diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index b4c30a5..4e5ec09 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 pid_t pid_child;
 
+void fatal(const char* str, int errcode)
+{
+  printf("%s (%d)\n", str, errcode);
+  exit(errcode);
+}
+
 void drop_root(void)
 {
   /// Drop root privileges
@@ -19,26 +25,15 @@ void drop_root(void)
   // be able to drop group once we dropped user
   gid_t gid = getgid();
   if (setresgid(-1,gid,gid) == -1)
-    {
-      int err = errno;
-      printf("Failed to drop root privileges with setresgid (%d)\n", err);
-      exit(err);
-    }
+    fatal("Failed to drop root privileges with setresgid", errno);
 
   uid_t uid = getuid();
   if (setresuid(-1,uid,uid) == -1)
-    {
-      int err = errno;
-      printf("Failed to drop root privileges with setresuid (%d)\n", err);
-      exit(err);
-    }
+    fatal("Failed to drop root privileges with setresuid", errno);
 
   // sanity check
   if (seteuid(0) != -1)
-    {
-      printf("Sanity check failed. I was able to regain root.\n");
-      exit(1);
-    }
+    fatal("Sanity check failed. Able to regain root", 42);
 }
 
 struct sigaction forward_signal_descriptor;
@@ -79,9 +74,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
   // next fork shall be in a new pid namespace
   if (unshare(CLONE_NEWPID) != 0)
     {
-      err = errno;
-      printf("Failed to unshare pid namespace (%d)\n", err);
-      return err;
+      fatal("Failed to unshare pid namespace", errno);
     }
 
   // Drop root privileges, we only needed those for the unshare call.
@@ -91,9 +84,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 
   if (pid == -1)
     {
-      int err = errno;
-      printf("Failed to fork (%d)\n", err);
-      return err;
+      fatal("Failed to fork", errno);
     }
 
   if (pid != 0)
@@ -113,9 +104,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
       int status;
       if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1)
         {
-          err = errno;
-          printf("Failed to wait (%d)\n", err);
-          return err;
+          fatal("Failed to wait for init process", errno);
         }
 
       return WEXITSTATUS(status);
@@ -128,6 +117,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
       // if the forked child exits then exit.
 
       pid = fork();
+      if (pid == -1)
+        {
+          fatal("Failed to fork in init process", errno);
+        }
+
       if (pid != 0)
         {
           /// Init process
@@ -149,8 +143,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
           pid_child = first_child;
           if (sigaction(SIGTERM, &forward_signal_descriptor, NULL) == -1)
             {
-              printf("Unable to setup signal forward in init. Aborting.\n");
-              return 1;
+              fatal("Unable to setup signal forward in init", 1);
             }
 
           // wait could be interrupt due to a signal. In that case just call wait again.
@@ -178,8 +171,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 
           if (execvp(newargs[0], newargs) == -1)
             {
-              printf("Failed to exec (%d)\n", err);
-              return err;
+              fatal("Failed to exec", errno);
             }
         }
     }