diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 342942a..e8f2efc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Use a different algorithm for finding a CAS directory to avoid issues with mounted drives by @daimond113
 
+### Changed
+- Switched to fs-err for better errors with file system operations by @daimond113
+
 ## [0.5.0-rc.7] - 2024-10-30
 ### Added
 - New website by @lukadev-0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 886cd8d..ab46c50 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1426,6 +1426,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs-err"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bb60e7409f34ef959985bc9d9c5ee8f5db24ee46ed9775850548021710f807f"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fs4"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -3557,6 +3566,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "dirs",
  "flate2",
+ "fs-err",
  "full_moon",
  "git2",
  "gix",
@@ -3600,6 +3610,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "dotenvy",
  "flate2",
+ "fs-err",
  "futures",
  "git2",
  "gix",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 126e2f3..f32778a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ bin = [
     "open",
     "gix/worktree-mutation",
     "serde_json",
-    "winreg"
+    "winreg",
+    "fs-err/expose_original_error"
 ]
 wally-compat = ["zip", "serde_json"]
 patches = ["git2"]
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 tempfile = "3.13.0"
 glob = "0.3.1"
+fs-err = "3.0.0"
 
 # TODO: remove this when gitoxide adds support for: committing, pushing, adding
 git2 = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/registry/Cargo.toml b/registry/Cargo.toml
index b536339..bf11480 100644
--- a/registry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/registry/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 url = "2.5.2"
 futures = "0.3.31"
 tempfile = "3.13.0"
+fs-err = "3.0.0"
 
 git2 = "0.19.0"
 gix = { version = "0.67.0", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/registry/src/endpoints/publish_version.rs b/registry/src/endpoints/publish_version.rs
index 043f5ff..d1fa7a2 100644
--- a/registry/src/endpoints/publish_version.rs
+++ b/registry/src/endpoints/publish_version.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap},
-    fs::read_dir,
     io::{Cursor, Read, Write},
 };
 use tar::Archive;
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
     let mut docs = BTreeSet::new();
     let mut docs_pages = HashMap::new();
 
-    for entry in read_dir(package_dir.path())? {
+    for entry in fs_err::read_dir(package_dir.path())? {
         let entry = entry?;
         let file_name = entry
             .file_name()
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
             if file_name == "docs" {
                 let mut stack = vec![(
                     BTreeSet::new(),
-                    read_dir(entry.path())?,
+                    fs_err::read_dir(entry.path())?,
                     None::<DocEntryInfo>,
                 )];
 
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
                         if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
                             stack.push((
                                 BTreeSet::new(),
-                                read_dir(entry.path())?,
+                                fs_err::read_dir(entry.path())?,
                                 Some(DocEntryInfo {
                                     label: Some(file_name.to_case(Case::Title)),
                                     ..Default::default()
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
                         }
 
                         if file_name == "_category_.json" {
-                            let info = std::fs::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
+                            let info = fs_err::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
                             let mut info: DocEntryInfo = serde_json::from_str(&info)?;
                             let old_info = category_info.take();
                             info.label = info.label.or(old_info.and_then(|i| i.label));
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
                             continue;
                         };
 
-                        let content = std::fs::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
+                        let content = fs_err::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
                         let content = content.trim();
                         let hash = format!("{:x}", Sha256::digest(content.as_bytes()));
 
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
         }
 
         if file_name == MANIFEST_FILE_NAME {
-            let content = std::fs::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
+            let content = fs_err::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
 
             manifest = Some(toml::de::from_str(&content)?);
         } else if file_name
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ pub async fn publish_package(
                 return Err(Error::InvalidArchive);
             }
 
-            let file = std::fs::File::open(entry.path())?;
+            let file = fs_err::File::open(entry.path())?;
 
             let mut gz = flate2::read::GzEncoder::new(file, flate2::Compression::best());
             let mut bytes = vec![];
diff --git a/registry/src/main.rs b/registry/src/main.rs
index a4ab4bd..8b0891e 100644
--- a/registry/src/main.rs
+++ b/registry/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use actix_web::{
     web, App, HttpServer,
 };
 use log::info;
-use std::{env::current_dir, fs::create_dir_all, path::PathBuf, sync::Mutex};
+use std::{env::current_dir, path::PathBuf, sync::Mutex};
 
