diff --git a/src/simulator/machine.rs b/src/simulator/machine.rs
index 55d13ab..48ff028 100644
--- a/src/simulator/machine.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/machine.rs
@@ -150,8 +150,16 @@ impl Machine {
 	/// 
 	///  - **machine** contains the memory
 	pub fn extract_memory(machine: &mut Machine){
-		let mut file = File::create("burritos_memory.txt").unwrap();
-		file.write(&machine.main_memory);
+		let file_path = "burritos_memory.txt";
+		let write_to_file = |path| -> std::io::Result<File> {
+			let mut file = File::create(path)?;
+			file.write_all(&machine.main_memory)?;
+			Ok(file)
+		};
+		match write_to_file(file_path) {
+			Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to write memory to file: {}", e),
+			Ok(_) => println!("Memory extracted to {}", file_path)
+		};
 	}
 
 	pub fn print_machine_status(machine: &mut Machine) {