diff --git a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.cpp b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.cpp
index 54a12cd52b1..6b93db32fc5 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.cpp
@@ -31,26 +31,24 @@ Service* Service::find_by_pid(pid_t pid)
     return (*it).value;
 }
 
-void Service::setup_socket(SocketDescriptor& socket)
+ErrorOr<void> Service::setup_socket(SocketDescriptor& socket)
 {
     VERIFY(socket.fd == -1);
 
-    MUST(Core::Directory::create(LexicalPath(socket.path).parent(), Core::Directory::CreateDirectories::Yes));
+    TRY(Core::Directory::create(LexicalPath(socket.path).parent(), Core::Directory::CreateDirectories::Yes));
 
     // Note: we use SOCK_CLOEXEC here to make sure we don't leak every socket to
     // all the clients. We'll make the one we do need to pass down !CLOEXEC later
     // after forking off the process.
-    int socket_fd = Core::System::socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    int const socket_fd = TRY(Core::System::socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0));
     socket.fd = socket_fd;
 
     if (m_account.has_value()) {
         auto& account = m_account.value();
-        // FIXME: Propagate errors
-        MUST(Core::System::fchown(socket_fd, account.uid(), account.gid()));
+        TRY(Core::System::fchown(socket_fd, account.uid(), account.gid()));
     }
 
-    // FIXME: Propagate errors
-    MUST(Core::System::fchmod(socket_fd, socket.permissions));
+    TRY(Core::System::fchmod(socket_fd, socket.permissions));
 
     auto socket_address = Core::SocketAddress::local(socket.path);
     auto un_optional = socket_address.to_sockaddr_un();
@@ -60,16 +58,16 @@ void Service::setup_socket(SocketDescriptor& socket)
     }
     auto un = un_optional.value();
 
-    // FIXME: Propagate errors
-    MUST(Core::System::bind(socket_fd, (sockaddr const*)&un, sizeof(un)));
-    // FIXME: Propagate errors
-    MUST(Core::System::listen(socket_fd, 16));
+    TRY(Core::System::bind(socket_fd, (sockaddr const*)&un, sizeof(un)));
+    TRY(Core::System::listen(socket_fd, 16));
+    return {};
 }
 
-void Service::setup_sockets()
+ErrorOr<void> Service::setup_sockets()
 {
     for (SocketDescriptor& socket : m_sockets)
-        setup_socket(socket);
+        TRY(setup_socket(socket));
+    return {};
 }
 
 void Service::setup_notifier()
@@ -338,9 +336,14 @@ Service::Service(Core::ConfigFile const& config, StringView name)
     VERIFY(!m_accept_socket_connections || (m_sockets.size() == 1 && m_lazy && m_multi_instance));
     // MultiInstance doesn't work with KeepAlive.
     VERIFY(!m_multi_instance || !m_keep_alive);
+}
 
-    if (is_enabled())
-        setup_sockets();
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Service>> Service::try_create(Core::ConfigFile const& config, StringView name)
+{
+    auto service = TRY(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) Service(config, name)));
+    if (service->is_enabled())
+        TRY(service->setup_sockets());
+    return service;
 }
 
 void Service::save_to(JsonObject& json)
diff --git a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.h b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.h
index cccd691efe7..2f21ef6298d 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.h
+++ b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/Service.h
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 #include <LibCore/Object.h>
 
 class Service final : public Core::Object {
-    C_OBJECT(Service)
+    C_OBJECT_ABSTRACT(Service)
 
 public:
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Service>> try_create(Core::ConfigFile const& config, StringView name);
+
     bool is_enabled() const;
     void activate();
     void did_exit(int exit_code);
@@ -83,8 +85,8 @@ private:
     // times where it has exited unsuccessfully and too quickly.
     int m_restart_attempts { 0 };
 
-    void setup_socket(SocketDescriptor&);
-    void setup_sockets();
+    ErrorOr<void> setup_socket(SocketDescriptor&);
+    ErrorOr<void> setup_sockets();
     void setup_notifier();
     void handle_socket_connection();
 };
diff --git a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
index a64b3bfef74..5d0f767f023 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     auto config = (user)
         ? TRY(Core::ConfigFile::open_for_app("SystemServer"))
         : TRY(Core::ConfigFile::open_for_system("SystemServer"));
-    for (auto name : config->groups()) {
-        auto service = Service::construct(*config, name);
+    for (auto const& name : config->groups()) {
+        auto service = TRY(Service::try_create(*config, name));
         if (service->is_enabled())
             services.append(service);
     }