diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2550126..e3d48e6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,18 @@ static Napi::Object getDiskUsage(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
 
   Napi::String path = info[0].As<Napi::String>();
   std::string pathText = path;
-  
-  DiskUsage usage = GetDiskUsage(pathText.c_str());
+
+  DiskUsage usage = {};
+  try {
+    usage = GetDiskUsage(pathText.c_str());
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
+    throw Napi::Error::New(env, std::string("GetDiskUsage failed: ") + e.what());
+  } catch (const SystemError& e) {
+    std::string errorMessage = "SystemError: " + e.message() + " (syscall: " + e.syscall() + ", errno: " + std::to_string(e.errorno()) + ", path: " + e.path() + ")";
+    throw Napi::Error::New(env, errorMessage);
+  } catch (...) {
+    throw Napi::Error::New(env, "An unknown error occurred while getting disk usage");
+  }
 
   Napi::Object result = Napi::Object::New(env);
   result.Set("available", Napi::Number::New(env, static_cast<double>(usage.available)));