diff --git a/src/modes/common.rs b/src/modes/common.rs
index 3fc5798..0da264f 100644
--- a/src/modes/common.rs
+++ b/src/modes/common.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ pub enum ColumnType {
     Meta,
 }
 
+impl ColumnType {
+    /// Returns the human-readable string representation of the column type
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            ColumnType::Id => "id",
+            ColumnType::Time => "time",
+            ColumnType::Size => "size",
+            ColumnType::Compression => "compression",
+            ColumnType::FileSize => "filesize",
+            ColumnType::FilePath => "filepath",
+            ColumnType::Tags => "tags",
+            ColumnType::Meta => "meta",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn get_format_box_chars_no_border_line_separator() -> TableFormat {
     prettytable::format::FormatBuilder::new()
         .column_separator('│')
diff --git a/src/modes/list.rs b/src/modes/list.rs
index 858341e..ab3eac9 100644
--- a/src/modes/list.rs
+++ b/src/modes/list.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ pub fn mode_list(
     for column in list_format.clone() {
         let mut column_format = column.split(":").into_iter();
         let column_name = column_format.next().expect("Unable to parse column name");
-        let column_type = ColumnType::from_str(column_name)
-            .expect(format!("Unknown column {:?}", column_name).as_str());
+        let column_type = ColumnType::from_str(column_name).map_err(|_| {
+            anyhow!("Unknown column {:?}", column_name)
+        })?;
 
         if column_type == ColumnType::Meta {
             let meta_name = column_format