diff --git a/internal/edge/edge.go b/internal/edge/edge.go
index 379c4094..da8ed143 100644
--- a/internal/edge/edge.go
+++ b/internal/edge/edge.go
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@ type Client struct {
 	token   string
 }
 
-func New(teamID string, token string, cookies []*http.Cookie) *Client {
+func New(teamID string, token string, cookies []*http.Cookie) (*Client, error) {
+	cl, err := chttp.New("https://slack.com", cookies)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return &Client{
-		cl:      chttp.Must(chttp.New("https://slack.com", cookies)),
+		cl:      cl,
 		token:   token,
-		apiPath: fmt.Sprintf("https://edgeapi.slack.com/cache/%s/", teamID)}
+		apiPath: fmt.Sprintf("https://edgeapi.slack.com/cache/%s/", teamID),
+	}, nil
 }
 
-func NewWithProvider(teamID string, prov auth.Provider) *Client {
+func NewWithProvider(teamID string, prov auth.Provider) (*Client, error) {
 	return New(teamID, prov.SlackToken(), prov.Cookies())
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/edge/edge_test.go b/internal/edge/edge_test.go
index 8f4ff798..2c18363d 100644
--- a/internal/edge/edge_test.go
+++ b/internal/edge/edge_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("test token not set")
 	}
 
-	au, err := auth.NewValueAuth(testToken, testCookie)
+	prov, err := auth.NewValueAuth(testToken, testCookie)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cl, err := New(testTeam, prov.SlackToken(), prov.Cookies())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	cl := New(testTeam, au.SlackToken(), au.Cookies())
 	req := UsersListRequest{
 		Channels: []string{"C6NL0QQSG"},
 		Filter:   "everyone AND NOT bots AND NOT apps",
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@ func TestGetUsers(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	cl := NewWithProvider(testTeam, au)
+	cl, err := NewWithProvider(testTeam, au)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	ui, err := cl.GetUsers(context.Background(), []string{"U0LKLSNER", "U03K9GLS2", "U03KMNRQS"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)