diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e69e7b59..dc9d559e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 project(HPCore)
 
-add_definitions("-std=c++17")
+add_definitions("-std=c++17" "-fno-exceptions")
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY build)
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ add_executable(hpcore
 target_link_libraries(hpcore
     libsodium.a
     libboost_system.a
-    libboost_filesystem.a
+    stdc++fs
     pthread
     protobuf.a
 )
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diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index 7ffd85c9..edd62319 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <experimental/filesystem>
 #include <sodium.h>
 #include <rapidjson/document.h>
 #include <rapidjson/schema.h>
 #include <rapidjson/istreamwrapper.h>
 #include <rapidjson/ostreamwrapper.h>
 #include <rapidjson/prettywriter.h>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include "conf.hpp"
 #include "crypto.hpp"
 #include "util.hpp"
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ int rekey()
  */
 int create_contract()
 {
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(ctx.contractDir))
+    if (std::experimental::filesystem::exists(ctx.contractDir))
     {
         std::cerr << "Contract dir already exists. Cannot create contract at the same location.\n";
         return -1;
     }
 
-    boost::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.configDir);
-    boost::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.histDir);
-    boost::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.stateDir);
+    std::experimental::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.configDir);
+    std::experimental::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.histDir);
+    std::experimental::filesystem::create_directories(ctx.stateDir);
 
     //Create config file with default settings.
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int validate_config()
     }
 
     // Check whether the contract binary actually exists.
-    if (!boost::filesystem::exists(cfg.binary))
+    if (!std::experimental::filesystem::exists(cfg.binary))
     {
         std::cerr << "Contract binary does not exist: " << cfg.binary << std::endl;
         return -1;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int validate_contract_dir_paths()
 
     for (std::string &dir : dirs)
     {
-        if (!boost::filesystem::exists(dir))
+        if (!std::experimental::filesystem::exists(dir))
         {
             std::cerr << dir << " does not exist.\n";
             return -1;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index efd4f55e..c29b1ccd 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     Entry point for HP Core
 **/
 
+// This will direct all boost exceptions to our error handler.
+#define BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
@@ -147,3 +150,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     std::cout << "exited normally\n";
     return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Global exception handler for boost exceptions.
+ */
+void boost::throw_exception(std::exception const &e)
+{
+    std::cerr << "Boost error:" << e.what() << std::endl;
+    exit(-1);
+}
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