diff --git a/include/rohrkabel/utils/assert.hpp b/include/rohrkabel/utils/assert.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6de9a1b..0000000
--- a/include/rohrkabel/utils/assert.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-namespace pipewire
-{
-    void check(bool, const char *);
-}
diff --git a/include/rohrkabel/utils/check.hpp b/include/rohrkabel/utils/check.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97bb8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/rohrkabel/utils/check.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <source_location>
+
+namespace pipewire
+{
+    void check(bool, const char *, const std::source_location = std::source_location::current());
+}
diff --git a/src/assert.cpp b/src/assert.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 38c13b4..0000000
--- a/src/assert.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#include "utils/assert.hpp"
-
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-namespace pipewire
-{
-    void check(bool condition, const char *message)
-    {
-        if (condition)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        throw std::runtime_error(message);
-    }
-} // namespace pipewire
diff --git a/src/check.cpp b/src/check.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a16293b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/check.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "utils/check.hpp"
+
+#include <format>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace pipewire
+{
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+    void check(bool, const char *, const std::source_location) {}
+#else
+    void check(bool condition, const char *message, const std::source_location loc)
+    {
+        if (condition)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const auto *error            = strerror(errno); // NOLINT(*-mt-unsafe)
+        auto [file, line, col, func] = std::make_tuple(loc.file_name(), loc.line(), loc.column(), loc.function_name());
+
+        std::cerr << std::format("{} ({}:{}) [{}]: check failed \"{}\", error is \"{}\"\n", file, line, col, func,
+                                 message, error);
+    }
+#endif
+} // namespace pipewire