diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a46a95c..d4316e3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1242,12 +1242,12 @@ killLoop:
 
 			err = yaml.Unmarshal(confStr, &conf)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("Unable to parse config: %v", err)
+				log.Panicf("Unable to parse config: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			lvl, err := log.ParseLevel(conf.Logging.Level)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("Failure setting logging level: %v", err)
+				log.Panicf("Failure setting logging level: %v", err)
 			}
 			log.SetLevel(lvl)
 		}