diff --git a/installer-gui/src-tauri/src/introspect.rs b/installer-gui/src-tauri/src/introspect.rs
index 4dad394..d43713f 100644
--- a/installer-gui/src-tauri/src/introspect.rs
+++ b/installer-gui/src-tauri/src/introspect.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //! serializable by serde.
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use anyhow::Context;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use crate::modifiers;
@@ -50,16 +51,22 @@ struct Subcommand<'a> {
 }
 
 impl Argument<'_> {
-    fn new<'a>(
+    fn try_new<'a>(
         argument: &'a clap::Arg,
         modifier: &modifiers::ArgumentModifier<'static>,
-    ) -> Option<Argument<'a>> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Argument<'a>> {
         // if an argument doesn't have the data we need, it's silently dropped from the GUI, however,
         // tests should prevent this from happening and we could add logging messages about this in
         // the future if desired
-        Some(Argument {
+        let partial_flag = argument.get_long().with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Missing long form command line flag for {}",
+                argument.get_id().as_str(),
+            )
+        })?;
+        Ok(Argument {
             advanced: modifier.advanced,
-            flag: format!("--{}", argument.get_long()?),
+            flag: format!("--{}", partial_flag),
             label: modifier.gui_label,
             takes_values: argument.get_action().takes_values(),
         })
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@ impl Subcommand<'_> {
                 .filter_map(|arg_modifier| {
                     argument_map
                         .get(arg_modifier.clap_id)
-                        .and_then(|arg| Argument::new(arg, arg_modifier))
+                        .and_then(|arg| Argument::try_new(arg, arg_modifier).ok())
                 })
                 .collect(),
             command: modifier.command,