mesh.positions.len() / 3 {
             let texcoords = if mesh.texcoords.len() == 0 {
@@ -85,8 +104,8 @@ pub fn load_obj(obj_path: &str) -> RawMesh {
             ));
         }
     }
-    RawMesh {
+    Ok(RawMesh {
         vertices: vertex_data.to_vec(),
         indices: index_data.to_vec(),
-    }
+    })
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a49b3d7..be9ef16 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate tobj;
 extern crate winit_24;
 
+use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 use std::f32::consts::PI;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ pub unsafe fn current_ui<'a>() -> Option<&'a imgui::Ui<'a>> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+
+    let logger = SimpleLogger::new().with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
+
+
     let mut world = World::default();
 
     let mut imgui_prepare_schedule = Schedule::builder()
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ pub fn load_colliding_mesh_entity(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut render::stat
         .build();
 
     //let pair = import_mesh("./resources/terrain.obj");
-    let raw_mesh = load_obj(mesh_path);
+    let raw_mesh = load_obj(mesh_path).unwrap();
 
     let floor_collider = ColliderBuilder::trimesh(
         raw_mesh.vertices
@@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ pub fn load_colliding_mesh_entity(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut render::stat
             b: 0.3,
             a: 1.0,
         }),
-    );
+    ).unwrap();
 
     let plane_entity: Entity = world.push((
         Position {
@@ -376,11 +381,11 @@ pub fn load_colliding_mesh_entity(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut render::stat
 
 pub fn entity_loading(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut render::state::RenderState) {
     let monkey_mesh =
-        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/monkey.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::GREEN));
+        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/monkey.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::GREEN)).unwrap();
     let light_mesh =
-        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/light.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::BLACK));
+        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/light.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::BLACK)).unwrap();
     let ball_mesh =
-        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/ball.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::BLUE));
+        renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/ball.obj", Some(wgpu::Color::BLUE)).unwrap();
 
     load_colliding_mesh_entity(world, renderer, "./resources/test-textured.obj");
 
@@ -453,7 +458,7 @@ pub fn entity_loading(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut render::state::RenderSta
         .build();
 
 
-    let raw_mesh = load_obj("./resources/ball.obj");
+    let raw_mesh = load_obj("./resources/ball.obj").unwrap();
 
     let ball_collider = ColliderBuilder::trimesh(
         raw_mesh.vertices
diff --git a/src/physics/system.rs b/src/physics/system.rs
index 8767fff..699b900 100644
--- a/src/physics/system.rs
+++ b/src/physics/system.rs
@@ -116,10 +116,5 @@ pub fn update_models(
         position.rot.x = rotation.x.into();
         position.rot.y = rotation.y.into();
         position.rot.z = rotation.z.into();
-
-        // mx.x = pos.rotation.i;
-        // mx.y = pos.rotation.j;
-        // mx.z = pos.rotation.k;
-        // mx.w = pos.rotation.w;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/render/state.rs b/src/render/state.rs
index 7f1ccc0..eedd769 100644
--- a/src/render/state.rs
+++ b/src/render/state.rs
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ impl RenderState {
 
     }
 
-    pub fn load_mesh_to_buffer(&self, filepath: &str, color: Option<wgpu::Color>) -> Mesh {
-        let raw_mesh = load_obj(filepath);
+    pub fn load_mesh_to_buffer(&self, filepath: &str, color: Option<wgpu::Color>) -> Result<Mesh, String> {
+
+        let raw_mesh = load_obj(filepath)?;
         let index_count = raw_mesh.indices.len() * 3; // TODO bad bad bad bad!
 
         let (vertex_buf, index_buf) = RenderState::create_buffer(&self.device, raw_mesh);
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ impl RenderState {
             }],
         }));
 
-        Mesh {
+        Ok(Mesh {
             index_buffer: index_buf,
             index_count: index_count,
             // TODO: This is hardcoded by tobj, maybe think about doing something a little more clever?
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ impl RenderState {
             uniform_buffer: uniform_buf,
             bind_group: bind_group,
             color: color.unwrap_or(wgpu::Color::RED),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// When creating a light we have to give it a target view to render to