diff --git a/public/install/forms.php b/public/install/forms.php
index 98f05657..96f1dfa1 100644
--- a/public/install/forms.php
+++ b/public/install/forms.php
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['checkDB'])) {
 
     try {
         $db = new mysqli($_POST['databasehost'], $_POST['databaseuser'], $_POST['databaseuserpass'], $_POST['database'], $_POST['databaseport']);
-    }
-    catch (mysqli_sql_exception $e) {
+    } catch (mysqli_sql_exception $e) {
         wh_log($e->getMessage(), 'error');
         header('LOCATION: index.php?step=2&message=' . $e->getMessage());
         exit();
@@ -69,26 +68,26 @@ if (isset($_POST['feedDB'])) {
     wh_log('Feeding the Database', 'debug');
     $logs = '';
 
-    //$logs .= run_console(setenv('COMPOSER_HOME', dirname(__FILE__, 3) . '/vendor/bin/composer'));
-    //$logs .= run_console('composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader');
-    if (!str_contains(getenv('APP_KEY'), 'base64')) {
-        $logs .= run_console('php artisan key:generate --force');
-    } else {
-        $logs .= "Key already exists. Skipping\n";
-    }
-    $logs .= run_console('php artisan storage:link');
-    $logs .= run_console('php artisan migrate --seed --force');
-    $logs .= run_console('php artisan db:seed --class=ExampleItemsSeeder --force');
-    $logs .= run_console('php artisan db:seed --class=PermissionsSeeder --force');
+    try {
+        //$logs .= run_console(setenv('COMPOSER_HOME', dirname(__FILE__, 3) . '/vendor/bin/composer'));
+        //$logs .= run_console('composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader');
+        if (!str_contains(getenv('APP_KEY'), 'base64')) {
+            $logs .= run_console('php artisan key:generate --force');
+        } else {
+            $logs .= "Key already exists. Skipping\n";
+        }
+        $logs .= run_console('php artisan storage:link');
+        $logs .= run_console('php artisan migrate --seed --force');
+        $logs .= run_console('php artisan db:seed --class=ExampleItemsSeeder --force');
+        $logs .= run_console('php artisan db:seed --class=PermissionsSeeder --force');
 
-    wh_log($logs, 'debug');
+        wh_log($logs, 'debug');
 
-    if (str_contains(getenv('APP_KEY'), 'base64')) {
         wh_log('Feeding the Database successful', 'debug');
         header('LOCATION: index.php?step=3');
-    } else {
-        wh_log('Feeding the Database failed', 'debug');
-        header('LOCATION: index.php?step=2.5&message=There was an error. Please check the installer.log file in /var/www/controlpanel/storage/logs !');
+    } catch (\Throwable $th) {
+        wh_log('Feeding the Database failed', 'error');
+        header("LOCATION: index.php?step=2.5&message=" . $th->getMessage() . " <br>Please check the installer.log file in /var/www/controlpanel/storage/logs !");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/public/install/functions.php b/public/install/functions.php
index 8eb1318c..451d8b95 100644
--- a/public/install/functions.php
+++ b/public/install/functions.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 
 if (!file_exists('../../.env')) {
-        echo run_console('cp .env.example .env');
+    echo run_console('cp .env.example .env');
 }
 
 (new DotEnv(dirname(__FILE__, 3) . '/.env'))->load();
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ function checkExtensions(): array
     return $not_ok;
 }
 
-function removeQuotes($string){
+function removeQuotes($string)
+{
     return str_replace('"', "", $string);
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ function removeQuotes($string){
  */
 function setenv($envKey, $envValue)
 {
-    $envFile = dirname(__FILE__, 3).'/.env';
+    $envFile = dirname(__FILE__, 3) . '/.env';
     $str = file_get_contents($envFile);
 
     $str .= "\n"; // In case the searched variable is in the last line without \n
@@ -236,9 +237,16 @@ function run_console(string $command, array $descriptors = null, string $cwd = n
     $path = dirname(__FILE__, 3);
     $descriptors = $descriptors ?? [0 => ['pipe', 'r'], 1 => ['pipe', 'w'], 2 => ['pipe', 'w']];
     $handle = proc_open("cd '$path' && bash -c 'exec -a ServerCPP $command'", $descriptors, $pipes, $cwd, null, $options);
+    $output = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);
+    $exit_code = proc_close($handle);
 
-    wh_log('command result: ' . stream_get_contents($pipes[1]), 'debug');
-    return stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);
+    if ($exit_code > 0) {
+        wh_log('command result: ' . $output, 'error');
+        throw new Exception("There was an error after running command `$command`", $exit_code);
+        return $output;
+    } else {
+        return $output;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -259,7 +267,7 @@ function wh_log(string $message, string $level = 'info', array $context = []): v
 
     switch (strtolower($level)) {
         case 'debug': // Only log debug messages if APP_DEBUG is true
-            if(getenv('APP_DEBUG') === false) return;
+            if (getenv('APP_DEBUG') === false) return;
             $log->debug($message, $context);
             break;
         case 'info':