diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0bf2ec4..7583e84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -702,6 +702,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "quote 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 1.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -736,6 +754,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 1.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "thiserror 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unicode-segmentation 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -972,6 +991,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum tempfile 3.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7a6e24d9338a0a5be79593e2fa15a648add6138caa803e2d5bc782c371732ca9"
 "checksum termcolor 1.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "96d6098003bde162e4277c70665bd87c326f5a0c3f3fbfb285787fa482d54e6e"
 "checksum textwrap 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+"checksum thiserror 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9fe148fa0fc3363a27092d48f7787363ded15bb8623c5d5dd4e2e9f23e4b21bc"
+"checksum thiserror-impl 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "258da67e99e590650fa541ac6be764313d23e80cefb6846b516deb8de6b6d921"
 "checksum thread_local 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c6b53e329000edc2b34dbe8545fd20e55a333362d0a321909685a19bd28c3f1b"
 "checksum toml 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "758664fc71a3a69038656bee8b6be6477d2a6c315a6b81f7081f591bffa4111f"
 "checksum treeline 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a7f741b240f1a48843f9b8e0444fb55fb2a4ff67293b50a9179dfd5ea67f8d41"
diff --git a/typos/Cargo.toml b/typos/Cargo.toml
index 9736360..8f7b7e9 100644
--- a/typos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/typos/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ codecov = { repository = "crate-ci/typos" }
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
+thiserror = "1.0"
 regex = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/typos/src/checks.rs b/typos/src/checks.rs
index 04193c5..4d101bf 100644
--- a/typos/src/checks.rs
+++ b/typos/src/checks.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl<'d, 'p> Checks<'d, 'p> {
         &self,
         path: &std::path::Path,
         report: report::Report,
-    ) -> Result<bool, anyhow::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool, crate::Error> {
         let mut typos_found = false;
 
         if !self.check_filenames {
@@ -113,14 +113,15 @@ impl<'d, 'p> Checks<'d, 'p> {
         path: &std::path::Path,
         explicit: bool,
         report: report::Report,
-    ) -> Result<bool, anyhow::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool, crate::Error> {
         let mut typos_found = false;
 
         if !self.check_files {
             return Ok(typos_found);
         }
 
-        let buffer = std::fs::read(path)?;
+        let buffer = std::fs::read(path)
+            .map_err(|e| crate::ErrorKind::IoError.into_error().with_source(e))?;
         let null_max = std::cmp::min(buffer.len(), 1024);
         if !explicit && !self.binary && buffer[0..null_max].find_byte(b'\0').is_some() {
             let msg = report::BinaryFile {
diff --git a/typos/src/error.rs b/typos/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d49ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typos/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, derive_more::Display)]
+pub enum ErrorKind {
+    #[display(fmt = "Invalid word")]
+    InvalidWord,
+    #[display(fmt = "IO Error")]
+    IoError,
+}
+
+impl ErrorKind {
+    pub fn into_error(self) -> Error {
+        Error {
+            kind: self,
+            msg: None,
+            source: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub struct Error {
+    kind: ErrorKind,
+    msg: Option<String>,
+    source: Option<anyhow::Error>,
+}
+
+impl Error {
+    pub fn with_message(mut self, msg: String) -> Self {
+        self.msg = Some(msg);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_source<E: std::error::Error + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + 'static>(
+        mut self,
+        source: E,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.source = Some(source.into());
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::result::Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
+        if let Some(msg) = self.msg.as_ref() {
+            write!(f, "{}: {}", self.kind, msg)?;
+        } else if let Some(source) = self.source.as_ref() {
+            write!(f, "{}: {}", self.kind, source)?;
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{}", self.kind)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/typos/src/lib.rs b/typos/src/lib.rs
index 1cb77c9..58ce818 100644
--- a/typos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/typos/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 mod dict;
+mod error;
 
 pub mod checks;
 pub mod report;
 pub mod tokens;
 
 pub use crate::dict::*;
+pub use crate::error::*;
diff --git a/typos/src/tokens.rs b/typos/src/tokens.rs
index 5617e98..c2c8c61 100644
--- a/typos/src/tokens.rs
+++ b/typos/src/tokens.rs
@@ -148,20 +148,23 @@ pub struct Word<'t> {
 }
 
 impl<'t> Word<'t> {
-    pub fn new(token: &'t str, offset: usize) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+    pub fn new(token: &'t str, offset: usize) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         let mut itr = split_ident(token, 0);
-        let mut item = itr
-            .next()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid word (none found): {:?}", token))?;
+        let mut item = itr.next().ok_or_else(|| {
+            crate::ErrorKind::InvalidWord
+                .into_error()
+                .with_message(format!("{:?} is nothing", token))
+        })?;
         if item.offset != 0 {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid word (padding found): {:?}", token));
+            return Err(crate::ErrorKind::InvalidWord
+                .into_error()
+                .with_message(format!("{:?} has padding", token)));
         }
         item.offset += offset;
         if itr.next().is_some() {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "Invalid word (contains more than one): {:?}",
-                token
-            ));
+            return Err(crate::ErrorKind::InvalidWord
+                .into_error()
+                .with_message(format!("{:?} is multiple words", token)));
         }
         Ok(item)
     }