diff --git a/src/clients/mod.rs b/src/clients/mod.rs
index 81e44b6..a74310b 100644
--- a/src/clients/mod.rs
+++ b/src/clients/mod.rs
@@ -164,12 +164,17 @@ impl Clients {
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "upower")]
-    pub fn upower(&mut self) -> Arc<zbus::fdo::PropertiesProxy<'static>> {
-        self.upower
-            .get_or_insert_with(|| {
-                crate::await_sync(async { upower::create_display_proxy().await })
-            })
-            .clone()
+    pub fn upower(&mut self) -> ClientResult<zbus::fdo::PropertiesProxy<'static>> {
+        let client = match &self.upower {
+            Some(client) => client.clone(),
+            None => {
+                let client = await_sync(async { upower::create_display_proxy().await })?;
+                self.upower.replace(client.clone());
+                client
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(client)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "volume")]
diff --git a/src/clients/upower.rs b/src/clients/upower.rs
index f3cade1..d597044 100644
--- a/src/clients/upower.rs
+++ b/src/clients/upower.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
-use crate::register_client;
+use crate::clients::ClientResult;
+use crate::register_fallible_client;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use upower_dbus::UPowerProxy;
 use zbus::fdo::PropertiesProxy;
 
-pub async fn create_display_proxy() -> Arc<PropertiesProxy<'static>> {
-    let dbus = Box::pin(zbus::Connection::system())
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to create connection to system bus");
+pub async fn create_display_proxy() -> ClientResult<PropertiesProxy<'static>> {
+    let dbus = Box::pin(zbus::Connection::system()).await?;
 
-    let device_proxy = UPowerProxy::new(&dbus)
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to create upower proxy");
+    let device_proxy = UPowerProxy::new(&dbus).await?;
 
-    let display_device = device_proxy
-        .get_display_device()
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("failed to get display device for {device_proxy:?}"));
+    let display_device = device_proxy.get_display_device().await?;
 
     let path = display_device.path().to_owned();
 
@@ -26,10 +20,9 @@ pub async fn create_display_proxy() -> Arc<PropertiesProxy<'static>> {
         .expect("failed to set proxy path")
         .cache_properties(zbus::CacheProperties::No)
         .build()
-        .await
-        .expect("failed to build proxy");
+        .await?;
 
-    Arc::new(proxy)
+    Ok(Arc::new(proxy))
 }
 
-register_client!(PropertiesProxy<'static>, upower);
+register_fallible_client!(PropertiesProxy<'static>, upower);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 43a81d3..e2aac18 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ fn run_with_args() {
     #[cfg(feature = "schema")]
     if args.print_schema {
         let schema = schemars::schema_for!(Config);
-        println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).expect("to be serializable"));
+        println!(
+            "{}",
+            serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).expect("to be serializable")
+        );
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/upower.rs b/src/modules/upower.rs
index d461cc3..ec881d9 100644
--- a/src/modules/upower.rs
+++ b/src/modules/upower.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl Module<gtk::Button> for UpowerModule {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let tx = context.tx.clone();
 
-        let display_proxy = context.client::<PropertiesProxy>();
+        let display_proxy = context.try_client::<PropertiesProxy>()?;
 
         spawn(async move {
             let mut prop_changed_stream = display_proxy.receive_properties_changed().await?;