diff --git a/ctru-rs/src/error.rs b/ctru-rs/src/error.rs
index 87170ad..186de3d 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/src/error.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/src/error.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ pub enum Error {
         /// Size of the requested data (in bytes).
         wanted: usize,
     },
+    /// An error that doesn't fit into the other categories.
+    Other(String),
 }
 
 impl Error {
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Error {
                 .field("provided", provided)
                 .field("wanted", wanted)
                 .finish(),
+            Self::Other(err) => f.debug_tuple("Other").field(err).finish(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -175,7 +178,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Self::OutputAlreadyRedirected => {
                 write!(f, "output streams are already redirected to 3dslink")
             }
-            Self::BufferTooShort{provided, wanted} => write!(f, "the provided buffer's length is too short (length = {provided}) to hold the wanted data (size = {wanted})")
+            Self::BufferTooShort{provided, wanted} => write!(f, "the provided buffer's length is too short (length = {provided}) to hold the wanted data (size = {wanted})"),
+            Self::Other(err) => write!(f, "{err}"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ctru-rs/src/services/ir_user.rs b/ctru-rs/src/services/ir_user.rs
index bb451d0..0860046 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/src/services/ir_user.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/src/services/ir_user.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::ResultCode;
 use crate::services::ServiceReference;
+use crate::Error;
 use ctru_sys::{Handle, MEMPERM_READ, MEMPERM_READWRITE};
 use std::alloc::Layout;
 use std::cmp::max;
@@ -107,14 +108,22 @@ impl IrUser {
                     recv_buffer_size,
                     recv_packet_count,
                 };
-                *IR_USER_STATE.lock().unwrap() = Some(user_state);
+                let mut ir_user_state = IR_USER_STATE
+                    .lock()
+                    .map_err(|e| Error::Other(format!("Failed to write to IR_USER_STATE: {e}")))?;
+                *ir_user_state = Some(user_state);
 
                 Ok(())
             },
             || {
                 // Remove our service state from the global location
-                let mut shared_mem_guard = IR_USER_STATE.lock().unwrap();
-                let shared_mem = shared_mem_guard.take().unwrap();
+                let mut shared_mem_guard = IR_USER_STATE
+                    .lock()
+                    .expect("Failed to write to IR_USER_STATE");
+                let Some(shared_mem) = shared_mem_guard.take() else {
+                    // If we don't have any state, then we don't need to clean up.
+                    return;
+                };
 
                 (move || unsafe {
                     // Close service and memory handles