diff --git a/src/Error.cpp b/src/Error.cpp
index 19f3fb7..ddfc31c 100644
--- a/src/Error.cpp
+++ b/src/Error.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #include "Error.h"
-#include <string>
 
 Error::Error(std::string location) { object = location; }
+void Error::crash(std::string msg) { throw object + ": " + msg; }
+void Error::crash(std::string reason, std::string msg) {
+  throw object + ": " + reason + ": " + msg;
+}
+void Error::warn(std::string msg) { throw object + ": " + msg; }
+void Error::log(std::string msg) { throw object + ": " + msg; }
diff --git a/src/Error.h b/src/Error.h
index d798030..0d827c8 100644
--- a/src/Error.h
+++ b/src/Error.h
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ private:
 
 public:
   Error(std::string location);
+
+  // TODO: make the crash break game loop
+  void crash(std::string msg);
+  void crash(std::string reason, std::string msg);
+  void warn(std::string msg);
+  // TODO: write log issues to a file rather than throw
+  void log(std::string msg);
 };
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f9c8319..f8e20f8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ const char *fragmentShaderSource =
 
 // Include error class
 #include "Error.h"
-#include <string>
-// TODO: Remove check that error class was included properly
 Error error("main");
 
 // TODO: Create Error handling class
@@ -33,7 +31,10 @@ Error error("main");
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   // Initialise SDL2
   // TODO: Check if sdl initialised
-  SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING);
+  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0) {
+    error.crash("Unable to initialise SDL: ", SDL_GetError());
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   // Make OpenGL use double buffering (Render game first then shove to output)
   SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1);