diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 105c52d..b653d63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ folder_mail_notifier.pp
 folder-mail-notifier
 my-notifier.pp
 my-notifier.te
+folder-mail-notifier.exe
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5229a15..18bc244 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -45,35 +45,37 @@ func main() {
 	var err error
 	envvar, err = godotenv.Parse(strings.NewReader(env))
 	if err != nil {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error parsing .env file: %v", err)
+		Error.Printf("Error parsing .env file: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	edelay, ok := envvar["DELAY"]
 	if !ok {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error parsing DELAY variable: %v", err)
+		Error.Printf("Error parsing DELAY variable: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+
 	delay, err := time.ParseDuration(edelay)
 	if err != nil {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error parsing DELAY variable: %v", err)
+		Error.Printf("Error parsing DELAY variable: %v", err)
+		log.Printf("DELAY is a duration string, a poassibly signed sequence of decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit prefix\nSuch as '300ms', '-1.5h' or '2h45m'.\nValid time units are 'ns', 'us' (or 'µs'), 'ms', 's', 'm', 'wh'.")
 		return
 	}
 	log.Printf("Delay parsed as %v seconds", delay.Seconds())
 
 	root, ok := envvar["ROOT"]
 	if !ok {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error parsing ROOT variable: %v", err)
+		Error.Printf("Error parsing ROOT variable: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	stat, err := os.Stat(root)
 	if err != nil {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error getting stat for '%v': %v", root, err)
+		Error.Printf("Error getting stat for '%v': %v", root, err)
 		return
 	}
 	if !stat.IsDir() {
-		Error.Fatalf("Error '%v' is not a directory", root)
+		Error.Printf("Error '%v' is not a directory", root)
 		return
 	}