diff --git a/src/tun/tun_bsd.go b/src/tun/tun_bsd.go
index 5f42f52b..da5b3297 100644
--- a/src/tun/tun_bsd.go
+++ b/src/tun/tun_bsd.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type in6_ifreq_lifetime struct {
 func (tun *TunAdapter) setup(ifname string, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 	iface, err := wgtun.CreateTUN(ifname, int(mtu))
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create TUN: %w", err)
 	}
 	tun.iface = iface
 	if mtu, err := iface.MTU(); err == nil {
diff --git a/src/tun/tun_darwin.go b/src/tun/tun_darwin.go
index 8fde93a1..71f82701 100644
--- a/src/tun/tun_darwin.go
+++ b/src/tun/tun_darwin.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package tun
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setup(ifname string, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 	}
 	iface, err := wgtun.CreateTUN(ifname, int(mtu))
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create TUN: %w", err)
 	}
 	tun.iface = iface
 	if m, err := iface.MTU(); err == nil {
@@ -42,17 +43,17 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setup(ifname string, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 func (tun *TunAdapter) setupFD(fd int32, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 	dfd, err := unix.Dup(int(fd))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to duplicate FD: %w", err)
 	}
 	err = unix.SetNonblock(dfd, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		unix.Close(dfd)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set FD as non-blocking: %w", err)
 	}
 	iface, err := wgtun.CreateTUNFromFile(os.NewFile(uintptr(dfd), "/dev/tun"), 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		unix.Close(dfd)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create TUN from FD: %w", err)
 	}
 	tun.iface = iface
 	if m, err := iface.MTU(); err == nil {
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setupAddress(addr string) error {
 
 	if fd, err = unix.Socket(unix.AF_INET6, unix.SOCK_DGRAM, 0); err != nil {
 		tun.log.Printf("Create AF_SYSTEM socket failed: %v.", err)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open AF_SYSTEM: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var ar in6_aliasreq
@@ -149,13 +150,13 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setupAddress(addr string) error {
 	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, uintptr(fd), uintptr(darwin_SIOCAIFADDR_IN6), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ar))); errno != 0 { // nolint:staticcheck
 		err = errno
 		tun.log.Errorf("Error in darwin_SIOCAIFADDR_IN6: %v", errno)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call SIOCAIFADDR_IN6: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, uintptr(fd), uintptr(unix.SIOCSIFMTU), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ir))); errno != 0 { // nolint:staticcheck
 		err = errno
 		tun.log.Errorf("Error in SIOCSIFMTU: %v", errno)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call SIOCSIFMTU: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return err
diff --git a/src/tun/tun_linux.go b/src/tun/tun_linux.go
index 9cf21446..98d63db4 100644
--- a/src/tun/tun_linux.go
+++ b/src/tun/tun_linux.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setup(ifname string, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 	}
 	iface, err := wgtun.CreateTUN(ifname, int(mtu))
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create TUN: %w", err)
 	}
 	tun.iface = iface
 	if mtu, err := iface.MTU(); err == nil {
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ func (tun *TunAdapter) setupFD(fd int32, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 func (tun *TunAdapter) setupAddress(addr string) error {
 	nladdr, err := netlink.ParseAddr(addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse address %q: %w", addr, err)
 	}
 	nlintf, err := netlink.LinkByName(tun.Name())
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find link by name: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := netlink.AddrAdd(nlintf, nladdr); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add address to link: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := netlink.LinkSetMTU(nlintf, int(tun.mtu)); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set link MTU: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := netlink.LinkSetUp(nlintf); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to bring link up: %w", err)
 	}
 	// Friendly output
 	tun.log.Infof("Interface name: %s", tun.Name())
diff --git a/src/tun/tun_other.go b/src/tun/tun_other.go
index bf8ac892..0ddd0c1e 100644
--- a/src/tun/tun_other.go
+++ b/src/tun/tun_other.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func (tun *TunAdapter) setup(ifname string, addr string, mtu uint64) error {
 	iface, err := wgtun.CreateTUN(ifname, mtu)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create TUN: %w", err)
 	}
 	tun.iface = iface
 	if mtu, err := iface.MTU(); err == nil {