diff --git a/src/lib/searxng.ts b/src/lib/searxng.ts
index 297e50f..080231d 100644
--- a/src/lib/searxng.ts
+++ b/src/lib/searxng.ts
@@ -21,25 +21,36 @@ export const searchSearxng = async (
   query: string,
   opts?: SearxngSearchOptions,
 ) => {
-  const searxngURL = getSearxngApiEndpoint();
+  try {
+    const searxngURL = getSearxngApiEndpoint();
+    console.log('Searxng API endpoint:', searxngURL);
 
-  const url = new URL(`${searxngURL}/search?format=json`);
-  url.searchParams.append('q', query);
+    const url = new URL(`${searxngURL}/search?format=json`);
+    url.searchParams.append('q', query);
+    console.log('Initial URL with query:', url.toString());
 
-  if (opts) {
-    Object.keys(opts).forEach((key) => {
-      if (Array.isArray(opts[key])) {
-        url.searchParams.append(key, opts[key].join(','));
-        return;
-      }
-      url.searchParams.append(key, opts[key]);
-    });
+    if (opts) {
+      Object.keys(opts).forEach((key) => {
+        if (Array.isArray(opts[key])) {
+          url.searchParams.append(key, opts[key].join(','));
+        } else {
+          url.searchParams.append(key, opts[key]);
+        }
+        console.log(`Added search option ${key}:`, opts[key]);
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log('Final URL with all parameters:', url.toString());
+    const res = await axios.get(url.toString());
+    console.log('API response received');
+
+    const results: SearxngSearchResult[] = res.data.results;
+    const suggestions: string[] = res.data.suggestions;
+    console.log('Results and suggestions extracted from the response');
+
+    return { results, suggestions };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error during Searxng search:', error);
+    throw error; // Re-throw the error after logging it
   }
-
-  const res = await axios.get(url.toString());
-
-  const results: SearxngSearchResult[] = res.data.results;
-  const suggestions: string[] = res.data.suggestions;
-
-  return { results, suggestions };
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/config.ts b/src/routes/config.ts
index ecdec17..34a8ceb 100644
--- a/src/routes/config.ts
+++ b/src/routes/config.ts
@@ -11,48 +11,58 @@ import {
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router.get('/', async (_, res) => {
-  const config = {};
+  try {
+    const config = {};
 
-  const providers = await getAvailableProviders();
+    const providers = await getAvailableProviders();
 
-  for (const provider in providers) {
-    delete providers[provider]['embeddings'];
+    for (const provider in providers) {
+      delete providers[provider]['embeddings'];
+    }
+
+    config['providers'] = {};
+
+    for (const provider in providers) {
+      config['providers'][provider] = Object.keys(providers[provider]);
+    }
+
+    config['selectedProvider'] = getChatModelProvider();
+    config['selectedChatModel'] = getChatModel();
+
+    config['openeaiApiKey'] = getOpenaiApiKey();
+    config['ollamaApiUrl'] = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+
+    res.status(200).json(config);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to retrieve configuration:', error);
+    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' });
   }
-
-  config['providers'] = {};
-
-  for (const provider in providers) {
-    config['providers'][provider] = Object.keys(providers[provider]);
-  }
-
-  config['selectedProvider'] = getChatModelProvider();
-  config['selectedChatModel'] = getChatModel();
-
-  config['openeaiApiKey'] = getOpenaiApiKey();
-  config['ollamaApiUrl'] = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
-
-  res.status(200).json(config);
 });
 
 router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
-  const config = req.body;
+  try {
+    const config = req.body;
 
-  const updatedConfig = {
-    GENERAL: {
-      CHAT_MODEL_PROVIDER: config.selectedProvider,
-      CHAT_MODEL: config.selectedChatModel,
-    },
-    API_KEYS: {
-      OPENAI: config.openeaiApiKey,
-    },
-    API_ENDPOINTS: {
-      OLLAMA: config.ollamaApiUrl,
-    },
-  };
+    const updatedConfig = {
+      GENERAL: {
+        CHAT_MODEL_PROVIDER: config.selectedProvider,
+        CHAT_MODEL: config.selectedChatModel,
+      },
+      API_KEYS: {
+        OPENAI: config.openeaiApiKey,
+      },
+      API_ENDPOINTS: {
+        OLLAMA: config.ollamaApiUrl,
+      },
+    };
 
-  updateConfig(updatedConfig);
+    updateConfig(updatedConfig);
 
-  res.status(200).json({ message: 'Config updated' });
+    res.status(200).json({ message: 'Config updated' });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to update configuration:', error);
+    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' });
+  }
 });
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/src/routes/images.ts b/src/routes/images.ts
index 45a4307..cb5bed7 100644
--- a/src/routes/images.ts
+++ b/src/routes/images.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
   try {
     let { query, chat_history } = req.body;
 
+    console.log('Received request with query:', query);
+
     chat_history = chat_history.map((msg: any) => {
       if (msg.role === 'user') {
         return new HumanMessage(msg.content);
@@ -19,10 +21,14 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
       }
     });
 
+    console.log('Processed chat history:', chat_history);
+
     const models = await getAvailableProviders();
     const provider = getChatModelProvider();
     const chatModel = getChatModel();
 
+    console.log(`Using provider: ${provider} and model: ${chatModel}`);
+
     let llm: BaseChatModel | undefined;
 
     if (models[provider] && models[provider][chatModel]) {
@@ -30,16 +36,22 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
     }
 
     if (!llm) {
+      console.error('Invalid LLM model selected');
       res.status(500).json({ message: 'Invalid LLM model selected' });
       return;
     }
 