 use pesde::{
     source::{pesde::PesdePackageSource, traits::PackageSource},
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async fn run() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 
     let cwd = current_dir().unwrap();
     let data_dir = cwd.join("data");
-    create_dir_all(&data_dir).unwrap();
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&data_dir).unwrap();
 
     let project = Project::new(
         &cwd,
diff --git a/registry/src/storage/fs.rs b/registry/src/storage/fs.rs
index 9b3c21c..8f050f7 100644
--- a/registry/src/storage/fs.rs
+++ b/registry/src/storage/fs.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use actix_web::{
 use pesde::{names::PackageName, source::version_id::VersionId};
 use std::{
     fmt::Display,
-    fs::create_dir_all,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct FSStorage {
 }
 
 fn read_file_to_response(path: &Path, content_type: &str) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-    Ok(match std::fs::read(path) {
+    Ok(match fs_err::read(path) {
         Ok(contents) => HttpResponse::Ok()
             .append_header((CONTENT_TYPE, content_type))
             .append_header((CONTENT_ENCODING, "gzip"))
@@ -41,9 +40,9 @@ impl StorageImpl for FSStorage {
             .join(name)
             .join(version.version().to_string())
             .join(version.target().to_string());
-        create_dir_all(&path)?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&path)?;
 
-        std::fs::write(path.join("pkg.tar.gz"), &contents)?;
+        fs_err::write(path.join("pkg.tar.gz"), &contents)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -79,9 +78,9 @@ impl StorageImpl for FSStorage {
             .join(name)
             .join(version.version().to_string())
             .join(version.target().to_string());
-        create_dir_all(&path)?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&path)?;
 
-        std::fs::write(path.join("readme.gz"), &contents)?;
+        fs_err::write(path.join("readme.gz"), &contents)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -105,9 +104,9 @@ impl StorageImpl for FSStorage {
 
     async fn store_doc(&self, doc_hash: String, contents: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let path = self.root.join("Doc");
-        create_dir_all(&path)?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&path)?;
 
-        std::fs::write(path.join(format!("{doc_hash}.gz")), &contents)?;
+        fs_err::write(path.join(format!("{doc_hash}.gz")), &contents)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/config/scripts_repo.rs b/src/cli/commands/config/scripts_repo.rs
index cd20355..2c559e6 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/config/scripts_repo.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/config/scripts_repo.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl ScriptsRepoCommand {
                 config.scripts_repo = repo.clone();
                 write_config(&config)?;
 
-                std::fs::remove_dir_all(home_dir()?.join("scripts"))
+                fs_err::remove_dir_all(home_dir()?.join("scripts"))
                     .context("failed to remove scripts directory")?;
 
                 println!("scripts repo set to: {repo}");
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/execute.rs b/src/cli/commands/execute.rs
index 435a444..cd178d5 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/execute.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/execute.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl ExecuteCommand {
         let bin_path = target.bin_path().context("package has no binary export")?;
 
         let tmp_dir = project.cas_dir().join(".tmp");
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&tmp_dir).context("failed to create temporary directory")?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&tmp_dir).context("failed to create temporary directory")?;
 
         let tempdir =
             tempfile::tempdir_in(tmp_dir).context("failed to create temporary directory")?;
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/init.rs b/src/cli/commands/init.rs
index d0eff20..154550f 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/init.rs
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ impl InitCommand {
             let folder = project
                 .package_dir()
                 .join(concat!(".", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")));
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(&folder).context("failed to create scripts folder")?;
+            fs_err::create_dir_all(&folder).context("failed to create scripts folder")?;
 
-            std::fs::write(
+            fs_err::write(
                 folder.join(format!("{}.luau", ScriptName::RobloxSyncConfigGenerator)),
                 script_contents(Path::new(&format!(
                     "lune/rojo/{}.luau",
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl InitCommand {
             .context("failed to write sync config generator script file")?;
 
             #[cfg(feature = "wally-compat")]
-            std::fs::write(
+            fs_err::write(
                 folder.join(format!("{}.luau", ScriptName::SourcemapGenerator)),
                 script_contents(Path::new(&format!(
                     "lune/rojo/{}.luau",
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/install.rs b/src/cli/commands/install.rs
index f22141f..ec9f9cf 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/install.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/install.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl InstallCommand {
                 if deleted_folders.insert(folder.to_string()) {
                     log::debug!("deleting the {folder} folder");
 
