diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 68ff7e7..df63c57 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Config {
         Ok(format!(
             "{home}/.config/herbstluftwm/hlctl.toml",
             home = env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
-                .unwrap_or_log(env::var("HOME").map_err(|_| ConfigError::HomeNotSet)?)
+                .unwrap_or(env::var("HOME").map_err(|_| ConfigError::HomeNotSet)?)
         ))
     }
 
@@ -220,8 +220,9 @@ impl Config {
         info!("loading attr settings command set");
         Ok([
             (Self::FONT, Some(self.font.clone())),
-            (Self::MOD_KEY, Some(self.mod_key.to_string())),
             (Self::FONT_BOLD, Some(self.font_bold.clone())),
+            (Self::FONT_PANGO, Some(self.font_pango.clone())),
+            (Self::FONT_PANGO_BOLD, Some(self.font_pango_bold.clone())),
             (
                 Self::SERVICES,
                 if self.services.len() == 0 {
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ impl Config {
                     Some(serde_json::ser::to_string(&self.services)?)
                 },
             ),
+            (Self::MOD_KEY, Some(self.mod_key.to_string())),
         ]
         .into_iter()
         .filter(|(_, attr)| attr.is_some())
@@ -326,8 +328,8 @@ impl Config {
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|mb| HlwmCommand::Mousebind(mb)),
         )
-        .chain(self.attrs_set()?)
         .chain(self.theme_command_set())
+        .chain(self.attrs_set()?)
         .chain(self.tag_command_set())
         .chain(self.settings_command_set())
         .chain(self.rule_command_set())
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ebb0ce8..63142b5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,16 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-fn load_or_default_config() -> Config {
-    Config::from_file(&Path::new(&Config::default_path().unwrap())).unwrap_or_log(Config::default())
+fn load_config() -> Config {
+    match Config::from_file(&Path::new(&Config::default_path().unwrap())) {
+        Ok(cfg) => cfg,
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Could not load config. Error: {err}");
+            error!("");
+            error!("Hint: try calling `hlctl save` to save a default or collected config");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn x_set_root(path: PathBuf) {
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ fn init() {
     info!("loading config");
     hlwm::Client::new()
         .execute_iter(
-            load_or_default_config()
+            load_config()
                 .to_command_set()
                 .expect("marshalling init command set"),
         )
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ fn init() {
 }
 
 fn merged_config() -> Config {
-    let default = load_or_default_config();
+    let default = load_config();
     let mut collected = Config::from_herbstluft();
     collected.tags = default.tags;