diff --git a/crates/eww/src/server.rs b/crates/eww/src/server.rs
index c4c02d1..be4447d 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/server.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub fn initialize_server(paths: EwwPaths, action: Option<DaemonCommand>) -> Resu
 
     gtk::init()?;
 
-    log::info!("Initializing script var handler");
+    log::debug!("Initializing script var handler");
     let script_var_handler = script_var_handler::init(ui_send.clone());
 
     let mut app = app::App {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fn init_async_part(paths: EwwPaths, ui_send: UnboundedSender<app::DaemonCommand>
                 tokio::spawn(async move {
                     // Wait for application exit event
                     let _ = crate::application_lifecycle::recv_exit().await;
-                    log::info!("Forward task received exit event");
+                    log::debug!("Forward task received exit event");
                     // Then forward that to the application
                     let _ = ui_send.send(app::DaemonCommand::KillServer);
                 })
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_definition.rs b/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_definition.rs
index ffdcfff..84ccb6e 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_definition.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_definition.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl FromAstElementContent for WidgetDefinition {
         let (name_span, name) = iter.expect_symbol().note(EXPECTED_WIDGET_DEF_FORMAT)?;
         let (args_span, expected_args) = iter
             .expect_array()
-            .wrong_expr_type_to(|_| FormFormatError::WidgetDefArglistMissing(name_span.point_span_at_end()))
+            .wrong_expr_type_to(|_, _| Some(FormFormatError::WidgetDefArglistMissing(name_span.point_span_at_end())))
             .note(EXPECTED_WIDGET_DEF_FORMAT)?;
         let expected_args = expected_args.into_iter().map(|x| x.as_symbol().map(AttrName)).collect::<AstResult<_>>()?;
         let widget = iter.expect_any().note(EXPECTED_WIDGET_DEF_FORMAT).and_then(WidgetUse::from_ast)?;
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_use.rs b/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_use.rs
index 96f7769..775d53f 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_use.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/config/widget_use.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use simplexpr::SimplExpr;
 
 use crate::{
     config::attributes::AttrEntry,
-    error::AstResult,
+    error::{AstError, AstResult},
     parser::{ast::Ast, ast_iterator::AstIterator, from_ast::FromAst},
 };
 use eww_shared_util::{AttrName, Span, VarName};
@@ -34,21 +34,7 @@ impl FromAst for WidgetUse {
     fn from_ast(e: Ast) -> AstResult<Self> {
         let span = e.span();
         if let Ok(value) = e.clone().as_simplexpr() {
-            Ok(Self {
-                name: "label".to_string(),
-                name_span: span.point_span(),
-                attrs: Attributes::new(
-                    span,
-                    maplit::hashmap! {
-                        AttrName("text".to_string()) => AttrEntry::new(
-                            span,
-                            Ast::SimplExpr(span.into(), value.clone())
-                        )
-                    },
-                ),
-                children: Vec::new(),
-                span,
-            })
+            Ok(label_from_simplexpr(value, span))
         } else {
             let mut iter = e.try_ast_iter()?;
             let (name_span, name) = iter.expect_symbol()?;
@@ -58,3 +44,21 @@ impl FromAst for WidgetUse {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn label_from_simplexpr(value: SimplExpr, span: Span) -> WidgetUse {
+    WidgetUse {
+        name: "label".to_string(),
+        name_span: span.point_span(),
+        attrs: Attributes::new(
+            span,
+            maplit::hashmap! {
+                AttrName("text".to_string()) => AttrEntry::new(
+                    span,
+                    Ast::SimplExpr(span.into(), value.clone())
+                )
+            },
+        ),
+        children: Vec::new(),
+        span,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/error.rs b/crates/yuck/src/error.rs
index ca90a50..c5f1980 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/error.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ pub enum AstError {
     #[error("Expected element {1}, but read {2}")]
     MismatchedElementName(Span, String, String),
 
+    #[error("Keyword `{1}` is missing a value")]
+    DanglingKeyword(Span, String),
+
     #[error("Included file not found {}", .0.path)]
     IncludedFileNotFound(Include),
 
@@ -81,9 +84,11 @@ impl AstError {
         AstError::ParseError { file_id, source: err }
     }
 
-    pub fn wrong_expr_type_to(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span) -> FormFormatError) -> AstError {
+    pub fn wrong_expr_type_to<T: Into<AstError>>(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span, AstType) -> Option<T>) -> AstError {
         match self {
-            AstError::WrongExprType(span, ..) => AstError::FormFormatError(f(span.point_span())),
+            AstError::WrongExprType(span, expected, got) => {
+                f(span.point_span(), got).map(|x| x.into()).unwrap_or_else(|| AstError::WrongExprType(span, expected, got))
+            }
             AstError::ErrorNote(s, err) => AstError::ErrorNote(s, Box::new(err.wrong_expr_type_to(f))),
             other => other,
         }
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ impl Spanned for AstError {
             AstError::WrongExprType(span, ..) => *span,
             AstError::NotAValue(span, ..) => *span,
             AstError::MismatchedElementName(span, ..) => *span,
+            AstError::DanglingKeyword(span, _) => *span,
             AstError::AttrError(err) => err.span(),
             AstError::Other(span, ..) => *span,
             AstError::ConversionError(err) => err.value.span(),
@@ -138,8 +144,9 @@ pub trait AstResultExt<T> {
     fn context_label(self, label_span: Span, context: &str) -> AstResult<T>;
     fn note(self, note: &str) -> AstResult<T>;
 