-                    if let Some(e) = std::fs::remove_dir_all(project.package_dir().join(&folder))
+                    if let Some(e) = fs_err::remove_dir_all(project.package_dir().join(&folder))
                         .err()
                         .filter(|e| e.kind() != std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound)
                     {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ impl InstallCommand {
                 }
 
                 let bin_file = bin_folder.join(alias);
-                std::fs::write(&bin_file, bin_link_file(alias))
+                fs_err::write(&bin_file, bin_link_file(alias))
                     .context("failed to write bin link file")?;
 
                 make_executable(&bin_file).context("failed to make bin link executable")?;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl InstallCommand {
                 #[cfg(windows)]
                 {
                     let bin_file = bin_file.with_extension(std::env::consts::EXE_EXTENSION);
-                    std::fs::copy(
+                    fs_err::copy(
                         std::env::current_exe().context("failed to get current executable path")?,
                         &bin_file,
                     )
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/patch.rs b/src/cli/commands/patch.rs
index a43b797..2790d1e 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/patch.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/patch.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl PatchCommand {
             .join(name.escaped())
             .join(version_id.escaped())
             .join(chrono::Utc::now().timestamp().to_string());
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&directory)?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&directory)?;
 
         source
             .download(&node.node.pkg_ref, &project, &reqwest)?
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/patch_commit.rs b/src/cli/commands/patch_commit.rs
index 46d975b..4c8be10 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/patch_commit.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/patch_commit.rs
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ impl PatchCommitCommand {
         .context("failed to parse manifest")?;
 
         let patch = create_patch(&self.directory).context("failed to create patch")?;
-        std::fs::remove_dir_all(self.directory).context("failed to remove patch directory")?;
+        fs_err::remove_dir_all(self.directory).context("failed to remove patch directory")?;
 
         let patches_dir = project.package_dir().join("patches");
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&patches_dir).context("failed to create patches directory")?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&patches_dir).context("failed to create patches directory")?;
 
         let patch_file_name = format!("{}-{}.patch", name.escaped(), version_id.escaped());
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl PatchCommitCommand {
             anyhow::bail!("patch file already exists: {}", patch_file.display());
         }
 
-        std::fs::write(&patch_file, patch).context("failed to write patch file")?;
+        fs_err::write(&patch_file, patch).context("failed to write patch file")?;
 
         manifest["patches"].or_insert(toml_edit::Item::Table(toml_edit::Table::new()))
             [&name.to_string()][&version_id.to_string()] =
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/publish.rs b/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
index d3b7c24..840ffc1 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl PublishCommand {
             }
 
             let contents =
-                std::fs::read_to_string(&export_path).context(format!("failed to read {name}"))?;
+                fs_err::read_to_string(&export_path).context(format!("failed to read {name}"))?;
 
             if let Err(err) = full_moon::parse(&contents).map_err(|errs| {
                 errs.into_iter()
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ impl PublishCommand {
 
                 archive.append_file(
                     included_name,
-                    &mut std::fs::File::open(&included_path)
-                        .context(format!("failed to read {included_name}"))?,
+                    fs_err::File::open(&included_path)
+                        .context(format!("failed to read {included_name}"))?
+                        .file_mut(),
                 )?;
             } else {
                 display_includes.push(format!("{included_name}/*"));
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ impl PublishCommand {
                                 .context("failed to get workspace directory")?,
                         )
                         .join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME);
-                    let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(&manifest)
+                    let manifest = fs_err::read_to_string(&manifest)
                         .context("failed to read workspace package manifest")?;
                     let manifest = toml::from_str::<pesde::manifest::Manifest>(&manifest)
                         .context("failed to parse workspace package manifest")?;
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ impl PublishCommand {
         }
 
         if self.dry_run {
-            std::fs::write("package.tar.gz", archive)?;
+            fs_err::write("package.tar.gz", archive)?;
 
             println!(
                 "{}",
diff --git a/src/cli/config.rs b/src/cli/config.rs
index 9e49c68..a793e6d 100644
--- a/src/cli/config.rs
+++ b/src/cli/config.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Default for CliConfig {
 }
 
 pub fn read_config() -> anyhow::Result<CliConfig> {
-    let config_string = match std::fs::read_to_string(home_dir()?.join("config.toml")) {
+    let config_string = match fs_err::read_to_string(home_dir()?.join("config.toml")) {
         Ok(config_string) => config_string,
         Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
             return Ok(CliConfig::default());
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn read_config() -> anyhow::Result<CliConfig> {
 
