diff --git a/auxilary.py b/auxilary.py
index ec7dc2f..be1b3a8 100644
--- a/auxilary.py
+++ b/auxilary.py
@@ -18,6 +18,38 @@ class ConfigFile():
 		with open(self._path, 'w') as f:
 			yaml.dump(self._dict, f, default_flow_style=False)
 
+class async:
+	def __init__(self, daemon=False):
+		self._daemon = daemon
+
+	def __call__(self, f):
+		def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+			t = Thread(target=f, daemon=self._daemon, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
+			t.start()
+		return wrapper
+
+class CountdownTimer(Thread):
+	def __init__(self, countdownSeconds, action, sound=None):
+		self._stopper = Event()
+
+		def countdown():
+			for i in range(countdownSeconds, 0, -1):
+				if self._stopper.isSet():
+					return None
+				if sound and i < countdownSeconds:
+					sound.play()
+				time.sleep(1)
+			action()
+
+		super().__init__(target=countdown, daemon=True)
+		self.start()
+
+	def stop(self):
+		self._stopper.set()
+
+	def __del__(self):
+		self.stop()
+
 def freeBusyPath(path, logger=None):
 	# check if any other processes are using file path
 	# if found, politely ask them to exit, else nuke them
@@ -50,34 +82,5 @@ def freeBusyPath(path, logger=None):
 				logger.warning('Failed to terminate PID %s. Sending SIGKILL', p.pid)
 			p.kill()
 
-class async:
-	def __init__(self, daemon=False):
-		self._daemon = daemon
-		
-	def __call__(self, f):
-		def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-			t = Thread(target=f, daemon=self._daemon, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
-			t.start()
-		return wrapper
-
-class CountdownTimer(Thread):
-	def __init__(self, countdownSeconds, action, sound=None):
-		self._stopper = Event()
-		
-		def countdown():
-			for i in range(countdownSeconds, 0, -1):
-				if self._stopper.isSet():
-					return None
-				if sound and i < countdownSeconds:
-					sound.play()
-				time.sleep(1)
-			action()
-		
-		super().__init__(target=countdown, daemon=True)
-		self.start()
-		
-	def stop(self):
-		self._stopper.set()
-		
-	def __del__(self):
-		self.stop()
+def fallbackLogger(module, loglevel, msg):
+	print('[{}] [{}] Logger not initialized, this will only go to console:\n{}'.format(module, loglevel, msg))
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index a0cec71..9ed5b3a 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
 from queue import Queue
 from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
 
+from auxilary import fallbackLogger
+
+def printTrace(t):
+	fallbackLogger(__name__, 'CRITICAL', t)
+
 def clean():
 	GPIO.cleanup()
 
@@ -12,17 +17,22 @@ def clean():
 		stateMachine.__del__()
 	except NameError:
 		pass
-		
+
+	# TODO: this part is really wordy and makes me sad
 	try:
 		logger.info('Terminated root process - PID: %s', os.getpid())
 		logger.stop()
 	except NameError:
 		pass
+	except Exception:
+		printTrace(traceback.format_exc())
 
 	try:
 		manager.__del__() # kill process 2
 	except NameError:
 		pass
+	except Exception:
+		printTrace(traceback.format_exc())
 
 def sigtermHandler(signum, stackFrame):
 	logger.info('Caught SIGTERM')
@@ -44,7 +54,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		
 		GPIO.setwarnings(False)
 		GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
-		
+
 		manager = ResourceManager()
 		manager.start() # Child process 1
 		
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		
 		from stateMachine import StateMachine
 		stateMachine = StateMachine()
-		
+
 		# TODO: segfaults are annoying :(
 		#~ signal.signal(signal.SIGSEGV, sig_handler)
 		signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigtermHandler)
@@ -67,7 +77,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 			time.sleep(31536000)
 
 	except Exception:
-		t = 'Exception caught:\n' + traceback.format_exc()
+		t = traceback.format_exc()
 
 		try:
 			criticalError(t)
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		try:
 			logger.critical(t)
 		except NameError:
-			print('[__main__] [CRITICAL] Logger not initialized, using print for console output:\n' + t)
-			
+			printTrace(t)
+	
+	finally:
 		clean()
diff --git a/sharedLogging.py b/sharedLogging.py
index ac2e44c..bc690c9 100644
--- a/sharedLogging.py
+++ b/sharedLogging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import logging, os
+import logging, os, sys
 from subprocess import run, PIPE, CalledProcessError
 from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler, QueueListener, QueueHandler
 
+from auxilary import fallbackLogger
+
 def SlaveLogger(name, level, queue):
 	logger = logging.getLogger(name)
 	logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, level))
@@ -29,8 +31,12 @@ class GlusterFS():
 		try:
 			run(cmd, check=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
 		except CalledProcessError as e:
-			print(e.stderr.decode('ascii').rstrip())
-		
+			# we assume that this will only get thrown when the logger is not
+			# active, so use fallback to get the explicit mount errors
+			stderr=e.stderr.decode('ascii').rstrip()
+			fallbackLogger(__name__, 'CRITICAL', stderr)
+			sys.exit()
+
 class MasterLogger():
 	def __init__(self, name, level, queue):
 		mountpoint = '/mnt/glusterfs/pyledriver'