diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 29498a9e7..b1f35352d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1906,5 +1906,6 @@ name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "color-eyre",
  "tonic-build",
 ]
diff --git a/console-api/tests/bootstrap.rs b/console-api/tests/bootstrap.rs
index ed48c6a13..1884ebbfd 100644
--- a/console-api/tests/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/console-api/tests/bootstrap.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,49 @@
-use std::{path::PathBuf, process::Command};
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, process::Command};
 
 #[test]
 fn bootstrap() {
-    let iface_files = &[
-        "proto/trace.proto",
-        "proto/common.proto",
-        "proto/tasks.proto",
-        "proto/instrument.proto",
-        "proto/resources.proto",
-        "proto/async_ops.proto",
-    ];
-    let dirs = &["proto"];
+    let root_dir = PathBuf::from(std::env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let proto_dir = root_dir.join("proto");
+    let proto_files = fs::read_dir(&proto_dir).and_then(|dir| {
+        dir.filter_map(|entry| {
+            (|| {
+                let entry = entry?;
+                if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                Ok(Some(entry.path()))
+            })()
+            .transpose()
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+    });
+    let proto_files = match proto_files {
+        Ok(files) => files,
+        Err(error) => panic!("failed to list proto files: {}", error),
+    };
 
-    let out_dir = PathBuf::from(std::env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-        .join("src")
-        .join("generated");
+    let out_dir = root_dir.join("src").join("generated");
 
-    tonic_build::configure()
+    if let Err(error) = tonic_build::configure()
         .build_client(true)
         .build_server(true)
+        .emit_rerun_if_changed(false)
         .protoc_arg("--experimental_allow_proto3_optional")
-        .out_dir(format!("{}", out_dir.display()))
-        .compile(iface_files, dirs)
-        .unwrap();
+        .out_dir(&out_dir)
+        .compile(&proto_files[..], &[proto_dir])
+    {
+        panic!("failed to compile `console-api` protobuf: {}", error);
+    }
 
     let status = Command::new("git")
         .arg("diff")
         .arg("--exit-code")
         .arg("--")
-        .arg(format!("{}", out_dir.display()))
-        .status()
-        .unwrap();
-
-    if !status.success() {
-        panic!("You should commit the protobuf files");
+        .arg(out_dir)
+        .status();
+    match status {
+        Ok(status) if !status.success() => panic!("You should commit the protobuf files"),
+        Err(error) => panic!("failed to run `git diff`: {}", error),
+        Ok(_) => {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index c0bfadebc..09f60941a 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ publish = false
 tonic-build = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = [
     "prost", "transport"
 ] }
-clap = { version = "3", features = ["derive"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+clap = { version = "3", features = ["derive"] }
+color-eyre = "0.5"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 4bd19267f..1bbdf045b 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+use color_eyre::{Result, eyre::{ensure, WrapErr}};
 
 /// tokio-console dev tasks
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
@@ -14,50 +15,50 @@ enum Command {
     GenProto,
 }
 
-fn main() {
-    let args = Args::parse();
-    if let Err(error) = args.cmd.run() {
-        eprintln!("{error}");
-        std::process::exit(1)
-    }
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    color_eyre::install()?;
+    Args::parse().cmd.run()
 }
 
 impl Command {
-    fn run(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
         match self {
             Self::GenProto => gen_proto(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn gen_proto() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+fn gen_proto() -> Result<()> {
     eprintln!("generating `console-api` protos...");
 
     let api_dir = {
         let mut mydir = PathBuf::from(std::env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
-        assert!(mydir.pop(), "manifest path should not be relative!");
+        ensure!(mydir.pop(), "manifest path should not be relative!");
         mydir.join("console-api")
     };
 
     let proto_dir = api_dir.join("proto");
-    let out_dir = api_dir.join("src").join("generated");
+    let proto_files = fs::read_dir(&proto_dir).with_context(|| format!("failed to read protobuf directory `{}`", proto_dir.display()))?
+        .filter_map(|entry| {
+            (|| {
+                let entry = entry?;
+                if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                Ok(Some(entry.path()))
+            })()
+            .transpose()
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
 
-    let iface_files = &[
-        proto_dir.join("trace.proto"),
-        proto_dir.join("common.proto"),
-        proto_dir.join("tasks.proto"),
-        proto_dir.join("instrument.proto"),
-        proto_dir.join("resources.proto"),
-        proto_dir.join("async_ops.proto"),
-    ];
+    let out_dir = api_dir.join("src").join("generated");
 
     tonic_build::configure()
         .build_client(true)
-        .build_server(true)
+        .build_server(true)git
+        .emit_rerun_if_changed(false)
         .protoc_arg("--experimental_allow_proto3_optional")
-        .out_dir(format!("{}", out_dir.display()))
-        .compile(iface_files, &[proto_dir])?;
-
-    eprintln!("protos regenerated!");
-    Ok(())
+        .out_dir(&out_dir)
+        .compile(&proto_files[..], &[proto_dir])
+        .context("failed to compile protobuf files")
 }