 pub fn write_config(config: &CliConfig) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let config_string = toml::to_string(config).context("failed to serialize config")?;
-    std::fs::write(home_dir()?.join("config.toml"), config_string)
+    fs_err::write(home_dir()?.join("config.toml"), config_string)
         .context("failed to write config file")?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/cli/files.rs b/src/cli/files.rs
index b882b57..f41706f 100644
--- a/src/cli/files.rs
+++ b/src/cli/files.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ pub fn make_executable<P: AsRef<Path>>(_path: P) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         use anyhow::Context;
         use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
-        let mut perms = std::fs::metadata(&_path)
+        let mut perms = fs_err::metadata(&_path)
             .context("failed to get bin link file metadata")?
             .permissions();
         perms.set_mode(perms.mode() | 0o111);
-        std::fs::set_permissions(&_path, perms)
+        fs_err::set_permissions(&_path, perms)
             .context("failed to set bin link file permissions")?;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 35caa50..a15488c 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use pesde::{
 use relative_path::RelativePathBuf;
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet},
-    fs::create_dir_all,
     path::PathBuf,
     str::FromStr,
     sync::Arc,
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn home_dir() -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
 
 pub fn bin_dir() -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
     let bin_dir = home_dir()?.join("bin");
-    create_dir_all(&bin_dir).context("failed to create bin folder")?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&bin_dir).context("failed to create bin folder")?;
     Ok(bin_dir)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cli/repos.rs b/src/cli/repos.rs
index fbbe8f7..c2bf3f9 100644
--- a/src/cli/repos.rs
+++ b/src/cli/repos.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fn update_repo<P: AsRef<Path>>(
             .write(gix::index::write::Options::default())
             .context("failed to write index")?;
     } else {
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(path).context(format!("failed to create {name} directory"))?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(path).context(format!("failed to create {name} directory"))?;
 
         gix::prepare_clone(url, path)
             .context(format!("failed to prepare {name} repository clone"))?
diff --git a/src/cli/version.rs b/src/cli/version.rs
index 2634681..6e9700f 100644
--- a/src/cli/version.rs
+++ b/src/cli/version.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use colored::Colorize;
 use reqwest::header::ACCEPT;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use std::{fs::create_dir_all, io::Read, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{io::Read, path::PathBuf};
 
 use crate::cli::{
     bin_dir,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn get_or_download_version(
     version: &Version,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
     let path = home_dir()?.join("versions");
-    create_dir_all(&path).context("failed to create versions directory")?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&path).context("failed to create versions directory")?;
 
     let path = path.join(format!("{version}{}", std::env::consts::EXE_SUFFIX));
 
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ pub fn get_or_download_version(
     }
 
     if is_requested_version {
-        std::fs::copy(std::env::current_exe()?, &path)
+        fs_err::copy(std::env::current_exe()?, &path)
             .context("failed to copy current executable to version directory")?;
     } else {
         let bytes = download_github_release(reqwest, version)?;
-        std::fs::write(&path, bytes).context("failed to write downloaded version file")?;
+        fs_err::write(&path, bytes).context("failed to write downloaded version file")?;
     }
 
     make_executable(&path).context("failed to make downloaded version executable")?;
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ pub fn get_or_download_version(
 
 pub fn max_installed_version() -> anyhow::Result<Version> {
     let versions_dir = home_dir()?.join("versions");
-    create_dir_all(&versions_dir).context("failed to create versions directory")?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&versions_dir).context("failed to create versions directory")?;
 
-    let max_version = std::fs::read_dir(versions_dir)
+    let max_version = fs_err::read_dir(versions_dir)
         .context("failed to read versions directory")?
         .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?
         .into_iter()
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ pub fn update_bin_exe() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         std::env::consts::EXE_SUFFIX
     ));
 
-    std::fs::copy(std::env::current_exe()?, &copy_to)
+    fs_err::copy(std::env::current_exe()?, &copy_to)
         .context("failed to copy executable to bin folder")?;
 
     make_executable(&copy_to)
diff --git a/src/download.rs b/src/download.rs
index fd22341..b5f529d 100644
--- a/src/download.rs
+++ b/src/download.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use crate::{
     },
     Project, PACKAGES_CONTAINER_NAME,
 };
+use fs_err::create_dir_all;
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
-    fs::create_dir_all,
     sync::{mpsc::Receiver, Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub mod errors {
         RefreshFailed(#[from] Box<crate::source::errors::RefreshError>),
 
