diff --git a/src/app/process_killer.rs b/src/app/process_killer.rs
index 3c2aaef7..fae05dd2 100644
--- a/src/app/process_killer.rs
+++ b/src/app/process_killer.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use windows::Win32::{
 };
 
 use crate::data_collection::processes::Pid;
-#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
 use crate::utils::error::BottomError;
 
 /// Based from [this SO answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/55231715).
@@ -51,10 +50,8 @@ impl Drop for Process {
 /// Kills a process, given a PID, for windows.
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub fn kill_process_given_pid(pid: Pid) -> crate::utils::error::Result<()> {
-    {
-        let process = Process::open(pid as u32)?;
-        process.kill()?;
-    }
+    let process = Process::open(pid as u32).map_err(BottomError::GenericError)?;
+    process.kill().map_err(BottomError::GenericError)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -64,8 +61,8 @@ pub fn kill_process_given_pid(pid: Pid) -> crate::utils::error::Result<()> {
 pub fn kill_process_given_pid(pid: Pid, signal: usize) -> crate::utils::error::Result<()> {
     // SAFETY: the signal should be valid, and we act properly on an error (exit
     // code not 0).
-
     let output = unsafe { libc::kill(pid, signal as i32) };
+
     if output != 0 {
         // We had an error...
         let err_code = std::io::Error::last_os_error().raw_os_error();
diff --git a/src/canvas/styling.rs b/src/canvas/styling.rs
index a77f88df..5794f67d 100644
--- a/src/canvas/styling.rs
+++ b/src/canvas/styling.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pub use crate::options::ConfigV1;
 use crate::{
     constants::*,
     options::{colours::ColoursConfig, OptionError, OptionResult},
-    utils::error,
 };
 
 pub struct CanvasStyling {
@@ -206,18 +205,26 @@ impl CanvasStyling {
 
         if let Some(scroll_entry_text_color) = &colours.selected_text_color {
             self.set_scroll_entry_text_color(scroll_entry_text_color)
-                .map_err(|_| OptionError::invalid_config_value("selected_text_color"))?
+                .map_err(|err| {
+                    OptionError::config(format!(
+                        "Please update 'colors.selected_text_color' in your config file. {err}",
+                    ))
+                })?
         }
 
         if let Some(scroll_entry_bg_color) = &colours.selected_bg_color {
             self.set_scroll_entry_bg_color(scroll_entry_bg_color)
-                .map_err(|_| OptionError::invalid_config_value("selected_bg_color"))?
+                .map_err(|err| {
+                    OptionError::config(format!(
+                        "Please update 'colors.selected_bg_color' in your config file. {err}",
+                    ))
+                })?
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn set_scroll_entry_text_color(&mut self, colour: &str) -> error::Result<()> {
+    fn set_scroll_entry_text_color(&mut self, colour: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
         self.currently_selected_text_colour = str_to_colour(colour)?;
         self.currently_selected_text_style = Style::default()
             .fg(self.currently_selected_text_colour)
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ impl CanvasStyling {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn set_scroll_entry_bg_color(&mut self, colour: &str) -> error::Result<()> {
+    fn set_scroll_entry_bg_color(&mut self, colour: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
         self.currently_selected_bg_colour = str_to_colour(colour)?;
         self.currently_selected_text_style = Style::default()
             .fg(self.currently_selected_text_colour)
diff --git a/src/utils/error.rs b/src/utils/error.rs
index 9e162f38..ba8a92fa 100644
--- a/src/utils/error.rs
+++ b/src/utils/error.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,3 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for BottomError {
         BottomError::InvalidIo(err.to_string())
     }
 }
-
-impl From<String> for BottomError {
-    fn from(err: String) -> Self {
-        BottomError::GenericError(err)
-    }
-}