diff --git a/gha-cache/src/api.rs b/gha-cache/src/api.rs
index be93cef..b7dc38f 100644
--- a/gha-cache/src/api.rs
+++ b/gha-cache/src/api.rs
@@ -369,7 +369,10 @@ impl Api {
                 let url = self.construct_url(&format!("caches/{}", allocation.0 .0));
 
                 tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-                    let permit = concurrency_limit.acquire().await.unwrap();
+                    let permit = concurrency_limit
+                        .acquire()
+                        .await
+                        .expect("failed to acquire concurrency semaphore permit");
 
                     tracing::trace!(
                         "Starting uploading chunk {}-{}",
@@ -411,7 +414,9 @@ impl Api {
         future::join_all(futures)
             .await
             .into_iter()
-            .try_for_each(|join_result| join_result.unwrap())?;
+            .try_for_each(|join_result| {
+                join_result.expect("failed collecting a join result during parallel upload")
+            })?;
 
         tracing::debug!("Received all chunks for cache {:?}", allocation.0);
 
diff --git a/magic-nix-cache/src/gha.rs b/magic-nix-cache/src/gha.rs
index 00e1ba2..06168fc 100644
--- a/magic-nix-cache/src/gha.rs
+++ b/magic-nix-cache/src/gha.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ impl GhaCache {
             self.channel_tx
                 .send(Request::Shutdown)
                 .expect("Cannot send shutdown message");
-            worker_result.await.unwrap()
+            worker_result
+                .await
+                .expect("failed to read result from gha worker")
         } else {
             Ok(())
         }
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ async fn upload_path(
 
     let narinfo = path_info_to_nar_info(store.clone(), &path_info, format!("nar/{}", nar_path))
         .to_string()
-        .unwrap();
+        .expect("failed to convert path into to nar info");
 
     tracing::debug!("Uploading '{}'", narinfo_path);
 
@@ -224,7 +226,13 @@ fn path_info_to_nar_info(store: Arc<NixStore>, path_info: &ValidPathInfo, url: S
         references: path_info
             .references
             .iter()
-            .map(|r| r.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().to_owned())
+            .map(|r| {
+                r.file_name()
+                    .and_then(|n| n.to_str())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("failed to convert nar_info reference to string: {}",
+                        r.display()))
+                    .to_owned()
+            })
             .collect(),
         system: None,
         deriver: None,
diff --git a/magic-nix-cache/src/main.rs b/magic-nix-cache/src/main.rs
index 661dd11..d73af3f 100644
--- a/magic-nix-cache/src/main.rs
+++ b/magic-nix-cache/src/main.rs
@@ -462,8 +462,16 @@ fn init_logging() -> Result<LogGuard> {
     let filter = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         return EnvFilter::new("info")
-            .add_directive("magic_nix_cache=debug".parse().unwrap())
-            .add_directive("gha_cache=debug".parse().unwrap());
+            .add_directive(
+                "magic_nix_cache=debug"
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("failed to parse magix_nix_cache directive"),
+            )
+            .add_directive(
+                "gha_cache=debug"
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("failed to parse gha_cahce directive"),
+            );
 
         #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
         return EnvFilter::new("info");