diff --git a/lib/dovecot_vitepress_init.js b/lib/dovecot_vitepress_init.js
index 41558fe7e..c5d255b06 100644
--- a/lib/dovecot_vitepress_init.js
+++ b/lib/dovecot_vitepress_init.js
@@ -1,41 +1,40 @@
 import { dataFileList, publicDataDir } from './datafiles.js'
 import { dovecotMdInit } from './markdown.js'
+import { logger } from './logger.js'
 import fs from 'fs'
 
 let has_run = false
 
 export default function dovecotVitepressInit() {
-	return {
-		name: 'dovecot-vitepress-init',
-		async configResolved(config) {
-			/*** Init Dovecot Markdown. ***/
+        return {
+                name: 'dovecot-vitepress-init',
+                async configResolved(config) {
+                        /*** Init Dovecot Markdown. ***/
 
-			/* We need to synchronously initialize markdown,
-			 * since we need to pre-populate various internal
-			 * tables (e.g. links). */
-			await dovecotMdInit()
-			console.log('\n✅ Dovecot Markdown initialized.')
+                        /* We need to synchronously initialize markdown,
+                         * since we need to pre-populate various internal
+                         * tables (e.g. links). */
+                        await dovecotMdInit()
+                        logger.success('Dovecot Markdown initialized', { once: true })
 
-			/*** Create static downloadable data files. ***/
+                        /*** Create static downloadable data files. ***/
 
-			if (has_run) {
-				return
-			}
-			has_run = true
+                        if (has_run) return
+                        has_run = true
 
-			/* Clean old data files (if they exist) and prepare directory. */
-			fs.rmSync(publicDataDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
-			fs.mkdirSync(publicDataDir, { recursive: true });
-			console.log(`✅ Data files: Created ${publicDataDir}.`)
+                        /* Clean old data files (if they exist) and prepare directory. */
+                        fs.rmSync(publicDataDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+                        fs.mkdirSync(publicDataDir, { recursive: true });
+                        logger.success(`Data files: Created ${publicDataDir}`)
 
-			/* Build the data files. */
-			for (const d of dataFileList) {
-				fs.writeFileSync(
-					d.json,
-					JSON.stringify(await d.data(), null, 2)
-				)
-				console.log(`✅ Data files: Generated ${d.json}.`)
-			}
-		}
-	}
+                        /* Build the data files. */
+                        for (const d of dataFileList) {
+                                fs.writeFileSync(
+                                        d.json,
+                                        JSON.stringify(await d.data(), null, 2)
+                                )
+                                logger.success(`Data files: Generated ${d.json}`)
+                        }
+                }
+        }
 }
diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c0427519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Standardized logging utility. */
+
+if (!globalThis.__LOGGED_ONCE__) {
+	globalThis.__LOGGED_ONCE__ = new Set()
+}
+
+let logQueue = Promise.resolve()
+
+export const logger = {
+	success(message, { once = false, newline = false } = {}) {
+		if (once) {
+			if (globalThis.__LOGGED_ONCE__.has(message)) return
+			globalThis.__LOGGED_ONCE__.add(message)
+		}
+
+		logQueue = logQueue.then(() => {
+			console.log(`${newline ? '\n' : ''}✅ ${message}.`)
+		})
+	},
+
+	fatal(message) {
+		const err = new Error(message)
+		const stack = err.stack.split('\n')
+
+		/* The first line of stack is 'Error: message'.
+		 * The second line is the call to logger.fatal().
+		 * The third line is the actual location of the error. */
+		const callSite = stack[2] ? stack[2].trim() : 'unknown location'
+
+		console.error(`\n❌ FATAL ERROR: ${message}`)
+		console.error(`   at ${callSite}\n`)
+		process.exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/markdown.js b/lib/markdown.js
index 98c31778e..c424ac35b 100644
--- a/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/markdown.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import fg from 'fast-glob'
 import deflistPlugin from 'markdown-it-deflist'
 import path from 'path'
 import { createMarkdownRenderer } from 'vitepress'
+import { logger } from "./logger.js"
 import { dovecotSetting, frontmatterIter, loadData } from './utility.js'
 
 let md_conf = false
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export async function dovecotMdInit() {
 
 				for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(data.dovecotlinks)) {
 					if (links[k]) {
-						throw new Error("Duplicate Dovecot Link key: " + k)
+						logger.fatal("Duplicate Dovecot Link key: " + k)
 					}
 
 					links[k] = {
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ function dovecot_markdown(md, opts) {
 
 	function handle_error(msg) {
 		if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
-			throw new Error(msg)
+			logger.fatal(msg)
 		}
 		console.error(msg)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/utility.js b/lib/utility.js
index 39b0a1e3f..1caf116e9 100644
--- a/lib/utility.js
+++ b/lib/utility.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import matter from 'gray-matter'
 import { dirname } from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import { logger } from './logger.js'
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 export const lib_dirname = dirname(__filename)
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ export async function loadData(id) {
 		try {
 			dataOb[id] = await import(lib_dirname + '/' + path)
 		} catch (e) {
-			throw new Error('Unable to import module (' + lib_dirname + '/' +
-				path + '):' + e)
+			logger.fatal('Unable to import module (' + lib_dirname + '/' +
+				path + '):' + e.message)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export async function loadData(id) {
 
 function _dovecotSetting(name, setting) {
 	if (setting === undefined) {
-		throw new Error("Missing '" + name + "' setting")
+		logger.fatal("Missing '" + name + "' setting")
 	}
 
 	return setting