         /// Error interacting with the filesystem
-        #[error("error interacting with filesystem")]
+        #[error("error interacting with the filesystem")]
         Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
 
         /// Error downloading a package
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bcf9c35..3a9c21d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -138,31 +138,31 @@ impl Project {
 
     /// Read the manifest file
     pub fn read_manifest(&self) -> Result<String, errors::ManifestReadError> {
-        let string = std::fs::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))?;
+        let string = fs_err::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))?;
         Ok(string)
     }
 
     /// Deserialize the manifest file
     pub fn deser_manifest(&self) -> Result<Manifest, errors::ManifestReadError> {
-        let string = std::fs::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))?;
+        let string = fs_err::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))?;
         Ok(toml::from_str(&string)?)
     }
 
     /// Write the manifest file
     pub fn write_manifest<S: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, manifest: S) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-        std::fs::write(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME), manifest.as_ref())
+        fs_err::write(self.package_dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME), manifest.as_ref())
     }
 
     /// Deserialize the lockfile
     pub fn deser_lockfile(&self) -> Result<Lockfile, errors::LockfileReadError> {
-        let string = std::fs::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(LOCKFILE_FILE_NAME))?;
+        let string = fs_err::read_to_string(self.package_dir.join(LOCKFILE_FILE_NAME))?;
         Ok(toml::from_str(&string)?)
     }
 
     /// Write the lockfile
     pub fn write_lockfile(&self, lockfile: Lockfile) -> Result<(), errors::LockfileWriteError> {
         let string = toml::to_string(&lockfile)?;
-        std::fs::write(self.package_dir.join(LOCKFILE_FILE_NAME), string)?;
+        fs_err::write(self.package_dir.join(LOCKFILE_FILE_NAME), string)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ impl Project {
         dir: P,
     ) -> Result<HashMap<PathBuf, Manifest>, errors::WorkspaceMembersError> {
         let dir = dir.as_ref().to_path_buf();
-        let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
-            .map_err(|e| errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestMissing(dir.to_path_buf(), e))?;
+        let manifest = fs_err::read_to_string(dir.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
+            .map_err(errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestMissing)?;
         let manifest = toml::from_str::<Manifest>(&manifest).map_err(|e| {
             errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestDeser(dir.to_path_buf(), Box::new(e))
         })?;
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ impl Project {
         members
             .into_iter()
             .map(|path| {
-                let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(path.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
-                    .map_err(|e| errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestMissing(path.clone(), e))?;
+                let manifest = fs_err::read_to_string(path.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
+                    .map_err(errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestMissing)?;
                 let manifest = toml::from_str::<Manifest>(&manifest).map_err(|e| {
                     errors::WorkspaceMembersError::ManifestDeser(path.clone(), Box::new(e))
                 })?;
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ pub mod errors {
     #[non_exhaustive]
     pub enum WorkspaceMembersError {
         /// The manifest file could not be found
-        #[error("missing manifest file at {0}")]
-        ManifestMissing(PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
+        #[error("missing manifest file")]
+        ManifestMissing(#[source] std::io::Error),
 
         /// An error occurred deserializing the manifest file
         #[error("error deserializing manifest file at {0}")]
diff --git a/src/linking/mod.rs b/src/linking/mod.rs
index f4b8818..56281c1 100644
--- a/src/linking/mod.rs
+++ b/src/linking/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::{
 use std::{
     collections::BTreeMap,
     ffi::OsStr,
-    fs::create_dir_all,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -18,14 +17,14 @@ pub mod generator;
 
 fn create_and_canonicalize<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> std::io::Result<PathBuf> {
     let p = path.as_ref();
-    create_dir_all(p)?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(p)?;
     p.canonicalize()
 }
 
 fn write_cas(destination: PathBuf, cas_dir: &Path, contents: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let cas_path = store_in_cas(cas_dir, contents.as_bytes())?.1;
 
-    std::fs::hard_link(cas_path, destination)
+    fs_err::hard_link(cas_path, destination)
 }
 
 impl Project {
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ impl Project {
                 let types = if lib_file.as_str() != LINK_LIB_NO_FILE_FOUND {
                     let lib_file = lib_file.to_path(&container_folder);
 
