diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a9eeb76..4f58e4c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2692800d602527d2b8fea50036119c37df74ab565b10e285706a3dcec0ec3e16"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "addr2line"
-version = "0.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b6a2d3371669ab3ca9797670853d61402b03d0b4b9ebf33d677dfa720203072"
-dependencies = [
- "gimli",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "adler"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -36,6 +27,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b602bfe940d21c130f3895acd65221e8a61270debe89d628b9cb4e3ccb8569b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -65,20 +62,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.50"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "46254cf2fdcdf1badb5934448c1bcbe046a56537b3987d96c51a7afc5d03f293"
-dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "miniz_oxide 0.4.2",
- "object",
- "rustc-demangle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -464,28 +447,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "failure"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d32e9bd16cc02eae7db7ef620b392808b89f6a5e16bb3497d159c6b92a0f4f86"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
- "failure_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "failure_derive"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.21",
- "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.41",
- "synstructure",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.17"
@@ -582,12 +543,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gimli"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aaf91faf136cb47367fa430cd46e37a788775e7fa104f8b4bcb3861dc389b724"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -902,12 +857,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "object"
-version = "0.20.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ab52be62400ca80aa00285d25253d7f7c437b7375c4de678f5405d3afe82ca5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "onig"
 version = "6.1.0"
@@ -1208,12 +1157,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-demangle"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c691c0e608126e00913e33f0ccf3727d5fc84573623b8d65b2df340b5201783"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -1328,11 +1271,11 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "silicon"
 version = "0.3.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "clipboard",
  "clipboard-win 4.0.3",
  "conv",
  "env_logger",
- "failure",
  "font-kit",
  "image",
  "imageproc",
@@ -1424,18 +1367,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "synstructure"
-version = "0.12.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b834f2d66f734cb897113e34aaff2f1ab4719ca946f9a7358dba8f8064148701"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.21",
- "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.41",
- "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syntect"
 version = "4.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8fd6afd..161e7f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ version = "4.4"
 default-features = false
 features = ["parsing", "dump-load", "regex-onig"]
 
-[dependencies.failure]
-version = "0.1.8"
+[dependencies.anyhow]
+version = "1.0"
 optional = true
 
 [dependencies.structopt]
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ optional = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["bin"]
-bin = ["structopt", "env_logger", "failure"]
+bin = ["structopt", "env_logger", "anyhow"]
diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index f530edb..8ff2559 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate failure;
+extern crate anyhow;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::utils::*;
-use failure::Error;
+use anyhow::Error;
 use image::DynamicImage;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use syntect::easy::HighlightLines;
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index d700df0..55ac0ee 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::formatter::{ImageFormatter, ImageFormatterBuilder};
 use crate::utils::{ShadowAdder, ToRgba};
 use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
-use failure::Error;
+use anyhow::Error;
 use image::Rgba;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stdin, Read};