diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d41bdbb..3a05685e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.180", optional = true }
 slotmap = "1.0.6"
 thiserror = "1.0.44"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", optional = true }
-tracing = "0.1"
+tracing.workspace = true
 unicode-segmentation = "1.6"
 url = "2.4.0"
 zbus = {version = "3.14.1", default-features = false, optional = true}
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ exclude = ["examples/design-demo", "iced"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 dirs = "5.0.1"
+tracing = "0.1"
 
 
 [patch."https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic"]
diff --git a/cosmic-config-derive/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-config-derive/Cargo.toml
index 46d79658..0c30cecd 100644
--- a/cosmic-config-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-config-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
 syn = "1.0"
-quote = "1.0"
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+quote = "1.0"
+tracing.workspace = true
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diff --git a/cosmic-config-derive/src/lib.rs b/cosmic-config-derive/src/lib.rs
index e1ea70fe..a7c253c5 100644
--- a/cosmic-config-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cosmic-config-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,11 +89,25 @@ fn impl_cosmic_config_entry_macro(ast: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
         Some(quote! {
             #[doc = #doc]
             ///
-            /// Returns `Ok(true)` when the field's value has changed and was written to disk
-            pub fn #setter_name(&mut self, config: &cosmic_config::Config, value: #field_type) -> Result<bool, cosmic_config::Error> {
+            /// Returns `Ok(true)` when the field's value has changed and was written to disk.
+            /// Log error in case of faillure
+            pub fn #setter_name(&mut self, config: &Option<cosmic_config::Config>, value: #field_type) -> Result<bool, cosmic_config::Error> {
                 if self.#field_name != value {
                     self.#field_name = value;
-                    cosmic_config::ConfigSet::set(config, stringify!(#field_name), &self.#field_name)?;
+                    match config {
+                        Some(config) => {
+                            if let Err(err) = cosmic_config::ConfigSet::set(config, stringify!(#field_name), &self.#field_name) {
+                                tracing::error!("failed to save config {:?}: {}", stringify!(#field_name), err);
+                                return Err(err);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            tracing::error!(
+                                "failed to save config {}: no config handler",
+                                stringify!(#field_name),
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
                     Ok(true)
                 } else {
                     Ok(false)
diff --git a/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
index 5acc85ab..eaa9b5c6 100644
--- a/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ csscolorparser = {version = "0.6.2", features = ["serde"]}
 cosmic-config = { path = "../cosmic-config/", default-features = false, features = ["subscription", "macro"] }
 dirs.workspace = true
 thiserror = "1.0.5"
+tracing.workspace = true
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