-    const images = await handleImageSearch({ query, chat_history }, llm);
-
-    res.status(200).json({ images });
+    try {
+      const images = await handleImageSearch({ query, chat_history }, llm);
+      res.status(200).json({ images });
+      console.log('Image search successful:', images);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error during image search:', error);
+      res.status(500).json({ message: 'Error during image search' });
+    }
   } catch (err) {
+    console.error('An error occurred in the main request handler:', err);
     res.status(500).json({ message: 'An error has occurred.' });
-    console.log(err.message);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts b/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
index 5b4e3f5..3c7b93b 100644
--- a/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
+++ b/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
@@ -6,33 +6,74 @@ import { BaseChatModel } from '@langchain/core/language_models/chat_models';
 import type { Embeddings } from '@langchain/core/embeddings';
 
 export const handleConnection = async (ws: WebSocket) => {
-  const models = await getAvailableProviders();
-  const provider = getChatModelProvider();
-  const chatModel = getChatModel();
+  try {
+    const models = await getAvailableProviders();
+    const provider = getChatModelProvider();
+    const chatModel = getChatModel();
 
-  let llm: BaseChatModel | undefined;
-  let embeddings: Embeddings | undefined;
+    let llm: BaseChatModel | undefined;
+    let embeddings: Embeddings | undefined;
 
-  if (models[provider] && models[provider][chatModel]) {
-    llm = models[provider][chatModel] as BaseChatModel | undefined;
-    embeddings = models[provider].embeddings as Embeddings | undefined;
-  }
+    if (models[provider] && models[provider][chatModel]) {
+      llm = models[provider][chatModel] as BaseChatModel | undefined;
+      embeddings = models[provider].embeddings as Embeddings | undefined;
+    }
 
-  if (!llm || !embeddings) {
+    // Separate checks for llm and embeddings
+    if (!llm && !embeddings) {
+      ws.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          type: 'error',
+          data: 'Invalid LLM and embeddings model selected',
+        }),
+      );
+      console.error('Invalid LLM and embeddings model selected');
+    } else if (!llm) {
+      ws.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          type: 'error',
+          data: 'Invalid LLM model selected',
+        }),
+      );
+      console.error('Invalid LLM model selected');
+    } else if (!embeddings) {
+      ws.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          type: 'error',
+          data: 'Invalid embeddings model selected',
+        }),
+      );
+      console.error('Invalid embeddings model selected');
+    }
+
+    if (!llm || !embeddings) {
+      ws.close();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ws.on('message', async (message) => {
+      try {
+        await handleMessage(message.toString(), ws, llm, embeddings);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error handling message:', error);
+        ws.send(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            type: 'error',
+            data: 'Error processing your message',
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+    });
+
+    ws.on('close', () => console.log('Connection closed'));
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to establish a connection:', error);
     ws.send(
       JSON.stringify({
         type: 'error',
-        data: 'Invalid LLM or embeddings model selected',
+        data: 'Failed to establish a connection',
       }),
     );
     ws.close();
   }
-
-  ws.on(
-    'message',
-    async (message) =>
-      await handleMessage(message.toString(), ws, llm, embeddings),
-  );
-
-  ws.on('close', () => console.log('Connection closed'));
 };
diff --git a/src/websocket/messageHandler.ts b/src/websocket/messageHandler.ts
index 48774bf..4483a1e 100644
--- a/src/websocket/messageHandler.ts
+++ b/src/websocket/messageHandler.ts
@@ -66,30 +66,44 @@ export const handleMessage = async (
   llm: BaseChatModel,
   embeddings: Embeddings,
 ) => {
+  let parsedMessage: Message;
   try {
-    const parsedMessage = JSON.parse(message) as Message;
-    const id = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7);
+    parsedMessage = JSON.parse(message) as Message;
+    console.log('Message parsed successfully:', parsedMessage);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error parsing message:', message, error);
+    return ws.send(
+      JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid message format' }),
+    );
+  }
 
-    if (!parsedMessage.content)
-      return ws.send(
-        JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid message format' }),
-      );
+  const id = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7);
+  console.log('Generated message ID:', id);
 
-    const history: BaseMessage[] = parsedMessage.history.map((msg) => {
-      if (msg[0] === 'human') {
-        return new HumanMessage({
-          content: msg[1],
-        });
-      } else {
-        return new AIMessage({
-          content: msg[1],
-        });
-      }
-    });
+  if (!parsedMessage.content) {
+    console.log('Message content is empty');
+    return ws.send(
+      JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid message format' }),
+    );
+  }
 
-    if (parsedMessage.type === 'message') {
-      const handler = searchHandlers[parsedMessage.focusMode];
-      if (handler) {
+  const history: BaseMessage[] = parsedMessage.history.map((msg) => {
+    if (msg[0] === 'human') {
+      return new HumanMessage({
+        content: msg[1],
+      });
+    } else {
+      return new AIMessage({
+        content: msg[1],
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (parsedMessage.type === 'message') {
+    const handler = searchHandlers[parsedMessage.focusMode];
+    if (handler) {
+      console.log('Handling message with focus mode:', parsedMessage.focusMode);
+      try {
         const emitter = handler(
           parsedMessage.content,
           history,
@@ -97,12 +111,17 @@ export const handleMessage = async (
           embeddings,
         );
         handleEmitterEvents(emitter, ws, id);
-      } else {
-        ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid focus mode' }));
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(
+          'Error handling message with handler:',
+          parsedMessage.focusMode,
+          error,
+        );
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Handler failure' }));
       }
+    } else {
+      console.log('Invalid focus mode:', parsedMessage.focusMode);
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid focus mode' }));
     }
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to handle message', error);
-    ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', data: 'Invalid message format' }));
   }
 };