diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index 05b4124d..30357a7d 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -108,20 +108,20 @@ void CCompositor::initServer() {
 
     if (!m_sWLRBackend) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "m_sWLRBackend was NULL!");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_backend_autocreate() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_backend_autocreate() failed!");
     }
 
     m_iDRMFD = wlr_backend_get_drm_fd(m_sWLRBackend);
     if (m_iDRMFD < 0) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Couldn't query the DRM FD!");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_backend_get_drm_fd() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_backend_get_drm_fd() failed!");
     }
 
     m_sWLRRenderer = wlr_gles2_renderer_create_with_drm_fd(m_iDRMFD);
 
     if (!m_sWLRRenderer) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "m_sWLRRenderer was NULL!");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_gles2_renderer_create_with_drm_fd() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_gles2_renderer_create_with_drm_fd() failed!");
     }
 
     wlr_renderer_init_wl_shm(m_sWLRRenderer, m_sWLDisplay);
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ void CCompositor::initServer() {
 
     if (!m_sWLRAllocator) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "m_sWLRAllocator was NULL!");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_allocator_autocreate() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_allocator_autocreate() failed!");
     }
 
     m_sWLREGL = wlr_gles2_renderer_get_egl(m_sWLRRenderer);
 
     if (!m_sWLREGL) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "m_sWLREGL was NULL!");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_gles2_renderer_get_egl() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_gles2_renderer_get_egl() failed!");
     }
 
     m_sWLRCompositor    = wlr_compositor_create(m_sWLDisplay, 6, m_sWLRRenderer);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void CCompositor::initServer() {
 
     if (!m_sWLRHeadlessBackend) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Couldn't create the headless backend");
-        throw std::runtime_error("wlr_headless_backend_create() failed!");
+        throwError("wlr_headless_backend_create() failed!");
     }
 
     wlr_single_pixel_buffer_manager_v1_create(m_sWLDisplay);
diff --git a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
index acda2abd..7bf254ea 100644
--- a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
@@ -714,3 +714,8 @@ std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> getBacktrace() {
 
     return callstack;
 }
+
+void throwError(const std::string& err) {
+    Debug::log(CRIT, "Critical error thrown: %s", err.c_str());
+    throw std::runtime_error(err);
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp
index c9e1f1b3..88598390 100644
--- a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ float                            getPlusMinusKeywordResult(std::string in, float
 void                             matrixProjection(float mat[9], int w, int h, wl_output_transform tr);
 double                           normalizeAngleRad(double ang);
 std::string                      replaceInString(std::string subject, const std::string& search, const std::string& replace);
-std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> getBacktrace();
\ No newline at end of file
+std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> getBacktrace();
+void                             throwError(const std::string& err);
\ No newline at end of file