-                    let contents = match std::fs::read_to_string(&lib_file) {
+                    let contents = match fs_err::read_to_string(&lib_file) {
                         Ok(contents) => contents,
                         Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
                             return Err(errors::LinkingError::LibFileNotFound(
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 08e9478..3b1602c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use indicatif_log_bridge::LogWrapper;
 use pesde::{AuthConfig, Project, MANIFEST_FILE_NAME};
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
-    fs::{create_dir_all, hard_link, remove_file},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     thread::spawn,
 };
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ fn get_linkable_dir(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 
         let try_path = curr_path.join(temp_file_name);
 
-        if hard_link(file_to_try.path(), &try_path).is_ok() {
-            if let Err(err) = remove_file(&try_path) {
+        if fs_err::hard_link(file_to_try.path(), &try_path).is_ok() {
+            if let Err(err) = fs_err::remove_file(&try_path) {
                 log::warn!(
                     "failed to remove temporary file at {}: {err}",
                     try_path.display()
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut workspace_dir = None::<PathBuf>;
 
         fn get_workspace_members(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<HashSet<PathBuf>> {
-            let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(path.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
+            let manifest = fs_err::read_to_string(path.join(MANIFEST_FILE_NAME))
                 .context("failed to read manifest")?;
             let manifest: pesde::manifest::Manifest =
                 toml::from_str(&manifest).context("failed to parse manifest")?;
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let home_dir = home_dir()?;
     let data_dir = home_dir.join("data");
-    create_dir_all(&data_dir).expect("failed to create data directory");
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&data_dir).expect("failed to create data directory");
 
     let cas_dir = get_linkable_dir(&project_root_dir).join(HOME_DIR);
 
diff --git a/src/patches.rs b/src/patches.rs
index 79c0793..14d6ac9 100644
--- a/src/patches.rs
+++ b/src/patches.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ use crate::{
     lockfile::DownloadedGraph, source::traits::PackageRef, Project, MANIFEST_FILE_NAME,
     PACKAGES_CONTAINER_NAME,
 };
+use fs_err::read;
 use git2::{ApplyLocation, ApplyOptions, Diff, DiffFormat, DiffLineType, Repository, Signature};
 use relative_path::RelativePathBuf;
-use std::{fs::read, path::Path};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 /// Set up a git repository for patches
 pub fn setup_patches_repo<P: AsRef<Path>>(dir: P) -> Result<Repository, git2::Error> {
@@ -77,9 +78,9 @@ impl Project {
         for (name, versions) in manifest.patches {
             for (version_id, patch_path) in versions {
                 let patch_path = patch_path.to_path(self.package_dir());
-                let patch = Diff::from_buffer(&read(&patch_path).map_err(|e| {
-                    errors::ApplyPatchesError::PatchReadError(patch_path.clone(), e)
-                })?)?;
+                let patch = Diff::from_buffer(
+                    &read(&patch_path).map_err(errors::ApplyPatchesError::PatchRead)?,
+                )?;
 
                 let Some(node) = graph
                     .get(&name)
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ impl Project {
                         // there is no way (as far as I know) to check if it's hardlinked
                         // so, we always unlink it
                         let content = read(&path).unwrap();
-                        std::fs::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
-                        std::fs::write(path, content).unwrap();
+                        fs_err::remove_file(&path).unwrap();
+                        fs_err::write(path, content).unwrap();
 
                         true
                     });
@@ -144,9 +145,8 @@ impl Project {
 
                 log::debug!("patch applied to {name}@{version_id}, removing .git directory");
 
-                std::fs::remove_dir_all(container_folder.join(".git")).map_err(|e| {
-                    errors::ApplyPatchesError::GitDirectoryRemovalError(container_folder, e)
-                })?;
+                fs_err::remove_dir_all(container_folder.join(".git"))
+                    .map_err(errors::ApplyPatchesError::DotGitRemove)?;
             }
         }
 
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ impl Project {
 
 /// Errors that can occur when using patches
 pub mod errors {
-    use std::path::PathBuf;
-
     use thiserror::Error;
 
     /// Errors that can occur when applying patches
@@ -170,14 +168,14 @@ pub mod errors {
 
         /// Error interacting with git
         #[error("error interacting with git")]
-        GitError(#[from] git2::Error),
+        Git(#[from] git2::Error),
 
         /// Error reading the patch file
-        #[error("error reading patch file at {0}")]
-        PatchReadError(PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
+        #[error("error reading patch file")]
+        PatchRead(#[source] std::io::Error),
 
