diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5367a72..c2ebba1 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 {
     "files.associations": {
         "relay_chn.h": "c"
-    },
-    "idf.customExtraVars": {
-        "OPENOCD_SCRIPTS": "/home/ismail/.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20240318/openocd-esp32/share/openocd/scripts",
-        "ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR": "/home/ismail/.espressif/tools/esp-rom-elfs/20240305/",
-        "IDF_TARGET": "esp32c3"
-    },
-    "idf.openOcdConfigs": [
-        "board/esp32c3-builtin.cfg"
-    ],
-    "idf.espIdfPath": "/disk/Depo/Developer/SDK/esp-idf/v5.4/esp-idf",
-    "idf.toolsPath": "/home/ismail/.espressif",
-    "idf.pythonInstallPath": "/usr/bin/python"
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/relay_chn.c b/src/relay_chn.c
index eb882d0..64f28ed 100644
--- a/src/relay_chn.c
+++ b/src/relay_chn.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "esp_err.h"
-#include "esp_check.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_task.h"
 #include "driver/gpio.h"
@@ -321,14 +320,14 @@ esp_err_t relay_chn_create(const gpio_num_t* gpio_map, uint8_t gpio_count)
 
         // Initialize the GPIOs
         ret = gpio_reset_pin(forward_pin);
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to reset GPIO forward pin for channel %d", i);
-        ret = gpio_set_direction(forward_pin, GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT);
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to set GPIO direction for forward pin for channel %d", i);
+        ret |= gpio_set_direction(forward_pin, GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT);
         
-        ret = gpio_reset_pin(reverse_pin);
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to reset GPIO reverse pin for channel %d", i);
-        ret = gpio_set_direction(reverse_pin, GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT);
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to set GPIO direction for reverse pin for channel %d", i);
+        ret |= gpio_reset_pin(reverse_pin);
+        ret |= gpio_set_direction(reverse_pin, GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT);
+        if (ret != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to initialize GPIOs relay channel %d!", i);
+            return ret;
+        }
         // Initialize the GPIOs
 
         // Initialize the relay channel
@@ -340,22 +339,22 @@ esp_err_t relay_chn_create(const gpio_num_t* gpio_map, uint8_t gpio_count)
         relay_chn->state = RELAY_CHN_STATE_FREE;
         relay_chn->pending_cmd = RELAY_CHN_CMD_NONE;
         relay_chn->run_info.last_run_cmd = RELAY_CHN_CMD_NONE;
-        ret = relay_chn_init_timer(relay_chn); // Create direction change inertia timer
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to create relay channel timer for channel %d", i);
+        ret |= relay_chn_init_timer(relay_chn); // Create direction change inertia timer
 #if RELAY_CHN_ENABLE_TILTING == 1
-        ret = relay_chn_init_tilt_control(relay_chn);
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to initialize tilt control for channel %d", i);
+        ret |= relay_chn_init_tilt_control(relay_chn);
 #endif
+        if (ret != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to initialize relay channel %d!", i);
+            return ret;
+        }
     }
 
     // Create relay channel command event loop
-    ret = relay_chn_create_event_loop();
-    ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to create relay channel event loop");
+    ret |= relay_chn_create_event_loop();
 
 #if RELAY_CHN_ENABLE_TILTING == 1
     // Must call after the event loop is initialized
-    ret = relay_chn_tilt_init(); // Initialize tilt feature
-    ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret, TAG, "Failed to initialize tilt feature");
+    ret |= relay_chn_tilt_init(); // Initialize tilt feature
 #endif
 
     // Init the state listener manager