diff --git a/src/mailer.rs b/src/mailer.rs
index ecaa016..af74aa2 100644
--- a/src/mailer.rs
+++ b/src/mailer.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Mailer {
 
 impl Mailer {
     /// Tries to initialize the mailer.
-    pub fn build(config: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn build(config: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
         // Mail server credentials for login.
         let credentials = Credentials::new(
             config.email_server.email.clone(),
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ impl Mailer {
             .context("Failed to connect to the email server!")?
             .credentials(credentials)
             .build();
+        mailer
+            .test_connection()
+            .await
+            .context("Email connection test failed!")?;
 
         // Set the From and To mailboxes for every sent mail.
         let message_builder = Message::builder()
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 06f1766..17e6699 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,27 +16,29 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use std::{future::ready, net::SocketAddr, process};
 use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
-use tracing::info;
+use tracing::{error, info};
 
-use crate::states::AppState;
+use crate::{config::Config, states::AppState};
 
-async fn init() -> Result<()> {
-    let app_state = AppState::build()?;
+async fn init(logger_initialized: &mut bool) -> Result<()> {
+    let config = Config::build()?;
+
+    logging::init_logger(
+        &config.log_file,
+        config.utc_offset.hours,
+        config.utc_offset.minutes,
+    )?;
+    *logger_initialized = true;
 
     // The path prefix of all routes.
-    let path_prefix = app_state.config.path_prefix.clone();
+    let path_prefix = config.path_prefix.clone();
 
-    let socket_address = app_state
-        .config
+    let socket_address = config
         .socket_address
         .parse::<SocketAddr>()
         .context("Failed to parse the socket address: {e:?}")?;
 
-    logging::init_logger(
-        &app_state.config.log_file,
-        app_state.config.utc_offset.hours,
-        app_state.config.utc_offset.minutes,
-    )?;
+    let app_state = AppState::build(config).await?;
 
     // The service for serving the static files.
     let static_service =
@@ -60,8 +62,14 @@ async fn init() -> Result<()> {
 /// Single thread.
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() {
-    if let Err(e) = init().await {
-        eprintln!("{e:?}");
+    let mut logger_initialized = false;
+
+    if let Err(e) = init(&mut logger_initialized).await {
+        if logger_initialized {
+            error!("{e:?}");
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("{e:?}");
+        }
         process::exit(1);
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/states.rs b/src/states.rs
index 330f935..da546cd 100644
--- a/src/states.rs
+++ b/src/states.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ pub struct AppState {
 
 impl AppState {
     /// Try to build the app state.
-    pub fn build() -> Result<Self> {
-        let config = Config::build()?;
-        let mailer = Arc::new(Mailer::build(&config)?);
+    pub async fn build(config: Config) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mailer = Arc::new(Mailer::build(&config).await?);
 
         let config = Arc::new(config);
         // Mutex for write access.