         /// Error removing the .git directory
         #[error("error removing .git directory")]
-        GitDirectoryRemovalError(PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
+        DotGitRemove(#[source] std::io::Error),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/source/fs.rs b/src/source/fs.rs
index cba9952..812ec92 100644
--- a/src/source/fs.rs
+++ b/src/source/fs.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub enum PackageFS {
     Copy(PathBuf, TargetKind),
 }
 
-fn make_readonly(_file: &std::fs::File) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+fn make_readonly(_file: &fs_err::File) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     // on Windows, file deletion is disallowed if the file is read-only which breaks patching
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
     {
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ pub(crate) fn store_in_cas<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     let (prefix, rest) = hash.split_at(2);
 
     let folder = cas_dir.as_ref().join(prefix);
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&folder)?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&folder)?;
 
     let cas_path = folder.join(rest);
     if !cas_path.exists() {
-        let mut file = std::fs::File::create(&cas_path)?;
+        let mut file = fs_err::File::create(&cas_path)?;
         file.write_all(contents)?;
 
         make_readonly(&file)?;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub(crate) fn store_reader_in_cas<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     contents: &mut dyn Read,
 ) -> std::io::Result<String> {
     let tmp_dir = cas_dir.as_ref().join(".tmp");
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&tmp_dir)?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&tmp_dir)?;
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     let mut buf = [0; 8 * 1024];
     let mut file_writer = BufWriter::new(tempfile::NamedTempFile::new_in(&tmp_dir)?);
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ pub(crate) fn store_reader_in_cas<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     let (prefix, rest) = hash.split_at(2);
 
     let folder = cas_dir.as_ref().join(prefix);
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&folder)?;
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&folder)?;
 
     let cas_path = folder.join(rest);
-    match file_writer.into_inner()?.persist_noclobber(cas_path) {
-        Ok(f) => {
-            make_readonly(&f)?;
+    match file_writer.into_inner()?.persist_noclobber(&cas_path) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            make_readonly(&fs_err::File::open(cas_path)?)?;
         }
         Err(e) if e.error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {}
         Err(e) => return Err(e.error),
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ fn copy_dir_all(
     dst: impl AsRef<Path>,
     target: TargetKind,
 ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dst)?;
-    'outer: for entry in std::fs::read_dir(src)? {
+    fs_err::create_dir_all(&dst)?;
+    'outer: for entry in fs_err::read_dir(src.as_ref().to_path_buf())? {
         let entry = entry?;
         let ty = entry.file_type()?;
         let file_name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ fn copy_dir_all(
                 continue;
             }
 
-            std::fs::copy(entry.path(), dst.as_ref().join(file_name))?;
+            fs_err::copy(entry.path(), dst.as_ref().join(file_name))?;
         }
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -158,17 +158,17 @@ impl PackageFS {
                     match entry {
                         FSEntry::File(hash) => {
                             if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
-                                std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+                                fs_err::create_dir_all(parent)?;
                             }
 
                             let (prefix, rest) = hash.split_at(2);
                             let cas_file_path = cas_path.as_ref().join(prefix).join(rest);
 
                             if link {
-                                std::fs::hard_link(cas_file_path, path)?;
+                                fs_err::hard_link(cas_file_path, path)?;
                             } else {
-                                let mut f = std::fs::File::create(&path)?;
-                                f.write_all(&std::fs::read(cas_file_path)?)?;
+                                let mut f = fs_err::File::create(&path)?;
+                                f.write_all(&fs_err::read(cas_file_path)?)?;
 
                                 #[cfg(unix)]
                                 {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl PackageFS {
                             }
                         }
                         FSEntry::Directory => {
-                            std::fs::create_dir_all(path)?;
+                            fs_err::create_dir_all(path)?;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -205,6 +205,6 @@ impl PackageFS {
 
         let (prefix, rest) = file_hash.as_ref().split_at(2);
         let cas_file_path = cas_path.as_ref().join(prefix).join(rest);
-        std::fs::read_to_string(cas_file_path).ok()
+        fs_err::read_to_string(cas_file_path).ok()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/source/git/mod.rs b/src/source/git/mod.rs
index 0fe0eb3..c1fb812 100644
--- a/src/source/git/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/git/mod.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl PackageSource for GitPackageSource {
             .join(hash(self.as_bytes()))
             .join(&pkg_ref.tree_id);
 
