diff --git a/components/BottomNavBar.tsx b/components/BottomNavBar.tsx
index bcc1d38..05a4bd9 100644
--- a/components/BottomNavBar.tsx
+++ b/components/BottomNavBar.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialCommunityIcons';
 import { ShowInfo } from '../models/models';
 import { SettingsTab } from './SettingsTab';
 import { CastSettingsTab } from './CastSettingsTab';
+import { logger } from '../services/Logger';
 
 const Tab = createMaterialBottomTabNavigator();
 export const BottomNavBar = () => {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export const BottomNavBar = () => {
             }
             return [];
         } catch (e) {
-            // error reading value
+            logger.error('Failed to read saved releases', JSON.stringify(e));
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/components/DownloadTorrentButton.tsx b/components/DownloadTorrentButton.tsx
index 7d93b4b..667db1d 100644
--- a/components/DownloadTorrentButton.tsx
+++ b/components/DownloadTorrentButton.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { SavedShowPaths } from './settingsPageComponents/SavedShowLocationSettin
 import { convert } from '../services/converter';
 import { downloadedShows } from '../services/DownloadedShows';
 import { downloadNotificationManger } from '../services/DownloadNotificationManager';
+import { logger } from '../services/Logger';
 
 type DownloadTorrentButtonProps = {
     resolution: string;
@@ -70,10 +71,20 @@ export const DownloadTorrentButton = ({
     };
 
     const getStoredShowPaths = async () => {
-        return JSON.parse(
-            (await AsyncStorage.getItem(StorageKeys.ShowPaths)) ??
-                JSON.stringify({ shows: [] }),
-        ) as SavedShowPaths;
+        try {
+            return JSON.parse(
+                (await AsyncStorage.getItem(StorageKeys.ShowPaths)) ||
+                    JSON.stringify({ shows: [] }),
+            ) as SavedShowPaths;
+        } catch (ex) {
+            logger.error(
+                'Failed to parse stored show paths',
+                JSON.stringify(ex),
+            );
+            return {
+                shows: [],
+            };
+        }
     };
 
     const downloadTorrent = async () => {
diff --git a/components/WatchListTab.tsx b/components/WatchListTab.tsx
index cf63f13..e9caa13 100644
--- a/components/WatchListTab.tsx
+++ b/components/WatchListTab.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const ShowDayInfo = (props: ShowDayInfoProps) => {
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const init = async () => {
             const watchList: WatchList = JSON.parse(
-                (await AsyncStorage.getItem(StorageKeys.WatchList)) ??
+                (await AsyncStorage.getItem(StorageKeys.WatchList)) ||
                     '{shows: []}',
             );
             setShowsForCurrentDay(