-    /// Map any [AstError::WrongExprType]s error to a [FormFormatError]
-    fn wrong_expr_type_to(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span) -> FormFormatError) -> AstResult<T>;
+    /// Map any [AstError::WrongExprType]s error to any other Into<AstError> (such as a [FormFormatError])
+    /// If the provided closure returns `None`, the error will be kept unmodified
+    fn wrong_expr_type_to<E: Into<AstError>>(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span, AstType) -> Option<E>) -> AstResult<T>;
 }
 
 impl<T> AstResultExt<T> for AstResult<T> {
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ impl<T> AstResultExt<T> for AstResult<T> {
         self.map_err(|e| e.note(note))
     }
 
-    fn wrong_expr_type_to(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span) -> FormFormatError) -> AstResult<T> {
+    fn wrong_expr_type_to<E: Into<AstError>>(self, f: impl FnOnce(Span, AstType) -> Option<E>) -> AstResult<T> {
         self.map_err(|err| err.wrong_expr_type_to(f))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/format_diagnostic.rs b/crates/yuck/src/format_diagnostic.rs
index ebac4f7..52d5e56 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/format_diagnostic.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/format_diagnostic.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl ToDiagnostic for AstError {
             AstError::WrongExprType(span, expected, actual) => gen_diagnostic! {
                 msg = "Wrong type of expression",
                 label = span => format!("Expected a `{}` here", expected),
-                note = format!("Expected: {}\nGot: {}", expected, actual),
+                note = format!("Expected: {}\n     Got: {}", expected, actual),
             },
             AstError::NotAValue(span, actual) => gen_diagnostic! {
                 msg = format!("Expected value, but got `{}`", actual),
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl ToDiagnostic for AstError {
             AstError::MismatchedElementName(span, expected, got) => gen_diagnostic! {
                 msg = format!("Expected element `{}`, but found `{}`", expected, got),
                 label = span => format!("Expected `{}` here", expected),
-                note = format!("Expected: {}\nGot: {}", expected, got),
+                note = format!("Expected: {}\n     Got: {}", expected, got),
             },
             AstError::ErrorContext { label_span, context, main_err } => {
                 main_err.to_diagnostic().with_label(span_to_secondary_label(*label_span).with_message(context))
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ impl ToDiagnostic for AstError {
                 label = extra_nodes_span => "these elements must not be here",
                 note = "Consider wrapping the elements in some container element",
             },
+            AstError::DanglingKeyword(span, keyword) => gen_diagnostic! {
+                msg = self,
+                label = span => "No value provided for this",
+            },
             AstError::ErrorNote(note, source) => source.to_diagnostic().with_notes(vec![note.to_string()]),
             AstError::ValidationError(source) => source.to_diagnostic(),
             AstError::NoMoreElementsExpected(span) => gen_diagnostic!(self, span),
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
index 2361ea5..ac48f38 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ pub enum AstType {
 
 impl Display for AstType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{:?}", self)
+        match self {
+            AstType::IntoPrimitive => write!(f, "primitive"),
+            _ => write!(f, "{:?}", self),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
index f1e9414..cee69dc 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl<I: Iterator<Item = Ast>> AstIterator<I> {
     }
 
     pub fn expect_key_values(&mut self) -> AstResult<Attributes> {
-        parse_key_values(self)
+        parse_key_values(self, true)
     }
 
     pub fn put_back(&mut self, ast: Ast) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ impl<I: Iterator<Item = Ast>> Iterator for AstIterator<I> {
 }
 
 /// Parse consecutive `:keyword value` pairs from an expression iterator into an [Attributes].
-fn parse_key_values(iter: &mut AstIterator<impl Iterator<Item = Ast>>) -> AstResult<Attributes> {
+fn parse_key_values(iter: &mut AstIterator<impl Iterator<Item = Ast>>, fail_on_dangling_kw: bool) -> AstResult<Attributes> {
     let mut data = HashMap::new();
     let mut attrs_span = iter.remaining_span.point_span();
     loop {
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ fn parse_key_values(iter: &mut AstIterator<impl Iterator<Item = Ast>>) -> AstRes
                     data.insert(AttrName(kw), attr_value);
                 }
                 None => {
-                    iter.iter.put_back(Ast::Keyword(key_span, kw));
-                    attrs_span.1 = iter.remaining_span.0;
-                    return Ok(Attributes::new(attrs_span, data));
+                    if fail_on_dangling_kw {
+                        return Err(AstError::DanglingKeyword(key_span, kw));
+                    } else {
+                        iter.iter.put_back(Ast::Keyword(key_span, kw));
+                        attrs_span.1 = iter.remaining_span.0;
+                        return Ok(Attributes::new(attrs_span, data));
+                    }
                 }
             },
             next => {