-        match std::fs::read_to_string(&index_file) {
+        match fs_err::read_to_string(&index_file) {
             Ok(s) => {
                 log::debug!(
                     "using cached index file for package {}#{} {}",
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ impl PackageSource for GitPackageSource {
         };
 
         if let Some(parent) = index_file.parent() {
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+            fs_err::create_dir_all(parent)?;
         }
 
-        std::fs::write(
+        fs_err::write(
             &index_file,
             toml::to_string(&fs).map_err(|e| {
                 errors::DownloadError::SerializeIndex(Box::new(self.repo_url.clone()), e)
diff --git a/src/source/git_index.rs b/src/source/git_index.rs
index 14b6838..b2dca21 100644
--- a/src/source/git_index.rs
+++ b/src/source/git_index.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub trait GitBasedSource {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
+        fs_err::create_dir_all(&path)?;
 
         let auth_config = project.auth_config.clone();
 
diff --git a/src/source/pesde/mod.rs b/src/source/pesde/mod.rs
index 064ed9c..de8a242 100644
--- a/src/source/pesde/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/pesde/mod.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl PackageSource for PesdePackageSource {
             .join(pkg_ref.version.to_string())
             .join(pkg_ref.target.to_string());
 
-        match std::fs::read_to_string(&index_file) {
+        match fs_err::read_to_string(&index_file) {
             Ok(s) => {
                 log::debug!(
                     "using cached index file for package {}@{} {}",
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ impl PackageSource for PesdePackageSource {
         let fs = PackageFS::CAS(entries);
 
         if let Some(parent) = index_file.parent() {
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
+            fs_err::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
         }
 
-        std::fs::write(&index_file, toml::to_string(&fs)?)
+        fs_err::write(&index_file, toml::to_string(&fs)?)
             .map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
 
         Ok((fs, pkg_ref.target.clone()))
diff --git a/src/source/wally/compat_util.rs b/src/source/wally/compat_util.rs
index 44b5ee2..b11629e 100644
--- a/src/source/wally/compat_util.rs
+++ b/src/source/wally/compat_util.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_target(
     let build_files = Default::default();
 
     let manifest = tempdir.path().join(WALLY_MANIFEST_FILE_NAME);
-    let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(&manifest)?;
+    let manifest = fs_err::read_to_string(&manifest)?;
     let manifest: WallyManifest = toml::from_str(&manifest)?;
 
     Ok(if matches!(manifest.package.realm, Realm::Shared) {
diff --git a/src/source/wally/mod.rs b/src/source/wally/mod.rs
index d310d00..b0d03ee 100644
--- a/src/source/wally/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/wally/mod.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl PackageSource for WallyPackageSource {
             .join(pkg_ref.name.escaped())
             .join(pkg_ref.version.to_string());
 
-        let tempdir = match std::fs::read_to_string(&index_file) {
+        let tempdir = match fs_err::read_to_string(&index_file) {
             Ok(s) => {
                 log::debug!(
                     "using cached index file for package {}@{}",
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl PackageSource for WallyPackageSource {
 
         let mut entries = BTreeMap::new();
 
-        let mut dir_entries = std::fs::read_dir(tempdir.path())?.collect::<VecDeque<_>>();
+        let mut dir_entries = fs_err::read_dir(tempdir.path())?.collect::<VecDeque<_>>();
         while let Some(entry) = dir_entries.pop_front() {
             let entry = entry?;
             let path =
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl PackageSource for WallyPackageSource {
                 }
 
                 entries.insert(path, FSEntry::Directory);
-                dir_entries.extend(std::fs::read_dir(entry.path())?);
+                dir_entries.extend(fs_err::read_dir(entry.path())?);
 
                 continue;
             }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl PackageSource for WallyPackageSource {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            let mut file = std::fs::File::open(entry.path())?;
+            let mut file = fs_err::File::open(entry.path())?;
             let hash = store_reader_in_cas(project.cas_dir(), &mut file)?;
             entries.insert(path, FSEntry::File(hash));
         }
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ impl PackageSource for WallyPackageSource {
         let fs = PackageFS::CAS(entries);
 
         if let Some(parent) = index_file.parent() {
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
+            fs_err::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
         }
 
-        std::fs::write(&index_file, toml::to_string(&fs)?)
+        fs_err::write(&index_file, toml::to_string(&fs)?)
             .map_err(errors::DownloadError::WriteIndex)?;
 
         Ok((fs, get_target(project, &tempdir)?))